by Travis Martin | Apr 6, 2021 | Uncategorized
Cargill is taking its turn with one of the latest trends. And thankfully, it’s not anything like a corporate TikTok account. The commodity giant is selling its stake in the world’s largest sugar trader, Alvean. The buyer? Cargill’s partner in the business and Brazil’s...
by Travis Martin | Apr 2, 2021 | Uncategorized
Soybean oil demand is skyrocketing, and bean processors are pulling out their “Go Green” stickers and gearing up for what they believe will be a biodiesel boom. Refresher: The Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) is scheduled to reset in 2022, and the EPA has the authority...
by Travis Martin | Apr 2, 2021 | Uncategorized
Wednesday’s release of the USDA’s Prospective Plantings report left many in the ag industry with a furrowed brow. Backstory Each March, the USDA sends out surveys to 80,000 farmers with the hope to better understand their planting intentions for the upcoming growing...
by Travis Martin | Mar 30, 2021 | Uncategorized
With a cool $6 million injection from Spruce Capital Partners and Leaps by Bayer, Amfora is inching closer to its goal of producing plants that pack a protein punch. The San Francisco-based food tech startup uses gene editing to make precise genome modifications to...
by Travis Martin | Mar 26, 2021 | Uncategorized
Soy and sugar-filled cargo ships are playing a seaworthy game of Tetris at Latin American ports these days. Historically dry conditions have led to Brazil’s slowest soybean harvest in a decade. Farmers now find themselves competing with sugar traders for space at...
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