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...Potential suitors will price the company at the top of the market. Shares in Mississippi-based Sanderson reached a new high after reports that it is exploring a sale....
...Analysts see the group based in Laurel, Mississippi, as one of the best performers in the sector....
...Mani Iyer, CEO of Mahindra USA, which makes tractors, scooters and farm equipment, said: “As US subsidiaries in the United States, we have made significant investment both in terms of our own companies as...
...Wendell Shauman, 70, who farms 1,000 acres of corn and soyabeans near the Mississippi river in western Illinois, says he would prefer for the mega deals not to go ahead....
...In the shade of a huge tree, several dozen members of the Granderson family gathered for a barbecue on a hot Mississippi afternoon....
...The National Grain and Feed Association, which represents companies that handle 70 per cent of US grain, warned that the problems of moving grain could depress farm gate prices....
...Mike Cockrell, chief financial officer of Sanderson Farms of Mississippi, said feed made up 55 per cent of the company’s cost of goods sold....
...Ms Barney, chief executive of the local chamber of commerce, tells the story as an example of the pervasive caricature of Iowa as a land of farms, Evangelical churches and white folks....
...The reason is fruit, grown for the domestic and international markets on irrigated farms that were previously large, dusty landholdings....
...It also cites a survey that found that 89 per cent of homeowners in Louisiana and 93 per cent in Mississippi were satisfied with their insurance company....
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