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Tanzania-The Tanzanian Government under the Ministry of Agriculture is implementing a sustainable cassava strategy targeting a 550% increase in hectarage of improved cassava seed variety by 2030. The plan seeks to expand the 40,000 hectares planted in 2020 to 260,000 hectares in 2030 and to increase the number of improved cassava seed cuttings from the current 80 million to 1.6…
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USA-Ardent Mills, one of the largest milling companies in the United States, has maintained an upward trajectory in the second quarter that ended November 27, 2022, according to a Form 10-Q filing by Conagra Brands, Inc. with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Conagra Brands, Inc, one of North America’s leading branded food companies, owns a 44% stake in Ardent Mills. The remaining…
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USA – Agribusiness giants CHS and Cargill have announced the intent to expand the scope of their joint venture, TEMCO, by adding the Cargill-owned export grain terminal in Houston, Texas. The Houston terminal has a capacity of six million bushels of storage and is located approximately 40 miles inland from the Gulf of Mexico via Galveston Bay. It can simultaneously hold 350 rail cars…
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NIGERIA-Nigeria is set to receive 25,000 tonnes of grain from Ukraine as part of the European country’s efforts to supply food to the countries in need despite its ongoing war with Russia. The grains will be delivered under the “Grains from Ukraine” program which Ukraine is implementing in partnership with the UN World Food Programme. Ukrainian Minister of Agrarian Policy…
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GLOBAL -The International Grains Council (IGC) forecast declining global wheat flour trade in the marketing year 2022-23 to reach 13.8 million tonnes (wheat equivalent) as sales in sub-Saharan Africa dry up. According to the IGC, the 2022-23 marketing year is similar to 2020-21 when the Covid-19 pandemic was at its peak and operation of mills at one of its lowest.…
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