Daily Digest 18/06/12: Evonik and Biomin expand; CBH gets Japanese tender; grasshopper plague in Russia

Hello,

Hope you all had a fabulous weekend.  Here's what's been going on while you were away.

Two of big companies are expanding their feed additive divisions:

• Evonik unveil new feed additive plants in Russia and Brazil.  Read more... 
• Biomin buys German company, MICRO-PLUS.   Read more...

Elsewhere,

• CBH has nabbed its first Japanese MAFF tender.  The Australian company will supply 36,060 tonne of MAFF ASW blend wheat, a blend of noodle and premium milling grade wheat, destined for east Japan for August shipment.  Read more...

• And finally, Birds may be Alfred Hitchcock's nemesis but in Russia a grasshopper invasion poses a major threat to the country's crops.  Watch video...

 What do you think...

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