* "We are optimistic," CEO says * Says little buyer interest in its plants (Recasts, adds CEO comments, background, byline) CHICAGO, Feb 27 - U.S. chicken producer Pilgrim's Pride Corp has idled plants and is...
* Q4 net profit down 27.1 percent from a year ago * Full-year net profit up 33.5 percent from 2007 JAKARTA, Feb 25 - Indonesia's largest listed plantation firm, PT Astra Agro Lestari Tbk <AALI.JK>,...
CHICAGO, Feb 24 - At the tender age of 18, when other teenagers dream about getting a car, Wesley Batista was handed a meat-packing plant to manage. Some 20 years later, the 38-year-old Brazilian runs...
* Grains, soy eye equity markets for direction * Firmer U.S. cash markets amid light farmer sales support (Recasts, updates CBOT price trends, adds analysts' quotes, changes dateline and byline from PARIS/SYDNEY) CHICAGO, Feb 24...
CHICAGO, Feb 24 - At the tender age of 18, when other teenagers dream about getting a car, Wesley Batista was handed a meat-packing plant to manage. Some 20 years later, the 38-year-old Brazilian runs...
Good results, cost controls and a sentiment change give the grocer's shares a fat Thursday.Strong numbers, cost controls, analyst upgrades, bargain hunting and some short-covering converged on Whole Foods Thursday ...
Futuris Corp Ltd (FCL.AX) has sold a further 14.99 percent stake in Australian Agricultural Co Ltd (AAC.AX) for A$67.4 million ($43.5 million), Futuris ...
SEOUL, Feb 10 - South Korea's Daewoo Logistics said on Tuesday it might delay its massive corn plantation plan in Madagascar due to political instability and weak commodity prices, a move that could signal the...
SYDNEY, Feb 10 - Australian grain marketer AWB Ltd <AWB.AX> said its first-half profit would be down between 45-55 percent on the same period last year, due to drought and after its lost its export...