Karkee and his team of WSU scientists recently won a $548,000 US Department of Agriculture grant to develop tree fruit harvesting technology where robots and humans work side by side.
Farmers in the Kigezi sub-region will benefit from a Uganda Development Bank initiative that seeks to add value to their potatoes before they are put on the market.
Aurora Organic Dairy, Boulder, Colo., expanded its High Plains Dairy Complex east of Eaton with a new dairy—known as the High Meadows Dairy—to add 4,000 acres of farmland and pasture and make room for 3,200 more cows.
Cargill’s cocoa & chocolate business has introduced two new Eco-Combi trucks to replace three conventional vehicles – reducing CO2 emissions from transport by 30 per cent.
CAS DataLoggers, Chesterland, Ohio, supplied a temperature alarm solution for fresh catches of fish and shellfish as well as sashimi and sushi rolled onsite.
Thermo Scientific, a US-based healthcare equipment provider, has announced that its SureTect Listeria species Assay has received Performance Tested Methods status from the AOAC Research Institute.
A new study showed no evidence of specific or dose-dependent effects of gluten in patients with non-celiac gluten sensitivity (NCGS) placed on a placebo controlled, specialized diet.
Banana cultivation, which provides employment to around 170,000 people in Colombia, can supply the raw goods necessary to manufacture industrial fibres that are more resistant to degradation.
SurePure Marketing and SurePure Operations have entered into an exclusive distribution agreement with Milk Independent to distribute SurePure photopurification technology in the dairy sector across sub-Saharan Africa.
Russell Associates’ inspectiTRAC is a mobile system that brings increased efficiency and effectiveness to the collection, transfer, access and reporting of data.
Switzerland-based Interroll installed a push back system with 700 pallet positions featuring 3-, 5- and 7-pallet-deep lanes in one of Dole Food’s workshops in Korea.
IDEXX Laboratories has acquired all the outstanding shares of Madasa do Brasil, a Brazil-based distributor of IDEXX dairy and bovine testing products, as well as other food safety testing products.
DSC Logistics, Des Plaines, Ill., expanded their U.S. network with the construction of a state-of-the-art food and consumer packaged goods retail consolidation logistics center in the new logistics park in Moreno Valley, Calif.
Australia-based retailer Woolworths is set to establish a new meat processing facility in Victoria, which will be operated by Woolworths Meat, the company's 50:50 joint venture (JV) with UK-based meat packer Hilton Food.
Splash Water Solutions Canada, a Canadian distributor of Bravo Enterprises, has entered into sales agreement with RONA BH Allen for Bravo’s AIRMAX 3000 home and office atmospheric water machine.
