5 Largest Private Companies By Revenue: Will They Ever Go Public? Some of the largest companies in the U.S., which employ hundreds of thousands of people and brought in billions in revenue in 2021, are private. Benzinga · May 24, 2022
Food and energy billionaires $453bn richer than two years ago, finds Oxfam While elite gather in Davos, charity calls for wealth tax after rich benefit from soaring energy and food prices The Guardian - UK · May 22, 2022
Trump officials and meat industry blocked life-saving Covid controls, investigation finds Congressional investigation reveals the lengths meat industry went to downplay risks to workers and lobby receptive Trump officials The Guardian - US · May 12, 2022
Big meat is gobbling up fake meat companies Conglomerates have bought out several smaller companies as the meat substitute market is predicted to grow rapidly The Guardian - US · May 10, 2022
3 Stocks That Bill Gates Owns in Size Bill Gates, the fourth richest person in the world, is keenly followed by the investor community concerning investments made through his firm Cascade Investment, L.L.C. The three stocks that the firm holds in large quantities are Sanderson Farms (SAFM), FedEx (FDX), and United Parcel Service (UPS). So, we think it… StockNews.com · Apr 28, 2022
How a Minnesota ag firm is helping Ukrainian farmers plant in war-scarred fields Dave Gebhardt says the flat fields of Ukraine — Europe's breadbasket — look like those rolling, green corn and soybean acreages surrounding the farm he grew up on near Rochester, Minnesota. Tribune News Service · Apr 28, 2022
Alarming mountains of fertilizer waste The U.S. houses hundreds of millions of tons of phosphogypsum in open-air stacks, but regulation is inconsistent Salon · Apr 20, 2022
Cargill suspends palm oil purchases from Malaysia’s Sime Darby Cargill Inc, one of the world’s biggest agricultural traders, stopped buying palm oil products from Sime Darby Plantation Bhd. after the US said it found indicators of forced labour in the Malaysian grower. Bangkok Post · Apr 18, 2022
'Agricultural Mafia' clears land to grow soya as rainforests destroyed Soybean is used in animal feed so that pigs, cattle and chickens grow faster and bigger. The UK contributes to the problem, importing 500,000 tons of Brazilian soya each year Daily Mirror · Apr 16, 2022
Local Bounti Agrees To Acquire Indoor Farming Company Pete's For ~$122M Local Bounti Corp (NYSE:LOCL) has agreed to acquire California-based complementary indoor farming company Hollandia Produce Group Inc, which operates under the name Pete's, for $122.5 million. The transaction will comprise $92.5 million in cash, expected to be provided under Local Bounti's existing lending facility with Cargill, and the remaining $30.0 million payable in shares. The… Benzinga · Mar 15, 2022
Cargill is 'scaling back' in Russia, but continuing food and feed operations The parade of western firms constraining business in Russia has — until now — had a notable absence: Minnesota-based Cargill, one of the country's largest foreign agribusiness investors. Tribune News Service · Mar 11, 2022
Cargill-chartered ship on Black Sea 'hit by a projectile' amid Ukraine invasion Global farm commodities trader Cargill Inc said on Thursday that an ocean vessel it chartered was "hit by a projectile" on the Black Sea, but that the ship remained seaworthy and all crew were safe and accounted for. Reuters · Feb 24, 2022
Cargill, other US grain traders monitor conflict in ag-rich Ukraine U.S. agribusinesses with large operations and investments in Ukraine — often called the breadbasket of Europe — are preparing for a worsening situation as Russia escalates the conflict. Tribune News Service · Feb 23, 2022