Pork and poultry production will see moderate increases in 2013, according to forecasts from the US Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service.
President Abraham Lincoln signed legislation to create the US Department of Agriculture on May 15, 1862. USDA will be holding events throughout 2012 to commemorate the agency’s 150th anniversary.
From food and drink, to skills and technolgies, British businesses trying to break in to China are getting Government backing as Food and Farming Minister, Jim Paice, heads out to the country on a mission to open up trade, including frozen lobster.
As sea temperatures rise, stocks of some fish species canwill decline while others maywill grow, reveals new research from the University of Gothenburg looking at gastrointestinal function in fish.
The representation received from the joint forum of Assam Tea Planters Association (ATPA), North Eastern Tea Association (NETA) and Bharatiya Cha Parishad (BCP) contains the appeal that tea should be declared India's national drink, as it is consumed by l
The world's largest retailer today (17 May) unveiled its "best" US quarterly performance in six years when it booked a 2.6% increase in same store sales, higher consumer traffic and bigger basket size contributing to gains, which were up 1.1% and 1.5% res
"Accelerate, Innovate, Cultivate" is the new strategy at Tyson Foods, Springdale, Arkansas, USA, a giant of the American poultry industry, according to Donnie Smith, the company's president and chief executive officer.
A quick turn to drier conditions and a crop has the Plains winter wheat crop moving downhill quickly, and the trend could have a ripple effect that hits other crops and market prices later this spring and summer.
With higher overnight markets but weaker-than-expected export sales and outside market pressure, the expected higher start to the CME Group corn, soybean and wheat markets could be challenged Thursday.
Members of several farm groups said that they support giving producers choices of commodity programs in the next farm bill, instead of the approach taken by the Senate Agriculture Committee to rely mainly on a shallow loss revenue programs.
The Australian Food and Grocery Council has rejected a Melbourne suburban municipal council’s proposal that could see major fast food outlets taxed up to 400 per cent more on their commercial rates than other businesses.
Cutting the Australians’ salt intake by three grams a day would prevent an estimated 6,000 deaths a year from heart disease and stroke, the National Heart Foundation of Australia said today.
A coalition of Victorian-based health groups, the Obesity Policy Coalition (OPC), has criticised fast food giant McDonalds for promoting its brand through a junior football program in Victoria.
