date:Mar 06, 2013
y spell lower wheat prices as fewer competitors bid for supply.
The milling company partners said their broader base would help them better manage sometimes volatile swings in wheat prices. But they said that farmers will benefit through enhanced opportunities to connect the wheat they grow to the consumer marketplace.
CHS, the nation's largest producer-owned cooperative, will be a key supplier to Ardent, said Mark Palmquist, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Ag Business,