Published: Nov 29, 2012 By: Jeff Gelski

Glanbia Nutritionals Ingredient Technologies plans to build a 40,000-square-foot cereal ingredient processing facility in Sioux Falls, S.D., that will replace a plant in Angusville, Man., that was destroyed by fire in March.

Published: Nov 29, 2012 By: Laura Lloyd

U.S. Department of Agriculture scientists as part of an international team have completed a “shotgun sequencing” of the wheat genome for the first time, according to a paper published Nov. 28 in the journal Nature.

Published: Nov 29, 2012

Butter, turkey, fruit, vegetable and red meat stocks on Oct. 31, 2012, were higher than year-earlier levels, but chicken and cheese stocks were lower, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said in its latest Cold Storage report.

Published: Nov 29, 2012

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

Published: Nov 29, 2012

This week Dairy Australia announced the “best of the best” dairy products at the 2013 Australian Grand Dairy Awards in Melbourne.

Published: Nov 29, 2012

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

Published: Nov 29, 2012

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

Published: Nov 29, 2012

Leading Australian gourmet cheese brand Jindi Cheese has been sold to Lactalis, the large French-based dairy group.

Published: Nov 29, 2012

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.

Published: Nov 29, 2012

The administrators of UK pizza producer Paramount Foods has begun a phased wind-down of the business.

Published: Nov 29, 2012

Lactalis has agreed a deal to buy Australian cheese business Jindi from local FMCG sales and marketing firm Menora Foods.

Published: Nov 29, 2012 By: Katy Askew

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.

Published: Nov 29, 2012

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

Published: Nov 29, 2012

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

Published: Nov 29, 2012

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.

Published: Nov 29, 2012 By: Rossella Gigli

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.

Published: Nov 29, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

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.

Published: Nov 29, 2012

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.

Published: Nov 28, 2012 By: Xie Yu

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.

Published: Nov 28, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

The Indian government has eased the ban on the export of milk products such as milk powder and dairy whitener, due to surplus production.