Federal Environment Minister, Tony Burke, recently announced a two-year extension of the ban on all large fishing trawlers in Australian waters. This comes as a blow to large commercial fishing enterprises contemplating development of Australian sea-based
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said Wednesday its scientists have helped complete sequencing of the wheat genome, which the agency said will increase yields, accelerate development of varieties with enhanced nutritional value and "help feed the
As Americans finish up their Thanksgiving leftovers, there are two turkeys who skipped the oven and are heading into retirement. Following what has become a national tradition, President Obama “pardoned” two turkeys, Cobbler and his understudy Gobbler, in
DUTCH fruit trader Fruto del Campo is now importing cherries from Chile and Argentina, after business agreements were set up with Latin American producers to supply cherries to European retailers.
New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra aims to increase its presence in the Indian dairy market through the establishment of "on the ground" leadership in the country.
Daniel Constantin, the Romanian minister of agriculture, declared on Tuesday that all fruit imports from Turkey would undergo detailed controls as a result of recent grapefruit imports that had been found to contain pesticide residues above the legally pe
The Food and Drug Administration has announced that, under the Food Safety Modernisaztion Act 2011, they have suspended the food facility registration of Sunland Inc. This is the first time the FDA has ever exercised its right to do this. The reason for t
On 22nd November, Temuco, in the Southern regions of Chile, experienced a frost. Much of the area's blueberry cultivation was affected to varying degrees.
With a great audience participation through all the three days, the eighth edition of Interpoma, the biennial international exhibition for the cultivation, conservation and marketing of apples, was held at Fiera Bolzano from September 15th through 17th.
The harvest of Polish apples has now finished. Due to early cold nights in October, some of the late varieties such as Idared were not harvested on time. Despite this most of the volume has been been picked.
Consumers have been warned to expect shortages of British winter vegetables in the run-up to Christmas, as UK farmers count the cost of devastating floods and poor weather on their crops.
China's cheese market is booming as more diners in the nation take their first bite of this still relative newcomer to their plates, offering golden opportunities to cheese producers across the globe.
Yestoday's CME Group corn, soybean, and wheat trading are expected to extend overnight gains. The early calls for the commodities on Tuesday, November 27, 2012, are higher.
Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM), the Seafood Development Agency continued with their series of Innovation workshops with a practical industry-focused workshop entitled "Introduction to fish smoking technologies" at BIM's Seafood Development Centre, Clonakilty,
Some Australian beef exporters reported this week that demand from Korean beef importers had started to drop off, primarily due to strong beef shipments from Australia to Korea in recent weeks.
