bunge ltd (BG) Details

Bunge Limited, through its subsidiaries, engages in agriculture and food business worldwide. Its Agribusiness segment engages in the purchase, storage, transport, processing, and sale of agricultural commodities and commodity products, such as oilseeds and grains, primarily soybeans, rapeseed or canola, sunflower seed, wheat, and corn to animal feed manufacturers, livestock producers, wheat and corn millers, third party edible oil processing companies, biodiesel industries, and other oilseed processors. The company’s Sugar and Bioenergy segment produces and sells sugar and ethanol; trades and merchandises sugar; and generates electricity from burning sugarcane bagasse. As of December 31, 2012, this segment had a total installed capacity of approximately 144 megawatts; and sugarcane plantations of approximately 339,000 hectares under cultivation. Its Edible Oil Products segment offers packaged and bulk oils, shortenings, margarines, mayonnaise, sauces, pastes, condiments, seasonings, processed tomato products, and other products to baked goods companies, snack food producers, restaurant chains, foodservice distributors, and other food manufacturers, as well as grocery chains, wholesalers, distributors, and other retailers. The company’s Milling Products segment produces and sells various wheat flours and bakery mixes; corn milling products, primarily dry milled corn meals, flours, and grits, as well as soy-fortified corn meal, corn-soy blend, and other products; and packaged milled rice products to industrial, bakery, and food processing companies. Its Fertilizer segment produces, blends, and distributes nitrogen, phosphate, and potash fertilizer formulations, such as phosphate-based liquid and solid nitrogen fertilizers; single super phosphate; and ammonia, urea, and liquid fertilizers for the agriculture industry. Bunge Limited was founded in 1818 and is headquartered in White Plains, New York.

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