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  • 4 days ago | world-grain.com | John Reidy

    GENEVA, SWITZERLAND — The COFCO International board of directors has appointed Xu Guanghong as the company’s new chairman, succeeding Luan Richeng. Xu, currently vice president of COFCO Group, brings over 30 years of experience within the COFCO Group, with an extensive track record in operational leadership and strategic development across the Group’s core businesses. Xu holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Shanghai University of Finance and Economics.

  • 4 days ago | world-grain.com | John Reidy

    MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, US — Bob Horvat, manufacturing technology lead and engineer at Cargill, will serve as board president for the Grain Elevator and Processing Society (GEAPS) during the new fiscal year. “Throughout my career, I’ve seen firsthand the value GEAPS brings to individuals and companies alike,” said Horvat, who has been a GEAPS member since 2010.

  • 4 days ago | world-grain.com | John Reidy

    PORTAGE, INDIANA, US — Louis Dreyfus Co. (LDC), has been selected by the Ports of Indiana to reopen its Burns Harbor grain export facility on Lake Michigan at Portage, Indiana, US. LDC is expected to begin operating the terminal in early 2026. Financial terms of the agreement, announced June 23, were not disclosed. The Burns Harbor grain terminal enabled exports of more than 500 million bushels of corn and soybeans between opening in 1979 and closing in 2023, according to Ports of Indiana.

  • 5 days ago | world-grain.com | John Reidy

    MADRID, SPAIN — Spain’s total grain production in marketing year 2025-26 is expected to exceed 24.1 million tonnes and reduce imports, thanks to expanded area, abundant rain and mild temperatures since the beginning of March that benefited winter crops, according to a report from the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) of the US Department of Agriculture.

  • 1 week ago | world-grain.com | John Reidy

    SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL — Cargill has acquired full ownership of the soybean oil crushing, refining and bottling plant that it has operated since 1998 through a lease agreement in Barreiras, Bahia, Brazil, advancing its operations in the world’s largest soybean producing and exporting country. The Barreiras facility employs 250 people and produces soybean meal (bulk and bagged), pelletized soybean hulls, degummed oil and refined oil (bulk and bottled) under the Liza brand.

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