Published: May 17, 2012

Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond has welcomed Marine Harvest’s plan to invest around £80 million to grow its business and support jobs in rural communities, as he met the chair of the Norwegian-based company in Oslo.

Published: May 17, 2012

The covered and cover and plinth (CAP) storage capacity available with the Food Corporation of India (FCI) as on April 1, 2012 was 336.04 lakh metric tonnes (MTs), both owned and hired.

Published: May 17, 2012

A few months ago, questions circled closer to the $9 billion mark.But now, some are speculating the crop indemnity payments for the last crop year could soar beyond the $11 billion mark, according to a crop insurance industry group.A report released Wedne

Published: May 17, 2012

After a day of price recovery Tuesday, the Greece political and financial turmoil is foiling any upward movement for the CME Group corn, soybean and wheat markets Wednesday.

Published: May 17, 2012 By: Jeff Caldwell

It's been a few years since the corn planting window has swung this wide open. It's been about 2 months since some farmers started planting corn, and that means there's going to be a lot of variability in this year's crop development.

Published: May 17, 2012 By: Jeff Caldwell

There's a lot of soil erosion so far this spring around Clarke McGrath. The Iowa State University (ISU) Extension field agronomist near Harlan in western Iowa says it's the worst it's been in that area about 2 decades.

Published: May 17, 2012

Minister for Primary Industries, Katrina Hodgkinson, today announced a tough new animal welfare package to lift animal welfare standards in all domestic abattoirs.

Published: May 17, 2012

Del Monte Foods plans to close its peach processing plant in Kingsburg, California, a move which will lead to a loss of 70 full-time jobs and 1,100 season jobs.

Published: May 17, 2012

Oscar Mayer, the meat and cold cut brand owned by American food company Kraft Foods, has launched its new line of Selects products that have no artificial preservatives, flavors or colors.

Published: May 17, 2012

Pig ears, which were sold in a market in Ganzhou city, Jiangxi, China, were found to be artificial, according to health officials. The fake ears have been developed from a combination of gelatin and the chemical sodium oleate.

Published: May 17, 2012

Swedish-Danish cooperative Arla Foods plans to eliminate 250 jobs worldwide as a part of its restructuring plan to lower its annual costs by DKK500m ($86.16m).

Published: May 17, 2012

Lifeway Foods, a US-based supplier of kefir cultured dairy products, has announced an agreement to nearly triple the distribution of its kefir line in Target stores. The company has also launched new products in Target stores.

Published: May 16, 2012 By: Melodie Michel

Dutch slaughter line supplier NAWI has signed a strategic co-operation contract with Nijhuis Warer Technology to provide efficient abattoir solutions to the international meat market.

Published: May 16, 2012 By: Melodie Michel

The US National Pork Producers’ Council (NPPC) has welcomed a decision by the New Zealand High Court to allow imports of consumer-ready uncooked pork from countries affected by porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome.

Published: May 16, 2012 By: Melodie Michel

Russian processing giant Cherkizovo has announced the launch of a turkey meat production joint venture with Spanish agribusiness Grupo Fuertes.

Published: May 16, 2012 By: Melodie Michel

The global poultry sector is expected to benefit from positive market conditions and strong prices in the second quarter of 2012, a Rabobank report has revealed.

Published: May 16, 2012 By: Mark Astley

The ever-growing popularity of ‘better-for-you’ organic and functional food is set to drive US dairy sector sales in 2012, according to an industry trends report.

Published: May 16, 2012 By: Mark Astley

Australia look set to okay the sale of non-pasteurised hard cheeses after food safety authorities approved a proposal to sell raw milk products in the country.

Published: May 16, 2012 By: Eric Schroeder

Alliance Grain Traders Inc. has pushed back the ground breaking date on its $50 million pasta and pulse processing complex in Regina to 2013. The project, which was announced in October 2011, originally was slated to begin this year.

Published: May 16, 2012

The average price paid for white pan bread finished higher while whole wheat bread ended lower in April, according to the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor.