Published: Aug 09, 2012

Bayer CropScience has announced plans to build a breeding center in Australia focused on wheat and oilseeds. The €12 million ($17.4 million) facility will be built in the Wimmera region of Victoria, in the southeastern corner of the country.

Published: Aug 09, 2012

Chiquita Brands International is looking for a new chief executive officer and working on restructuring activities to increase long-term profitability after income dropped 92% during the second quarter.

Published: Aug 09, 2012

Hostess Brands, Inc. sustained a loss of $5,126,000 in the four weeks ended June 30.

Published: Aug 09, 2012

Boosted by the impact of recent acquisitions, earnings for Ralcorp Holdings, Inc. were up 5% during the third quarter.

Published: Aug 09, 2012

Boosted in part by strong growth in the company’s retail grocery segment, second-quarter earnings at TreeHouse Foods, Inc. rose 36%.

Published: Aug 09, 2012

The Central government has released additional 4 lakh tonne of non-levy sugar for the month of August 2012.

Published: Aug 09, 2012

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is helping the Andhra Pradesh State Cooperative Bank design and offer new products for small farmers in Andhra Pradesh, expanding banking services to farmers in India’s fourth-largest state.

Published: Aug 09, 2012

Gemini Edibles & Fats India Pvt. Ltd, a Hyderabad-based edible oils & fats company, on Tuesday announced the launch of 1 litre PET bottle and 15 litre HDPE jar of Freedom refined sunflower oil.

Published: Aug 09, 2012

Bhopal’s Aashima Mall is offering a new hangout for foodies – Maroosh. The new food joint is part of a chain of Lebanese and Mughlai restaurants.

Published: Aug 09, 2012

Food Lion received recalled Burch Farms "Caribbean Gold" cantaloupes at 463 locations in seven states, the supermarket chain announced Tuesday.

Published: Aug 09, 2012

Menno Beachy of Cresco, Iowa, is recalling one-pint containers of Certified Organic Grape Tomatoes because they may be contaminated with Salmonella, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday.

Published: Aug 09, 2012

The Rhode Island Department of Health has warned Target customers not to eat certain deli salad items under the Market Pantry and Archer Farms brand names, as they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

Published: Aug 09, 2012

Health department officials Tuesday were all over the maximum security Arkansas prison now known simply as the "Tucker Unit" as almost half its inmates are down with mystery gastrointestinal illnesses.

Published: Aug 09, 2012

The St. Patrick Irish picnic in McEwen, Tennessee has taken place predictably on the last Saturday of July for over 150 years.

Published: Aug 09, 2012

Swire Pacific Ltd., the Hong Kong-based company that runs the core businesses of John Swire & Sons Pty. based in that city, has agreed to acquire a 60% interest Guangdong Swire Cold Chain Logistics.

Published: Aug 09, 2012

Would allowing frozen vegetables in a school nutrition program be the first step in a slippery slope towards substituting Tater Tots for actual vegetables? That's the fear in Congress as House Republicans push for changing the program.

Published: Aug 09, 2012

The government's recent move to stop the export of white fish has hit businesses hard as it has not got any clear specification about shipments of value added and frozen fishes.

Published: Aug 09, 2012

Viet Nam has signed a contract to ship 30,000 tonnes of tra fish to Russia, the Management Board for Catfish Export to Russia said.

Published: Aug 09, 2012

The Australian blue mussels producer Kinkawooka Shellfish has successfully passed Friend of the Sea sustainability audit and its products display now the international ecolabel.

Published: Aug 09, 2012

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is working with fishermen in Gloucester, Massachusetts, to develop mussel aquaculture.