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NEWS REVIEW
Beneo to build pulse processing plant in Germany
PARSIPPANY, NEW JERSEY, US - Functional ingredients
supplier Beneo said it will invest $54 million in a new pulse
processing plant in Offstein, Germany. The plant is expected
to be completed in the second half of 2024 and will produce
protein-rich pulse ingredients for food and animal feed.
Beneo said the facility's initial focus will be on protein
concentrate, starch-rich flour, and hulls from fava beans. The
plant will have the option to process other pulses in the future,
Beneo said.
" The recent investment by Beneo into a new pulse production
site is only the starting point, " said Christoph Boettger, a
member of Beneo's executive board. " We strongly believe in
plant-based ingredients and therefore see the new plant as an
important first step in enlarging our protein offering moving
COFCO wins lease rights on bulk terminal
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL - COFCO International Brasil SA
has been awarded the rights to a new agriculture solid bulk
terminal in the Port of Santos, one of the largest and busiest
ports in Latin America.
According to COFCO, the 25-year lease on the STS11 terminal
will expand its own port capacity in Brazil to 14 million
tonnes once it's fully operational in 2026. Also, as part of its
lease agreement, COFCO said it will invest in the modernization
and expansion of the terminal facilities.
" The investment will provide farmers more choices and
Lack of Russian wheat shutters Kazakhstan flour mills
NUR-SULTAN, KAZAKHSTAN - While the Kazakhstani
government has pledged to supply regional markets with wheat,
many flour millers have ceased operations due to a lack of imports
from Russia, according to a report from the Foreign Agricultural
Service of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).
The government introduced wheat and wheat flour restrictions
from April 15 to June 15 that allow Kazakhstani producers
to export up to 1 million tonnes of wheat and 300,000
tonnes of flour. Exporters are expected to be required to sell
10% of the exported volume to the domestic market at a fixed
price. The Ministry of Agriculture said the restrictions are
meant to balance exports with domestic food security needs.
The Kazakhstani grain industry said there is a severe lack
of wheat imports from Russia, and the available wheat is extremely
expensive. Wheat reached $355 per tonne, which is
historically high.
At least 50% of Kazakhstan's flour mills have ceased operating
or are operating at very limited capacities. As of midApril,
millers said they have stocks left for about two weeks.
In previous years, lower priced wheat imports from Russia
stopped domestic wheat prices from increasing.
" With Kazakhstan's wheat and wheat flour export restrictions
coming into effect on April 15, exporters reportedly increased
their shipments to avoid the export restrictions, with
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create new opportunities for COFCO International Brasil SA
to cooperate with local industry partners and logistics companies, "
COFCO said.
COFCO said it sources agricultural commodities, including
grains, oilseeds and sugar from more than 7,000 farmers and
supports the development of a fully traceable and conversionfree
soy supply chain.
" COFCO International Brasil SA is committed to the sustainable
development of Brazilian agriculture, farmers and
communities for the long term, " the company said.
traders exporting 110,000 tonnes of wheat in just two days, "
the USDA said.
The USDA expects wheat and wheat flour exports in March
and April to be higher as traders attempted to complete sales
before grain export restrictions took effect.
Traders and millers were not in favor of the restrictions,
noting that they had contracts with international buyers that
would have to be renegotiated.
The government's Food Contracting Corp. said it has
500,000 tonnes of wheat in domestic reserve, of which
250,000 tonnes is a permanent reserve. Furthermore, the FCC
noted it had reserved 275,000 tonnes of wheat to supply flour
mills and poultry farms from January to August 2022.
Also due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Kazakhstani exporters
have been looking for alternative options to export
grain. Exports through the Kazakhstan ports of Aktau and
Kuryk are limited by outdated infrastructure, unpredictable
weather and lack of capacity at receiving ports in the Caucuses.
Central Asia, Afghanistan and Iran are expected to remain
destinations for most Kazakhstani grain. Exporters will consider
shipping more grain through the Caspian Sea because
the China border largely is closed to agricultural shipments
and Russian ports are unable to ship Kazakhstani grain, the
USDA said.
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forward. This will enable us to produce a wider variety of
sustainable plant-based protein ingredients over the coming
years. "
Beneo also noted that pulses fit into its sustainability program.
The company said fava beans provide nitrogen for
themselves and subsequent plants, eliminating the need for nitrogen
fertilization. The fava beans to be processed at the new
plant will be locally sourced from farmers that are certified by
the Sustainable Agriculture Initiative, Beneo said. In addition,
Beneo said the production process it will use features low energy
consumption in comparison to alternative processes.
Beneo said it will process raw ingredients at intermediate
production facilities until the new plant in Germany
is operational.
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