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14 September 2018

Brian Redrup: Skilled, disciplined and committed people make farming successful

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Today’s farming is, as any business, a struggle for competitive advantage. Therefore, a modern farm manager has to know how to market products, plan the production process, and recognize and take advantages of business opportunities. Brian Redrup, the Farms Director at the British agroholding Velcourt and one of the keynote speakers of the upcoming...

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14 September 2018

Large scale agriculture causes the loss of forests

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A new study of global forest loss — the first to examine not only where forests are disappearing, but also why — revealed that industrial scale agriculture has contributed to the loss. Philip Curtis, a geospatial analyst and one of the authors of the study, trained a computer program to recognize five causes of forest loss in satellite images:...

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14 September 2018

Adecoagro buys two SanCor plants for $ 45 million

Adecoagro backed away from its original idea of taking full control of the dairy cooperative SanCor and bought only two plants of the dairy company. Adecoagro made a disbursement for $ 45 million to buy the Mortero plant that produces milk powder and cheeses and the Chivilcoy plant where fluid milk is produced. In addition, this transaction...

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13 September 2018

Price of Mriya's takeover by SALIC revealed

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According to Financial Times, the investment company The Saudi Agricultural & Livestock Investment Co. (SALIC), which already owns the Ukraine-based agroholding Continental Farmers Group, paid $ 242 million to acquire the Ukrainian agroholding Mriya. Different experts estimated the value of Mriya to be in the range of $ 175 million and $ 300...

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13 September 2018

Mriya Agroholding has a new owner

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Mriya Farming PLC (Great Britain) and SALIC UK Ltd (Saudi Agricultural and Livestock Investment Company, Great Britain) have announced the successful sales of Mriya’s agricultural assets, which include all the infrastructure facilities, the technology park, as well as the companies that own the right to lease the land bank. Though the exact...

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13 September 2018

Los Grobo Agropecuaria lost $ 26.4 million

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Los Grobo Agropecuaria, a subsidiary of Argentina-based Grupo Los Grobo S.A. with operations in Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay, finished its fiscal year, which ended on June 30th, with over arg$ 1 billion ($ 26.4 million) of losses. The losses occurred due to the drought that heavily hit agricultural production and the devaluation of the peso in...

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12 September 2018

Damate Group to invest in turkey production in Primorye

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Damate Group, a Russian agroholding engaged in production of turkey meat, dairy farming and milk processing, will invest RUB 12.2 billion ($ 179.28 million) in the construction of a poultry complex in Primorskiy Krai. The capacity of the complex will achieve 22,500 tonnes of poultry meat per year. The project also involves the construction of a...

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12 September 2018

Terra Santa faces losses in the second quarter of 2018

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Terra Santa, a Brazilian producer of agricultural commodities, announced a net loss of R$ 19.25 million ($ 4.7 million) in the second quarter of 2018, against the net profit of R$ 12.12 million ($ 2.9 million) in the same period of the previous year. The company's net income increased 53% from R$ 132.44 million ($ 32.1 million) in the second...

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11 September 2018

Organic Dairy Scorecard helps differentiate between large and small farms

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A new study, The Industrialization of Organic Dairy, published by The Cornucopia Institute, helps consumers identify organic dairy products produced by large scale and small scale farms in the US. The report provides a scorecard enabling consumers to review brands for their overall sustainability and adherence to truly organic standards. The...

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10 September 2018

TH True Milk builds a new milk processing plant in Russia

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The Vietnamese Agroholding TH True Milk (part of the TH Group) started construction of a new milk processing plant in the Kaluga region. According to the Ministry of Agriculture of Russia, the company will become the largest milk processing plant in the region. The costs of construction are estimated at 6.7 billion rubles ($ 96 million). The...

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