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Glencore in talks to sell further stake in ag unit

By Clara Denina, Sarah McFarlane May 6, 2016

London | Reuters — Commodity trader and miner Glencore is in talks to sell a further 9.9 per cent stake in its agricultural unit, negotiating with bidders that missed out on the 40 per cent sold to the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), two sources with knowledge of the matter said. Glencore, whose ag […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

COFCO in talks for full ownership of Noble agribusiness

By Anshuman Daga, Sarah McFarlane December 15, 2015

Reuters — China’s food giant COFCO is in advanced talks to take full ownership of Noble Group’s agribusiness, three sources said, a move which would cement its newfound strength in global agriculture markets and help bolster Noble’s balance sheet. The sources said COFCO was in talks to buy the remaining 49 per cent of Singapore-listed […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Russia-Turkey tensions stymie new wheat deals

By Polina Devitt, Sarah McFarlane November 27, 2015

Reuters — Political tension between Russia and Turkey has put a brake on new wheat deals between the two countries and created uncertainty about existing agreements, traders said Thursday. Relations between Russia, one of the world’s largest wheat exporters, and Turkey, the largest buyer of Russian wheat, have quickly deteriorated after Turkey shot down a […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Crops, Markets, Reuters

Cargill said restructuring, cutting jobs

By Sarah McFarlane November 13, 2015

London | Reuters –– Cargill Inc., one of the world’s largest privately held corporations, has launched a restructuring that includes job cuts, one company source and four industry sources said Friday, the latest casualty of a downturn in the farm economy. The 150-year-old company, a top commodities trader, is also closing offices, two of the […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Glencore reported in talks on agriculture assets

By Clara Denina, Euan Rocha, Sarah McFarlane October 2, 2015

Reuters — Glencore is in talks with a Saudi Arabian sovereign wealth fund and China’s state-backed grain trader COFCO, along with Canadian pension funds, to sell a stake in its agricultural assets, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. Selling assets is one prong of a wider strategy by the Swiss-based trader and miner to […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Russia curbs grain exports to cool domestic prices

By Polina Devitt, Sarah McFarlane December 17, 2014

Moscow | Reuters — Russia, one of the world’s main wheat exporters, is taking steps to restrict grain exports in an attempt to cool domestic prices, as it tackles a financial crisis linked to plunging oil prices and Western sanctions. In a meeting with grain exporters on Wednesday, Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich said the […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Markets, Reuters, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Russia surprises peers with early wheat export market exit

By Polina Devitt, Sarah McFarlane October 1, 2014

London/Moscow | Reuters — Russian wheat has made a surprise early exit from key global export markets, despite the country’s near-record crop, after domestic prices rose in the fallout from the Ukraine crisis. With a bumper crop and the rouble close to historic lows, Russia could reasonably be expected to actively supply wheat to key […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Ukraine small grain traders in crisis seek loans from big players

By Sarah McFarlane March 21, 2014

Geneva | Reuters — The crisis in Ukraine is hurting its small grain traders as they struggle to get financing from local banks, forcing them to seek loans from bigger, mostly international trade houses, traders said. Growing tensions in East-West relations over Russia’s moves to annex the Black Sea Crimea peninsula have weakened Ukraine’s hryvnia […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Egypt welcomes U.S. signals as wheat stocks dwindle

By Sarah McFarlane, yasmine-saleh July 11, 2013

Egypt’s interim rulers welcomed on Thursday remarks from the U.S. State Department describing the rule of toppled leader Mohamed Mursi as undemocratic, read in Cairo as a signal that Washington will not cut off its US$1.5 billion in annual aid. In a stark illustration of the desperate state of Egypt’s economy, a former minister from […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Egypt’s political turmoil unlikely to derail vital wheat buy

By Sarah McFarlane July 5, 2013

Egypt’s first deal on the international wheat market after a long absence is expected to complete even after the army ousted the country’s first democratically elected president earlier this week, traders said on Thursday. Egypt’s armed forces overthrew Islamist President Mohamed Mursi on Wednesday, after the armed forces chief General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said Mursi […] Read more

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Glencore in talks to sell further stake in ag unit

COFCO in talks for full ownership of Noble agribusiness

Russia-Turkey tensions stymie new wheat deals

Cargill said restructuring, cutting jobs

Glencore reported in talks on agriculture assets

Russia curbs grain exports to cool domestic prices

Russia surprises peers with early wheat export market exit

Ukraine small grain traders in crisis seek loans from big players

Egypt welcomes U.S. signals as wheat stocks dwindle

Egypt’s political turmoil unlikely to derail vital wheat buy

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