A U.S. wheat farmer has sued Monsanto Co, accusing the biotech seed giant of gross negligence for not containing an experimental genetically modified wheat discovered in an Oregon field.
Hong Kong's Center for Food Safety said Tuesday that it has suspended the import of poultry, poultry products and eggs from parts of Denmark and the Netherlands.
Iceland's President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson visited Portland, Maine, on Friday to celebrate the move made by the Icelandic shipping company Eimskip to make Portland its new North American operation center.
The Global Aquaculture Alliance this week announced the Blumar S.A. is the third salmon company in Chile to achieve three-star Best Aquaculture Practices certification.
Canned tuna, sardines and mackerel from German importer Otto Franck Import KG, under the LaPerla brand have received Friend of the Sea (FOS) chain of custody certification.
July Corn finished up 7 3/4 at 662, 3 3/4 off the high and 9 3/4 up from the low. December Corn closed up 4 1/2 at 567 1/4. This was 9 1/2 up from the low and 5 3/4 off the high.
Integrated and diversified meat and fodder producer, Cherkizovo Group, has completed crop sowing and says that if favorable weather conditions continue there should be a 30 per cent increase in yield, reaching 150,000 tonnes.
USDA reported last Thursday that agricultural exports remain on pace for a record value at $139.5 billion for 2013, even though the outlook was lowered by $2.5 billion from the February estimate.
U.S. agrifood giant Cargill on Tuesday announced Jeff Vassart as the new president of its Winnipeg-based Canadian arm, Cargill Ltd., and as lead of the Cargill AgHorizons grain handling and crop input retail business in Canada.
Developed following an Enterprise Ireland-supported feasibility study and two years of intensive R&D, the sausages are based on pea protein sourced from suppliers in the North of France.
Traders anticipate the latest US Department of Agriculture’s corn and soybean planting numbers to lag the average pace as little progress was made last week.
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. is beginning to see some of the top-line synergies come forward from its 2011 acquisition of Danisco and its assumption of full ownership of Solae in 2012.
Ukraine-based producer of shell eggs and egg products Avangard has reported that its net earnings for the first quarter of 2013 decreased 16% to $60.7m, compared with $72.2m for the same period in 2012.
Shares in shrimp exporters eased, led by a 2.1 percent fall in Thai Union Frozen Products Pcl, amid concerns about potential anti-dumping tariffs on shrimp exports to the United States.
Norwegian fish farming company Cermaq has rejected a buyout offer from its rival, Marine Harvest, according to statements from both companies released today.
A company manager says the unique business model of a proposed Scottsbluff beef processing plant includes its eventual focus on the South Korean market.