International private equity firms show interest in Australian vegetable companies The under-cover vegetable growing industry has remained sheltered from the erratic weather conditions of the past five years, according to market research ...
Tags: Vegetables, reliable supplies, Agriculture
Chinese food establishment Cofco is exploring deals for possible acquisitions or partnerships in the US, a move that could provide the company with access to the world’s largest source of corn and a top soybean grower. Cofco ...
Tags: Cofco, Grain Market, Food
UK-based thermoformed packaging specialist LVF has produced its 100-millionth punnet for Gomersal based cress and salad produce grower WS Bentley. A punnet is a small container for packaging and selling fruit and vegetables, primarily ...
Tags: LVF, WS Bentley, Packaging
New York’s First Source has recalled 3,276 plastic tubs of Wegmans Organic Walnut Halves & Pieces due to potential Salmonella contamination. The present recall was initiated as a result of a report received by the US FDA which ...
The Reusable Packaging Association (RPA) has released new protocols to be followed by fresh and perishable products companies to ensure safe use of reusable plastic containers (RPCs). The RPA had formed a food safety working group in 2014 ...
Tags: Reusable Packaging, Packaging
Capitala Finance has recently invested $20m, with warrant participation, in Tender Greens Holdings, a grower, packer, and shipper of niche tender leaf salad greens to markets throughout North America and the United Kingdom. Headquartered ...
Tags: Capitala Finance, salad greens
EPA proposes new requirements for Bt corn New framework could change the way farmers use Bt corn. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking public comment on proposed framework intended to delay the corn rootworm pest from ...
Tags: corn rootworm, scientific tests, Agriculture
US federal officials have found a link between strains of Listeria bacteria found in a California apple processing plant and the ones responsible for an outbreak that took lives of seven people and left several people sick in 2014. ...
Australian Wool Network (AWN) has moved forward in the wool textile value chain from brokerage to wool-made apparel retail by acquiring Victorian knitwear manufacturer and retailer, Hysport. “The acquisition will allow AWN to move ...
Tags: seamless technology, wool-made apparel retail, Textile
The key to the future of the wool sector, is a combined approach across the wool supply chain, beginning from farmers to traders to manufacturers, delegates at British Wool Marketing Board’s (BWMB) conference were told last week. ...
Tags: wool supply chain, British Wool Marketing Board, Textile
Applied DNA Sciences, a provider of DNA-based anti-counterfeiting technology and product authentication solutions said it has signed an agreement with a textile manufacturer to purchase its SigNature T DNA mark. The SigNature T DNA mark ...
Tags: SigNature T DNA mark, Long Staple Pima cotton, Textile
December lost 131 points to close at 63.19 cents/lb, while March dropped 74 points to close at 62.28 cents/lb, which pulled down New York cotton futures this week. “It was another uneventful week in the cotton market, as values ...
Tags: cotton futures, Textile
Today Verdesian Life Sciences, LLC (Verdesian) announced a new seed inoculant for soybeans — Preside CL, available for the 2015 growing season. In replicated field trials, seeds inoculated with Preside CL reached canopy closure ...
As December declined 38 points to close at 63.56 cents/lb, while March shed 56 points to close at 61.71 cents/lb, New York cotton futures moved slightly lower this week. Another round of severe weather in the Delta and Southeast ...
Tags: Cotton Futures, cash cotton
Canada-based food packaging company CKF will be producing its Earthcycle line of agricultural trays at its Hantsport, Nova Scotia facility. The move follows CKF's acquisition of Earthcycle Packaging in May 2013. The first ...
Tags: CKF, Production, Packaging