Agriculture
ADM to Expand Grind Capacity, Sweeteners and Starches Capabilities at Turkey and Bulgaria Corn Facilities
New production to help meet growing sweetener demand regionally and globally 12/12/2016 — CHICAGO — (BUSINESS WIRE) Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE:ADM) announced today that it will significantly expand overall […]
The Climate Corporation Acquires VitalFields to Expand Digital Agriculture Innovation for European Farmers
21/11/2016 — SAN FRANCISCO & TALLINN, Estonia — (BUSINESS WIRE) Today, The Climate Corporation, a subsidiary of Monsanto Company, announced the acquisition of VitalFields, a European farm management software company […]
GTF Points to the Need to De-Politicise Debate on Glyphosate
13/04/2016 — BRUSSELS — (BUSINESS WIRE) The Glyphosate Task Force acknowledges the debate at the European Parliament today, at which the Parliament supported the re-renewal of glyphosate, and agreed on […]
Olenex to Become a Full-Function Joint Venture
Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE: ADM) and Wilmar International Limited (SGX: F34) announced today that they have entered into an agreement whereby Olenex, their partnership to market oils and fats in Europe, will become a full-function joint venture with its own assets. As part of the agreement, ADM will transfer two sites—a specialty oils and fats facility and a palm refining plant in Hamburg, Germany—to the new joint venture. Wilmar will transfer its tropical oils processing plants in Brake, Germany and Rotterdam, the Netherlands. In addition to processing, the joint venture will also integrate raw materials sourcing, trading, and sales and marketing operations. The agreement also stipulates that refined oils and fats from ADM’s other plants in the Czech Republic, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland and the U.K. will be marketed by Olenex.