ABARES pegs production at 4.3 million tonnes

Producers’ optimism about future tempered by current economic conditions

Program will confer one overall award, donate proceeds to scholarship fund

Reductions seen in production and processing

Company hopes to exceed a total of 1,050 by end of this year

Processing facility in Louisiana to be operational in 2026

More than 30 startups pitched their ideas in food, chemicals industries

Six additional units will be delivered in second quarter

Symposium now includes a series of virtual ‘lunch and learns’

Company’s 2023 performance comes amid pending merger with Bunge