Deal Tracking

Food distributor giant Sysco will buy rival U.S. Foods for $3.5 billion creating the largest food supplier in the U.S.

Dairy producer White Wave Foods is expanding through acquisitions of products that are outside its core offerings.

JapanÕs Nitori Holdings Co. will invest Sh900 billion (US$550 million) in large scale cotton production in Tanzania.

Agribusiness and water investment company Tandou Ltd. has bought a 7,450 hectare property in New South Wales.

The Western Australia government and KAI signed an agreement that would double the size of the Ord Irrigation Scheme.

China-based Migao and RussiaÕs EuroChem formed a joint venture to build a fertilizer plant in China to begin production in 2014.

Dmitry Mazepin will buy a 20% stake in Uralkali through his fertilizer company Uralchem in a deal worth $2.9 billion.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has increased its financing of Ukrainian agribusiness MHP to US$100 million.

AustraliaÕs second biggest wheat exporter, CBH Group, is under pressure to abandon its co-op model amid investor interest.

Ulupono Initiative is creating the stateÕs largest dairy, investing $17.5 million in a grass-fed dairy on 582 leased acres on Kauai.