A new research that analysed 235 types of rice from around the world has found that most varieties had low to medium Glycemic Index (GI), a finding which shows that rice can be part of a healthy diet for the average consumer as well those with diabetes.
Extreme, record-setting heat and a lack of rain last week meant that it was no surprise that we saw yet another steep drop in national corn and soybean crop rating numbers for the week ending July 9.
Provisions in a pending U.S. House farm bill that would accelerate the review process for genetically modified crops are raising objections from environmental groups and a major grain industry organization.
French poultry firm Doux, which entered into administration in June 2012 putting the livelihood of over 3,400 workers and 800 farmers at risk, has received 11 takeover bids.
India is set to open an INR1.5bn ($26.78m) integrated food park in Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh, which has been built under the union food processing ministry scheme.
Muller Quaker Dairy, a joint venture between the Theo Muller Group, a dairy processor based in Germany, and PepsiCo, Inc., plans to launch a line of value-added yogurt products in the United States this month.
May production of edible nonfat dry milk was 195,490,000 lbs, up 2% from April and up 31% from May 2011, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said in its latest Dairy Products report.
Fishermen say alarm bells are ringing after the fleet managed only 60 per cent of its coral trout quota this season.It's the jewel in the crown of Queensland's seafood industry.
Ever since oil exploration started in Ghana on the Jubilee Fields at Cape Three Points of the Western Region(Province), fishermen have been banned from fishing close to the oil rigs.
Tanzania territorial waters are safe and illegal fishing in the country's deep sea area has successfully been contained, the National Assembly was told.
The new season’s first herring and mackerel landing of around 400 tonnes was expected at Vopnafjördur, accoding to HB Grandi, one of the largest Icelandic fishing companies.
Representatives of the Russian Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance and the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery met in Japan, to discuss lifting temporary restrictions on the import of fish and sea products to R
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has confirmed that 450,000 salmon at an aquaculture facility on Newfoundland's south coast have been infected with infectious salmon anemia (ISA), and will have to be destroyed.
