The Argentina-based dairy cooperative SanCor will  sell two of its processing plants and the brands Angelita and Las Tres Niñas to the agroholding Adecoagro. According to the agreement between the two companies, 300 employees will preserve their jobs. In addition, SanCor will exit from the business of desserts, puddings and yogurts, transferring...

Agrocomplex named after Tkachev, the second largest Russian producer of raw milk, completed the construction of a cheese production plant in the Krasnodar region. The investments amounted to RUB 9.6 billion ($ 146 million). The capacity of the plant allows to process up to 500 tonnes of milk and 450 tonnes of whey per day. The production capacity...

According to the president of the Bangladesh Poultry Industries’ Central Council (BPICC), Moshiur Rahman, there have been signs of consolidation in the poultry sector of the country. Five to seven years ago, there were around 150,000 poultry farms. This number has reduced by half reaching 70,000 in 2018. At the same time, the average size of the...

EkoNiva, the largest Russian producer of raw milk, plans to acquire assets of the Konek-Gorbunok agro-company, including 20,000 hectares of farmland and a sugar refinery in the Kursk Region. In 2017/18, the sugar refinery processed 213,000 tonnes of sugar beet and produced 28,000 tonnes of sugar. The value of the assets is estimated at RUB 1...

The Brazilian vertically integrated meat producer Dália Alimentos seeks to increase its poultry production in the future. At the moment, the company is constructing a poultry house as well as a flour factory and a ration factory in the municipality of Arroio do Meio. The total investment into the three plants will amount to R$ 95 million ($ 25...

China is suffering its biggest and most serious outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) at the moment.  The deadly disease was confirmed on a 20,000-head pig farm in Liaoning province. So far only small family farms have been hit by the disease. Large scale commercial farms have stayed clear of the virus until now. According to Yao Guiling, analyst...

HarvEast, the Ukraine-based agroholding, launched a seed processing plant in the Donetsk region. The designed plant capacity is 8 tonnes per hour. The plant is equipped with a universal processing line and a quality control lab. By the end of 2018, the company plans to commission an elevator with a storage capacity of 9,000 cubic meters. The plant...

SanCor, the Argentina-based dairy cooperative, plans to sell a 10 % share of its joint operations with Vicentin Group. The cooperative will also sell its Chivilcoy and Morteros plants. The joint company with Vicentin, valued at $ 100 million was established in June 2016. In the time following, SanCor will focus on the operation of its plants in...

Food Contract Corporation (FCC), the Kazakhstan-based agroholding, exported more than 355,000 tonnes of grains and oilseeds during the first 9 months of 2018. Since the beginning of the year, FCC has shipped 110,600 tonnes (31.1%) to Iran; 88,800 tonnes (25%) to Azerbaijan; 88,600 tonnes (24.9%) to Turkmenistan; 30,400 tonnes (8.6%) to Georgia;...