Agribusiness

First Resources net profit drops by more than 60%

Higher export taxes in Indonesia stabbed at the palm oil producer’s profits.

Olam gets US$1b loan to acquire US spice manufacturer

Olam International Limited, through a subsidiary, has two years to pay for the acquisition of Olde Thomson.

Bumitama Agri suffers 36.4% profit decline over taxes

The company’s profit was affected by Indonesian government's CPO levy and export tax.

Wilmar net profit doubles to a record-breaking US$450.2m

All of the food processing firm's core business segments grew in the first quarter.

Japfa net profits up 36.9% amidst pandemic, swine flu

Japfa's net profits were up 36.9% to US$35.5m.

Olam expands business with US spice manufacturer acquisition

Olam Food Ingredients is set to acquire Olde Thompson for US$900m.

Mondelez, Olam Food to develop cocoa farm in Indonesia

The project will use advanced climate and plant science technology.

Olam International to issue $100m perpetual securities

Thise will be consolidated with its existing $250m securities, issued under the same programme.

Golden Agri records better performance on higher CPO prices: analyst

It has posted a 15% drop in its FY2020 net profit to US$230m.

Japfa profits soar by 168% in 2020

The agri-food firm's profits were driven by its operations in Vietnam and China.

Golden Agri posts 15% loss in 2020

The Indonesian agriculture firm expects the demand in palm oil to recover in 2021.

Wilmar International FY2020 net profit surges 18.6% to US$1.53b

Its revenue for FY2020 increased 18.5% to US$50.53b.

ABC World Asia invests in agribusiness firm

Agri-tech firm CropIn will use the capital infusion for global expansion and analytics platform.

UOB grants $272m sustainability-linked loan to Wilmar

ESG ratings provider Sustainalytics will measure Wilmar’s performance.

Archer Daniels Midland to cut stake in Wilmar, sell shares for $685.28m

The company had a 24.6% effective stake in Wilmar as of 4 March.

Olam posts 44.4% profit growth to $332.7m in H1

It was thanks to a net exceptional gain of $130.6m from the divestments in Far East Agri.