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Report: Cream of Wheat maker B&G Foods Inc. has a Giant appetite
2015-08-29 10:11:13| Food - Topix.net
B&G Foods Inc. , which makes snack foods and Cream of Wheat cereal, may be close to a deal to acquire General Mills Inc.'s Green Giant vegetable business. Reuters reports that Parsippany, N.J.-based B&G is in late-stage discussions with General Mills , according to unnamed sources familiar with the matter.
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UPDATE 1-Bunge to acquire Brazilian wheat processor Moinho Pacifico
2015-08-28 09:05:52| Agriculture - Topix.net
Bunge Brasil, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bunge Ltd, said on Thursday it has agreed to acquire Brazilian wheat processor Moinho Pacifico. Bunge said the deal will allow it to increase its market share for wheat flour and some prepared mixes for the bread-making industry.
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MONSANTO CELEBRATES GRAND OPENING OF WHEAT TECHNOLOGY CENTER
2015-07-23 06:00:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
ST. LOUIS (July 16, 2015) – A ribbon-cutting ceremony today in Filer, Idaho, marked the grand opening of Monsanto’s Wheat Technology Center, which will serve as the company’s core U.S. wheat breeding R&D facility and bring together people and processes to drive innovation in wheat breeding. read more
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Drought dings quality of winter wheat in Northwest
2015-07-21 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Intense drought conditions have shrunk the kernels and disrupted the proteins of winter wheat crops in Montana, Washington, Oregon and Idaho, the region that produces a fifth of the U.S. harvest. The National Agricultural Statistics Service classified a large percentage of the region's winter wheat as below-average quality on Monday. Farmers in the Northwest are nervous that the uncharacteristically low quality of their product could slash the crop's already declining prices. "The problem...
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Invasions out of center of diversity increase risk of disease epidemics in wheat
2015-07-13 19:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Scientists have found that strains of the wheat pathogen causing severe yellow rust epidemics in Europe have their origin in the centre of diversity in the Himalayan region. This disease can have a great impact on wheat production in Europe, including organic crop production in Denmark. Wheat is the most widely cultivated food crop in the world. However, the global production of wheat is under constant threat from devastating fungal diseases. The ever more frequent and severe large-scale epidemics...
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