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...Brazil is the world’s biggest producer of the legume, which is mainly used as livestock feed and oil....
...The increase in production of the commodity, largely used for livestock feed, has been a leading cause of deforestation of the Amazon rainforest as well as the destruction of Cerrado savannah....
...Speciality agriculture, which sells feedblocks and other livestock products, saw a one-quarter hike in its adjusted operating profit to £8m, while engineering contributed an adjusted operating profit of...
...The division, which analysts estimate could fetch up to €8bn, sells veterinary treatments for both pets and livestock, including the best-selling Advantage treatment for fleas and ticks....
...In a former red-brick livestock shed transformed into the investment group’s headquarters, Graham Ramsbottom, Wheatsheaf’s chief executive, said: “You’ve got this very rapidly changing population whose consumption...
...Of the 106m tonnes of grains and oilseeds the group moved last year, only 20-30 per cent goes to buyers in China, the company said....
...Jeremy Thigpen, Transocean’s president and chief executive, said the deal would allow the company to capitalise on what it sees as “an imminent recovery in the ultra-deepwater market”....
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...Argentina’s worst drought in five decades hit output of soyabeans, which are crushed to make feed for livestock....
...Soyabeans are key feed for livestock. Wilmar could be one of the companies hardest hit if trade tensions between Washington and Beijing do escalate and it is forced to source supplies from elsewhere....
...And unlike other livestock, horses go across the border but they also come back, and on a regular basis.”...
...Some companies have made a few one-off live cattle shipments to China from southern Australia, outside the bluetongue zone....
...david.pilling@ft.com Letters in response to this column: Entrepreneurial spirit can drive Africa’s green revolution / From Amir M Sharif, Uxbridge, UK Livestock provide both health and wealth / From Bill...
...“Livestock producers must stop giving medically important antibiotics to healthy animals,” says Mr Coller, “and food companies need to both monitor and minimise the use of these antibiotics in their supply...
...According to Companies House, which has been registering British companies since 1844, the livestock market is the oldest on its books still trading....
...The concern is that the use of antibiotics in livestock is causing antibiotic resistance in humans....
...Jeremy Thigpen, the new chief executive of Transocean, stressed the company’s financial strength and its ability to ride out the downturn at a conference last month....
...The market for soya meal is flashing signs of tight supply, helping propel commodities markets higher and boosting profit margins for big agricultural processing companies....
...Antibiotics also have the convenient side effect of helping livestock grow more quickly....
...But did Steve Howard, the company’s sustainability chief, correctly identify the malaise at the heart of our society?...
...With livestock requiring more resources per calorie than other foods, demand for grains and feedstocks is also likely to rise....
...The company is holding an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders in Cham, Switzerland on October 29 to approve the dividend cut and par value reduction, and to elect Jeremy Thigpen, the new chief...
...Global Witness claimed present-day politicians who are tied to the jade trade include Ohn Myint, a former army commander who is now the minister for livestock, fisheries and rural development....
...For instance AstraZeneca, the UK-based drug company, announced four partnerships early this year “aimed at harnessing the power of Crispr across its entire discovery platform in the company’s key therapeutic...
...Like many companies in China, Global Bio-Chem had expanded rapidly as the economy boomed but struggled as slowing demand from the livestock and food processing industries coincided with a state purchasing...
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