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ADM profit tops estimates on export sales, oilseeds

Nov. 6, 2018 at 9:47 am CST

Reuters – Archer Daniels Midland Co reported a bigger-than-expected quarterly profit on Tuesday, as the U.S. grain merchant made export sales to buyers in countries other than China during an escalating trade war between Washington and Beijing. Strong margins for oilseeds crushing also boosted earnings. The United States and China […]

Fertilizer maker Nutrien’s profit beats on strong potash demand

Nov. 6, 2018 at 9:31 am CST

By Shanti S Nair Soundarya J

DowDuPont tops profit estimates as chemicals demand provides boost

Nov. 1, 2018 at 10:01 am CDT

By Laharee Chatterjee

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ABCD quartet of grain traders partner to digitize global trades

Oct. 25, 2018 at 5:00 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. pot firm Curaleaf to triple planned equity offering

Oct. 24, 2018 at 4:10 pm CDT

By John Tilak Nichola Saminather

Foreign control in Canadian ag sector still relatively low

Aug. 2, 2018 at 9:08 am CDT

CNS Canada – The percentage of foreign control, as a percentage of total assets, in the Canadian agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting sector was 1.6 per cent in 2016, according to data recently released by Statistics Canada. While that’s up from 1.1 per cent in 2012, it compares with foreign […]

By MarketsFarm Team

DowDuPont sees higher raw material costs, shares fall

Aug. 2, 2018 at 8:00 am CDT

Reuters – DowDuPont Inc said it expects higher raw material costs to hit all its units for the rest of the year even as an uptick in its agriculture business helped the U.S. chemicals producer beat Street estimates for the fourth straight quarter. Shares of the company fell 3 percent to […]

By Laharee Chatterjee Nivedita Bhattacharjee

Bunge posts surprise loss on trade-related soy hedges

Aug. 1, 2018 at 12:17 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – Global grains merchant Bunge Ltd reported a surprise quarterly loss on Wednesday as its agribusiness unit took a $125 million hit from soybean hedges tied to the trade dispute between the United States and China. Shares of the White Plains, New York-based company fell 2.9 percent […]

By Karl Plume

ADM earnings double, helped by U.S.-China trade row

Jul. 31, 2018 at 11:42 am CDT

Chicago | Reuters – Archer Daniels Midland Co’s net profits doubled in the second quarter and beat Wall Street estimates, after a drought in Argentina and the U.S.-China trade spat boosted the U.S. grain merchant’s trading and oilseed processing businesses. Shares were up 1 percent at $47.86 after touching a […]

By Tom Polansek

Fertilizer producer Nutrien to keep Saskatchewan base, says Wall

Jan. 4, 2018 at 12:29 pm CST

Winnipeg | Reuters – Nutrien Ltd, the fertilizer company formed this week by a merger of Potash Corp of Saskatchewan and Agrium, has committed to establishing its head office in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan and increasing corporate office jobs there, Saskatchewan premier Brad Wall said on Thursday. Wall said […]

By Rod Nickel

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