Food Processing

Despite the slowdown, the bank notes that Chinese imports will continue to be an important driver of the global pork market.

The firm says the decision to sell the Canadian plant was the result of a change in the needs of a local customer.

New Hope Group, which could invest A$1bn in Australian agribusiness over the next three years, is opening the first Sino-Australian free trade zone near Shanghai.

Following a N$300m commitment from the Government Institutions Pensions Fund Namibia, the fund expects to raise a further N$150m from local pension funds.

The fund has brought on its second institutional investor after MainPERS confirmed an investment in the fund in September.

Grey Mountain has bought Kronos from fellow US-firm Prospect Partners.

Four months on from the Brexit vote, the Conservative party conference provides some clues for what will happen next.

The facility will be built in Canada, the second-largest salmon exporter to the US, and cost around $200m.

Cargill has reported an increase in net earnings driven largely by consumer demand for beef.

US firm Paine & Partners has invested in the sector on the back of growing regulation and consolidation prospects.