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FrieslandCampina half-year profits drop 42.6% battered by Thai court ruling and an underperforming infant nutrition business
NETHERLANDS – Dutch dairy cooperative Royal FrieslandCampina N.V. has reported 42.6% drop in half-year profits, attributing the huge decline to a €57m ($67.2m) provision for a court ruling in Thailand and an…
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Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organisation launches research on Teff crop to boost productivity
KENYA – The Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organisation (KALRO), has introduced Teff crop on its research list. Among the varieties under research work include…
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South Africa to remain net exporter of corn despite decline in production
SOUTH AFRICA – South Africa is expected to register its second largest corn crop output in history in the Marketing Year 2020/21, reaching 16.8 million…
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EU to record higher grain harvests in MY2021/22 following higher than expected spring rainfall
EUROPE – The European Union (EU) grain production is forecast at 293.3 MMT (million metric tonnes), over 13 MMT higher than the previous marketing year’s volume…
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Nile Breweries eases COVID-19 burden on Uganda’s health system, donates 300 oxygen cylinders
UGANDA – Nile Breweries Limited (NBL), the Ugandan subsidiary of AB InBev, has donated 300 oxygen cylinders worth Ush 333 million (US$93,800) to major referral…