Articles tagged under: Louis Dreyfus

BASF Spins Off Food Ingredients Business

Published December 30, 2024

BASF is selling its food and health performance ingredients business to the Louis Dreyfus Company. This business includes items for the plant-based market, such as omega-3 oils. The terms of the deal were not announced.

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Putin Approves Sale of Louis Dreyfus Facility

Published November 29, 2024

Russian President Vladimir Putin has approved the sale of an elevator company owned by the Louis Dreyfus Company to an unknown buyer. Louis Dreyfus stopped exporting grain from the facility in July of 2023. Other Western companies sold assets or…

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A Focus on Pulse Merchandising

Published August 20, 2024

Louis Dreyfus Company has established a new business unit that will focus on the merchandising of pulse crops. The initial focus is on yellow peas, chickpeas, red lentils, faba beans and pigeon peas. Louis Dreyfus Company plans to capitalize on…

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Soybean Crush Plant Being Built in Ohio

Published July 5, 2024

Louis Dreyfus has begun construction on a soybean crush plant in Upper Sandusky, Ohio. The facility is expected to have a capacity of 1.5 million tons of soybeans per year, producing 320,000 tons of soybean oil. Construction is expected to…

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Pea Protein Plant Planned

Published February 12, 2024

Louis Dreyfus plans to build a pea protein isolate production plant in Saskatchewan. The demand for plant-based proteins is behind this decision. Construction should be complete by the end of 2025.

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Louis Dreyfus Posts Higher Net Income

Published March 22, 2023

The commodity merchant, Louis Drefus Company, had net profits of over $1 billion in 2022. That's up from $697 million in 2021. Net sales came in at just under $60 billion. That compares to nearly $50 billion a year ago.

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Strong Fiscal Year for Louis Dreyfus and a Warning for Year Ahead

Published March 25, 2022

The Louis Dreyfus Company is reporting net profits of $697 million for 2021. That’s up more than 82 percent from the previous year. Looking forward, the grain trading firm said the conflict between Russia and Ukraine is impacting grain export…

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Fire Hits Louis Dreyfus Soybean Processing Plant

Published February 17, 2022

Due to a fire, business is suspended at the largest soybean processing plant in the United States. The fire started Tuesday night at the Louis Dreyfus soybean processing and biodiesel plant at Claypool, Indiana and was limited to a small…

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U.S. Sugar Makes a Deal for Imperial Sugar

Published March 25, 2021

U.S. Sugar, which is the largest sugarcane producer in the country, is buying Imperial Sugar from the Louis Dreyfus Company. Louis Dreyfus says this deal will allow it to concentrate on its global sugar trading business. The sale is expected…

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Ag Companies Cooperate on Digital Platform

Published December 4, 2019

An industry-wide initiative to modernize trade operations is now going by a new name, Covantis. The goal of this effort is to increase efficiencies within the system with a digital platform. ADM, Bunge, Cargill, COFCO International, Louis Dreyfus Company and…

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