Published: Sep 14, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

Rains still look to favor the western Corn Belt and southern Plains for the near-term, with rain amounts and coverage much more limited for the rest of this week and into the weekend for areas east of the Mississippi River.

Published: Sep 14, 2012 By: DANIEL LOOKER

Recently Fitch Ratings warned that the rising land costs pose a threat to ag lenders “should prices reverse quickly.”

Published: Sep 13, 2012 By: DANIEL LOOKER

Two stand-ins for President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger, Mitt Romney, managed to bash each other's candidate without raising their voices Wednesday at a debate agriculture in Des Moines, Iowa, sponsored by the Farm Foundation and the Nation

Published: Sep 13, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

The street to satays, salads and soups is worth exploring.

Published: Sep 13, 2012 By: FBR

CHS, a US-based energy, grains and foods company, has announced that it will be the exclusive off-take company for the urea fertilizer produced by the Summit Texas Clean Energy Project, a plant at Penwell, Texas.

Published: Sep 13, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

The US Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) has been granted observer status by the Codex Alimentarius Commission.

Published: Sep 13, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

The Food Standards Agency is inviting applications to carry out an evaluation of accredited assurance schemes and the extent to which they demonstrate compliance with EU food safety requirements, specifically those relating to imported food.

Published: Sep 13, 2012 By: Lorraine Mullaney

Two factory staff were treated for smoke inhalation after attempting to tackle a fire that broke out at a food packaging factory in Cambridgeshire last week.

Published: Sep 13, 2012 By: Gary Scattergood

Sales savvy shoppers and weak footfall on the high streets contributed to a drop in sales and profits at chocolate retailer Thorntons.

Published: Sep 13, 2012 By: Carina Perkins

Policy-makers have rejected calls to make electronic identification (EID) of cattle mandatory in the European Union.

Published: Sep 13, 2012 By: Jones Newswires

Ben Dummett and Marshall Eckblad - DJ - 13 mins agoBig Sky Farms Inc., one of Canada's biggest hog farmers, was forced into receivership by lenders earlier this week, the latest victim of a withering North American drought that has sent feed prices soarin

Published: Sep 12, 2012 By: John Wood

A halal certifying body has warned of the “huge problem” of bogus halal meat facing ethnic and other consumers, while offering support for police and Trading Standards’ raids on halal meat wholesalers.

Published: Sep 12, 2012 By: Gary Scattergood

Major players in the food industry met Prime Minister David Cameron at Downing Street yesterday (September 11) to champion a scheme that will provide free training to jobless youngsters.

Published: Sep 12, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

One of the biggest food & beverage and allied sectors’ trade shows in the UK, being held on September 20 and 21, 2012, at the Business Design Centre, Islington. Some 236 manufacturers and suppliers are expected to exhibit at the event.

Published: Sep 12, 2012 By: Carina Perkins

A major French pork cooperative has announced plans to stop the castration of male piglets on its farms by March 2013.

Published: Sep 12, 2012 By: oodmate Team

Pro-Pac Packaging has acquired the business and assets of Start Food Tech Australia (SFT) for an undisclosed amount.

Published: Sep 12, 2012 By: Joe Whitworth

Max India announced yesterday that it has sold its bi-axially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) film business to German firm Treofan for 5.4bn rupees (US$97M) following months of speculation.

Published: Sep 12, 2012 By: Lorraine Mullaney

One of 2 Sisters’ pizza factories has created 100 jobs after securing new business supplying own-label chilled pizza to major retailers.

Published: Sep 12, 2012 By: Lorraine Mullaney

Counterfeit documentation, ancient protocols, and immature risk assessment procedures are just the start of the problems food manufacturers face when sourcing ingredients from the other side of the globe.

Published: Sep 12, 2012 By: John Wood

Provexis, the sports nutrition company, is gearing up for growth even before it accounts for a surge in demand following the Olympics.