Omega Protein Corp., a nutritional ingredient company and a producer of omega-3 fish oil and specialty fish meal products, has acquired Wisconsin Specialty Protein.
Despite reports Tuesday morning of large export sales of soybeans to China, consensus is that such U.S. sales will grind to a halt by about mid-May when cheaper Brazilian supplies temporarily take over the export market.
Tyson Foods Inc. and Cargill, two of the largest US meat processors, don't think federal inspectors are going to disappear because of mandatory budget cuts -- anyway, not before April at the earliest, they believe.
Giant U.S. food and grain-handling companies ConAgra Foods Inc, Cargill and CHS Inc plan to combine their North American flour milling businesses into a new venture.
U.S. farmers and agribusiness companies are worried that across-the-board federal budget cuts will snarl the supply channels for everything from milk and broiler chickens to grain shipments.
Biotechnology firm Intralytix has received generally recognized as safe (GRAS) certification from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its food safety product, SalmoFresh.
Linde North America and Shick have launched a newly renovated test facility that combines precise temperature control with pneumatic ingredient-conveying solutions.
Three years after Seattle put healthy snacks in vending machines located in parks and recreation facilities, the city Monday applied the policy to all its properties.
