Published: May 17, 2012

A Mexican duty on US chicken leg quarter imports would damage the US poultry industry and leave many Mexican consumers unable to afford to eat poultry, according to a new report by Dermot Hayes PhD.

Published: May 17, 2012 By: Caroline Scott-Thomas

Food companies are getting creative with Greek yogurt, expanding it into new categories and formats, as they seek to profit from its meteoric rise.

Published: May 17, 2012 By: Mark Astley

Danone has launched a “new category” of yogurt to Spanish consumers – offering the experience of eating ice cream with the nutritional benefits of yogurt.

Published: May 17, 2012 By: Rod Addy

Manufacturers of fruit gums, milk cream fillings and ice cream can now benefit from a range of natural strawberry flavours that has just been launched by flavours firm Wild in Germany.

Published: May 17, 2012

Arex Lee has been appointed chief executive officer of Tyson Foods’ China operations, the company announced May 16. Lee will oversee Tyson DaLong, Tyson Shandong and Tyson Jiangsu.

Published: May 17, 2012

Turkey eggs in incubators climbed 8 percent to 30 million in May, according to data from the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) of the US Department of Agriculture.

Published: May 17, 2012

SÃO PAULO, Brazil – Marfrig Alimentos announced it would resume beef production at three of nine plants in the second quarter of 2012 following stronger beef demand and improved movement in Brazil’s beef cattle cycle.

Published: May 17, 2012

During round 12 of the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations in Dallas this week, a group of global dairy organizations, led by the Consortium for Common Food Names, submitted a set of recommendations for safeguarding the use of common cheese names.IDFA

Published: May 17, 2012

A record six fish populations were declared rebuilt to healthy levels in 2011, bringing the number of rebuilt US marine fish populations in the last 11 years to 27, according to a report to Congress from NOAA’s Fisheries Service.

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).