The "BUNGE" sign atop a grain terminal facility.

Bunge surpasses quarterly profit estimates

Better-than-expected results helped by improved oilseed processing margins, grain and oil merchandising

U.S. grain trader and processor Bunge Global recently reported a smaller-than-expected drop in second-quarter profit on improved oilseed processing margins.

Performance in its divisions that process chicken and pigs compensated for a slump in the Beef USA division, which accounts for about a third of JBS’s revenue, the company’s second-quarter results showed. | Screencap via jbsfoodsgroup.com

Chicken, pigs offset beef slump for JBS profits

SAO PAULO (Reuters) — Brazil’s JBS SA, the world’s largest meat packer, said its divisions that process chicken and pigs lifted financial results in the last quarter, including poultry unit Pilgrim’s Pride, JBS USA Pork and Seara in Brazil. Performance there compensated for a slump in the Beef USA division, which accounts for about a third of […] Read more

A John Deere air seeder sits idle.

Deere beats expected profits

REUTERS — Deere & Co. breezed past Wall Street estimates for third-quarter profit Aug. 18 and raised its full-year guidance, but investor concerns over slower sales sent shares down as much as five percent. The Moline, Illinois-based company posted a 60 percent rise in quarterly profit, yet investors seemed unimpressed and shares slumped for the […] Read more