Barentz International, an international leader in the distribution of high-quality ingredients, announced April 12 the establishment of a Joint Venture with Deltagen Group, a specialized food ingredients distributor headquartered on Curaçao, with local presence in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Chile and Peru.

Land O'Frost, one of the nation’s best-selling brands of pre-sliced deli meats and a producer of specialty sausage products, announced April 2 that it has purchased Swedesboro, NJ based Wellshire Farms, Inc.

Cargill has reached an agreement on the sale of Cargill’s grain and crop inputs retail assets in Ontario, Canada, including its ownership in South West Ag Partners, to La Coop fédérée, an agri-food cooperative with operations across Canada.

Royal De Heus has signed an agreement for the acquisition of the Spanish feed company Piensos Unzué, a company with a very strong position in the animal feed market for ruminants in Navarra and surrounding provinces. This acquisition is in line with the ambition of De Heus to build a leading position on the Spanish market for animal feeds.