Briefs March 1, 2012

Kazakhstan expects sharp decline in 2012 grain crop astana/reuters / Kazakhstan expects its grain harvest to revert to an average level of between 13 million and 15 million tonnes this year, a sharp decline from the record post-Soviet crop of 2011, Deputy Agriculture Minister Muslim Umiryayev said Feb. 21. Central Asia’s largest wheat exporter harvested

ADM To Build Canola Biodiesel Plant In Canada

briefs reuters / U.S.-based agribusiness Archer Daniels Midland Co. said Nov. 14 that it would build a 265-millionlitre biodiesel plant in Lloydminster, Alta. The plant would crush canola, Canada s second- biggest crop after spring wheat, and boost ADM s North American biodiesel production capacity by 50 per cent. ADM said it would start building


German Grain Trader Toepfer Expands Into Canadian Special Crops

Germany s largest grain trading house, Alfred C. Toepfer International, said Nov. 3 it is taking over two Canadian trading companies, giving it its first processing facilities in Canada. Toepfer, whose majority shareholder is Archer Daniels Midland said it has bought Western Grain Trade Ltd. and Western Grain Cleaning &Processing Ltd., which are Saskatchewan-based processors

Agribusiness Giants Can’t Escape Market Volatility

You know commodity trading conditions are tough when even firms that sit on both the buy and sell sides of a market still suffer hefty losses. Such was the case with 140-year-old agribusiness giant Cargill, which recently reported a 66 per cent drop in earnings in the latest quarter over year-ago levels due to global


Canadian Canola Gains U.S. Approval

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency approved the use of Canadian crops such as canola and corn in U.S. biofuels Sept. 29, a move that lifted Canadian canola prices and may help the U.S. meet its ambitious targets for biofuels. The EPA s designation of Canadian crops as a renewable biomass will allow U.S. biofuel makers

ADM To Expand Canada Canola Plant

ADM Agri-Industries, a subsidiary of U.S. agrifood company Archer Daniels Midland, said March 21 it will double seed receiving and storage capacity at its canola-processing plant in Lloydminster, Alberta. The expansion is the most recent in a series of moves by crushers that reflects strong demand for the oilseed, which is Canada’s second-biggest crop after


ADM Licenses Canadian Firm’s Soy Protein Product

A soy protein product made by Canadian plant protein firm Burcon NutraScience will go to world markets by way of agri-food giant Archer Daniels Midland. Illinois-based ADM has signed on to a 20-year licensing deal with Burcon for worldwide production, distribution and sale of Burcon’s Clarisoy, billed as a 100 per cent soluble, transparent protein

Pickled Stover Works For Cattle Feed

New research has shown that a substantial portion of the grain in cattle feed can be effectively replaced with corn stover – the plant’s stalks, cobs and leaves – when these harvest residues are treated with a common food ingredient known as hydrated lime, or pickling lime. The alternative feeding strategy, which could improve feeders’


U.S. Drops ADM Canada Crusher From Restricted List

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has dropped Archer Daniels Midland’s canolacrushing plant in Windsor, Ontario from its list of plants that are under import restrictions due to salmonella concerns, easing measures that sharply cut Canadian shipments of the livestock feed to its biggest export market. The FDA removed the Windsor plant from its

In Brief… – for Dec. 2, 2010

Volatile markets: Wheat values generally dropped $1 to $4 per tonne in the November CWB Pool Return Outlook (PRO). The exception is No. 1 CWRS 14.5, No. 1 CWSWS and feed wheat, which have all increased slightly from October. Durum is up between $1 and $6 per tonne. Malting barley is down $7. The board