According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture U.S. canola growers were unable to plant 426,711 this year acres because of bad weather

Japan-based Mitsui & Co. Ltd. and Myanmar Agribusiness Public Corp. Ltd. (MAPCO) formed an agriculture joint-venture company.

Aqua Capital had a final close on its Agribusiness & Food Fund at $173.4 million Ð exceeding its $150 million target.

Members of the North Dakota-based full service agribusiness Dakota Plains Co-op voted to join CHS Inc.

France will shift nearly Û1 billion ($1.4 billion) of subsidies away from grain farmers and toward struggling livestock farmers.

High Liner Foods acquired frozen seafood and scallop processing business American Pride Seafood LLC in a deal worth $50 million.

Indonesian agribusiness giant Japfa Foods has bought two cattle stations in Northern Australian for a reported $35 million.

The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf seeks to double its revenue from its directly owned and franchised-run stores to $1 billion in five years.

In the 2012-2013 season Brazil became the worldÕs largest corn exporter accounting for more than 25% of world trade.

Expanding its Integrated Farming Systems business, Monsanto agrees to buy farm analytic firm Climate Corp.

Archer Daniels Midland is close to selling its cocoa operations to Cargill in a deal that could be worth $2 billion.

In the 1990’s Florida produced more than 200 million boxes of fruit, but this year production is estimated to be 133 million boxes.