China has approved its first shipment of genetically modified Argentine corn, Buenos Aires said on Tuesday, signaling that the Asian country may eventually import GMO crops from other producers like the United States.
Rwanda's efforts to maintain price stability over the medium term will depend in part on government measures to bolster food production, the head of the central bank said on Tuesday.
The latest beer-consumption data demonstrate that drinkers will pay more for a product they deem as superior—be it locally brewed craft beer or an upscale mass-market beer like Budweiser Black Crown.
The Scotch whisky industry has received a boost this month with the removal of tariff and non-tariff barriers to how it trades in areas of Southern and Central America
including Colombia, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama.
Prices of agricultural foodstuffs in China kept rising last week according to a survey of prices in 36 medium and large sized cities by the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM).
The recent trend for declining growth in retail sales continued through the June quarter, according to the latest edition of the Retail Index report from the Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC) and packaging company CHEP.
BMO released the results of a survey which found that supporting regional economies, farmers and jobs, along with fresh food and taste, all trump the cost of food for people choosing to buy local.
Wheat prices are poised to increase for the third time in a year, adding to inflation as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s economic stimulus weakens the yen and boosts costs.
The New Zealand dollar skidded to a one-year low on Monday after New Zealand's major dairy exporter, Fonterra, said at the weekend it had found bacteria in some of its products that could cause botulism.
Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc. today reported that sales for the third quarter of fiscal 2013 ended July 2, 2013 increased by 2.9% to $1.19 billion from $1.15 billion in the third quarter of fiscal 2012.
Currently, aquaculture is the fastest growing food production system in the world as fish is the primary source of animal protein in all coastal areas.
Flour production statistics interpolated by Milling & Baking News and based on data compiled by the North American Millers’ Association (NAMA) point to a number of historical highs.
Scottish milk supplier and distributor Müller Wiseman Dairies has confirmed plans to close its Keith and Whitburn facilities in Scotland, a move which will lead to a loss of about 140 jobs.
Harris Teeter Supermarkets here on Thursday said the timing of both the Easter and July 4 holidays impacted its sales for the third quarter, although profits nearly doubled.
