Published: Aug 30, 2012

Strength in emerging markets, higher volume and pricing, improved productivity and a favorable tax rate all contributed to a 14% increase in income at the H.J. Heinz Co. during the first quarter.

Published: Aug 30, 2012

Hurricane Isaac raged ashore across the Delta states Aug. 29 with strong winds and torrential rain submerging crops in some areas and interrupting power to hundreds of thousands of residents and hundreds of businesses.

Published: Aug 30, 2012

US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced a two-month extension for emergency grazing on Conservation Reserve Program acres.

Published: Aug 30, 2012 By: Mike Stones

An investigation has begun into the cause of a fire at food manufacturer 2 Sisters’ site in Scunthorpe on Monday, August 27.

Published: Aug 30, 2012 By: Mike Stones

The Institute of Directors (IoD) has told the government it must do more to stop the economy “flatlining”.

Published: Aug 30, 2012

Led by National Soybean Research Laboratory (NSRL), USA, NutriTech Consulting Services has organised various soy food promotional activities in India of late.

Published: Aug 30, 2012

Microscan, one of the leading global technology players in barcode, machine vision, and lighting, recently held a press conference in Beijing, where the company shared its market-focussed approach to growing its business in the region with 18 key members

Published: Aug 30, 2012

In March 2013 senior business leaders from global food, drink and nutrition businesses will come together for Food Vision, a world-first industry summit established by the publishers of FoodNavigator.com and NutraIngredients.com.

Published: Aug 30, 2012 By: Caroline Scott-Thomas

Private equity firm Wind Point Partners has agreed to acquire Ohio-based Shearer’s Foods for an undisclosed sum – and has partnered with former Sara Lee CEO C.J. Fraleigh, who will take the helm at the private label snacks company.

Published: Aug 30, 2012

Unilever has shown mixed progress over the past five years, according to Andrew Wood, senior research analyst for food and home & personal care products at Sanford C Bernstein, based on its predictions for the company made in 2007.

Published: Aug 29, 2012 By: Carina Perkins

US meat processor Cargill has improved the energy efficiency of its operations following a significant investment in its Colorado beef processing plant.

Published: Aug 29, 2012 By: Mike Stones

Two firms have been ordered to pay nearly £75,500 each after a worker was fatally injured when he drove a scissor lift extendable platform into an unprotected pit in a food factory floor.

Published: Aug 29, 2012

In a hot and muggy media tent at the Farm Progress Show outside of Boone, Iowa, leaders of a diverse coalition of farm groups made another pitch Tuesday for Congress passing a farm bill before the current law expires on September 30.

Published: Aug 29, 2012

Prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh has identified "creation and management of cold chain infrastructure" for agriculture as a thrust area, according to minister of state for food processing industries Dr Charan Das Mahant.

Published: Aug 29, 2012

Drought in some parts of the world has hurt global grain production and contributed to food price spikes virtually every other year since 2007, highlighting the need to transform the way water is used - and wasted - throughout the entire food chain.

Published: Aug 29, 2012

The number of global consumers looking to buy food and beverages on-line has increased 44% during the past two years, according to a new study from Nielsen, a global provider of information and insights.

Published: Aug 29, 2012

Aditi Mukherji has been named the first recipient of the Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application, endowed by the Rockefeller Foundation.

Published: Aug 29, 2012

The Hillshire Brands Co. has filed a Notification of Late Filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange commission to delay the filing of its 10-K annual report up to 15 days. The company now has until Sept. 13 to file.

Published: Aug 29, 2012

Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully and Primary Industries Minister David Carter has announced a new convention to manage fisheries across the South Pacific.

Published: Aug 29, 2012

Hydropower dams planned for the lower mainstem of the Mekong River could decimate fish populations and with them the primary source of protein for 60 million people.