Chuck Stanley
Seven US universities will receive funding for research to make biofuel production more efficient and less costly.
The joint venture with Afrisian is the start of an expansion effort by the animal feed and edible oils company.
Inner Mongolia Fuyuan Farming has acquired a 79% stake in Australian dairy ingredient processor Burra Foods.
Prices paid to US agri producers remain well below 2015 numbers despite edging up slightly from February.
The acquisition of 51,700 acres of South Carolina timberlands brings the REIT's total timber holdings to nearly half a million acres.
The USDA has licensed the fund to receive equity investment from the US Farm Credit System to invest in small food and agri businesses.
A mix of strategic and venture investors plan to build faculty research at seven US universities into digital, biotech and genomics agri companies.
Ventura Foods will take on assets from Cargill's facilities in Ohio, Georgia and Florida.
Buyers from Australia, Chile, US and New Zealand will not be subject to the FIRB review that derailed the sale to a Chinese-led consortium.
Following Treasurer Scott Morrison's preliminary decision to block the sale, the Chinese bidders have now withdrawn.