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Aug 5
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Ship Carrying 26,527 MT of Corn Leaves Odessa Port For First Time Since War With Russia Began

The Razoni, a ship carrying 26,527 metric tons of corn, has left the Ukrainian Port of Odessa - representing the first ship to leave a...

Bayer Acquires Majority Stake in Lower Carbon Oilseed Producer CoverCress

Condensed by Lynda Kiernan-Stone

Aug 5
1 min

Bayer Acquires Majority Stake in Lower Carbon Oilseed Producer CoverCress

Bayer has increased its stake to a 65 percent majority holding in CoverCress Inc. (CCI), a winter oilseed producer. The remaining 35...

Grain Trade Becoming More Digitized, Agro.Club Expands B2B Grain Marketplace Into Brazil

Condensed by Lynda Kiernan-Stone

Aug 5
1 min

Grain Trade Becoming More Digitized, Agro.Club Expands B2B Grain Marketplace Into Brazil

Agtech solution provider Agro.Club calls it “grain trade re-invented”. The startup has recently announced the expansion of its full stack...

War in Ukraine Also Causing Havoc in Global Sunflower Oil Supply

Condensed by Lynda Kiernan-Stone

Aug 2
1 min

War in Ukraine Also Causing Havoc in Global Sunflower Oil Supply

When discussing the war in Ukraine, the focus usually centers on the disruptions being caused to global grain supplies, particularly...

Cargill, Continental Grain Complete $4.5B Acquisition of Sanderson Farms

Condensed by Lynda Kiernan-Stone

Aug 2
1 min

Cargill, Continental Grain Complete $4.5B Acquisition of Sanderson Farms

Cargill and Continental Grain have announced the long-awaited completion of the $4.5 billion acquisition of Sanderson Farms, de-listing...

Contributed Article

Aug 2
3 min

Future of Drones on the Farm

Contributed Content from Brendon Bartholomew, President — Vector Aerial When picturing a farm, the iconic image of a red and white barn,...

Macquarie Announces Investment Scheme That Will Form the Largest Independent Ag Port Terminals Opera

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media

Jul 26
3 min

Macquarie Announces Investment Scheme That Will Form the Largest Independent Ag Port Terminals Opera

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Macquarie Infrastructure Partners V (MIP V), an Americas-focused infrastructure fund...

15 Minutes With… Mary Robinson, President of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture

By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, Women in Agribusiness Media

Jul 26
4 min

15 Minutes With… Mary Robinson, President of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture

By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, Women in Agribusiness Media NOTE: This interview was originally published in our WIA Today blog. Canadian...

This EU Startup is Making Locally Produced Palm Oil Substitute From Corn Waste

Condensed by Lynda Kiernan-Stone

Jul 26
1 min

This EU Startup is Making Locally Produced Palm Oil Substitute From Corn Waste

Palm oil is one of the most widely used edible oils in the world. However, this popularity comes with outsized ecological consequences...

Russia-Ukraine Grain Talks Show Promise; Further Meetings Scheduled

Condensed by Lynda Kiernan-Stone

Jul 19
1 min

Russia-Ukraine Grain Talks Show Promise; Further Meetings Scheduled

Talks held in Istanbul on grain exports between delegations from Russia and Ukraine have shown distinct progress toward quieting the...

South Australia Project Will Track Barley From Paddock to Beverage

Condensed by Lynda Kiernan-Stone

Jul 19
1 min

South Australia Project Will Track Barley From Paddock to Beverage

A collaboration in South Australia between Coopers Brewery, Grain Producers SA, and agtech company Trust Provenance will track barley...

War is Causing a Wheat Supply Crisis, Can Food Security be Created With Alternative

Condensed by Lynda Kiernan-Stone

Jul 19
1 min

War is Causing a Wheat Supply Crisis, Can Food Security be Created With Alternative

Ongoing war in Ukraine has demonstrated just how dependent the world is on steady wheat supplies. Russia and Ukraine are the world’s top...

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