Chinese fruit exporter Golden Wing Mau Agricultural Produce has acquired 19.99% stake in New Zealand fruit and vegetable group Turners & Growers (T&G) Global. Golden Wing Mau paid NZD2.95 a share to purchase 13.16 million shares from ...
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Netherlands-based shelf life extension technology company PerfoTec has introduced a groundbreaking packaging solution for flowers, that will make the use of water in the supply chain redundant. Explaining the technology, Bas Groeneweg, ...
IFCO, the global provider of reusable packaging solutions, announced that its new Wood Grain Reusable Plastic Containers (RPCs) have entered the produce supply chain. The first of an anticipated 30 million Wood Grain Reusable Plastic ...
With the soybean harvest getting under way in Brazil, analysts are getting a clearer picture of whether the forecast record-setting crop will hit the century mark of 100 million tonnes despite hot and dry weather in Mato Grosso and ...
Australian agrifood company TasFoods is planning to acquire North West Tasmanian chicken producer Nichols Poultry for A$12.55m ($8.98m). Under the acquisition terms, TasFoods would purchase Nichols' poultry processing facility, 91 ...
Healthy Food Ingredients (HFI) has acquired Minnesota-based purple-coloured corn maker Suntava Corporation. The acquisition will mean that the Suntava team will function as a unit of Healthy Foods Ingredients, which produces ...
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Royal Philips , the global leader in lighting, is helping rose growers increase yields and improve the quality of the most romantic, yet light-intensive flower in the world. Philips GreenPower toplighting LED solution brings more light for ...
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Bordine’s is the largest family-owned grower and retail garden center operation in Michigan. The original Bordine’s location, which opened in 1939 in Rochester Hills, is one of the nation’s busiest garden centers. In the ...
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Land O’Lakes announced third quarter financial results, reporting net sales of $2.62bn and net earnings of $8.2m for the quarter ending Sept. 30, 2015 Year-to-date net earnings were $188 million on sales of $9.74 billion. Net ...
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Pompeian Group, the Baltimore-based importer and distributor of olive oil and vinegar, is entering into a new equal partnership with the DCOOP Group of Spain, the largest olive oil cooperative in the world. Pompeian, through its group of ...
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Illumitex Inc., LED innovator and maker of the world’s most optically advanced lighting products for horticulture, today announced it has signed a new customer, Green Life Productions (GLP). Based in Nevada, GLP is a pioneer in the ...
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Seeka Kiwifruit Industries has agreed to acquire Australian company Bunbartha Fruit Packers in a A$22m($16.1m) deal. The acquisition covers Bunbartha Fruit Packers' kiwifruit and orcharding business and its associated entities including ...
Tandem Trading Pty Ltd has been sourcing and importing FROZEN ORGANIC BERRIES from a reliable fully certified grower/packer located in Shandong province, China, for over ten years. It is because of the thorough microbiological testing of ...
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The National Australia Bank’s price and production forecast report expects wool and cotton prices to generally rise in Australian dollar terms. The NAB report provides production and price forecasts for 2015-16 for seven major ...
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One of the oldest ways to fertilise crops was “slash and burn” agriculture, where tropical forests are intentionally levelled and burned to create open space and nutrients for crops. In the US, this month’s innovation ...
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