Agriculture
Our Agricultural Products business includes grains, oils/oilseeds, cotton and sugar. In addition, we have both controlled and non-controlled storage, handling and processing facilities in strategic locations.
We originate and market grains (including wheat, corn and barley), oilseeds (including soyabeans and soft seeds), oil seed products (including edible oils and meals) cotton and sugar. The suppliers to our business are farmers, farming co-operatives, processing plants, local exporters and global merchants. Our customers include the processing industry (food, animal feed, consumer products), local importers and government purchasing entities.
This origination business is supported by an extensive silo and export elevator network. Our processing asset portfolio includes oilseed crushing, bio-diesel and ethanol production, sugar, wheat and rice milling. We own and lease farmland in the CIS, Australia and Paraguay.
In 2012, we acquired Viterra, a vertically integrated global agri-business engaged in the purchasing, storage, handling, processing and marketing of agricultural and food ingredient products. This acquisition further strengthened our position in the sector. Viterra has extensive operations across Western Canada and Australia, as well as facilities in the US.