Inaugurating a textile park at Nandgaonpeth MIDC (industrial colony) near Amravati on Thursday, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said such parks would be established in eight other places in the state's cotton-belt, according to ...
Tags: Textile Parks, Cotton Belt, textile
China will improve agricultural subsidy policies in an effort to deepen rural reform, promote agricultural modernization and increase peasants' income, the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) announced Thursday. A total of 14 billion yuan (2.3 ...
Wheat futures told the story best early Monday morning: An 11-cent drop in the nearby futures contract in overnight trading was a surefire sign that it rained in the Plains . . . or that the trade thinks it did. Rain did fall, but it ...
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 ...
Tags: Low Cost Fertiliser, Fertiliser
Understanding competing countries and potential customers is an important aspect of global agriculture. To learn more about agriculture in foreign countries, farmers and agribusinesses frequently travel abroad. David Miller, the director ...
Tags: global agriculture, farmers, Food
The World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) and Cote d'Ivoire's Conseil du Café-Cacao have reached an agreement to improve cocoa planting material. This new agreement is part of the Ivorian government's 2QC national cocoa strategy. WCF ...
Tags: World Cocoa Foundation, Material, Food
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its approval of Enlist Duo herbicide for use in additional states. Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Nebraska, Oklahoma and North Dakota now join the ...
Tags: Enlist Duo, local approvals, Agriculture
The labels of the #MyFamilyCan range by Goulburn Valley, Ardmona and SPC now show off the local growers and farmers who produce the food within. SPC and its advertising agency, Leo Burnett Melbourne came up with the idea to ...
Tags: Australian produce, families shop, Packaging
It was reported on 25 March 2015 that new Country of Origin Labelling laws will be delayed until at least August 2015 despite the Prime Minister’s announcement on 16 February 2015 that country of origin labelling proposals for reform ...
Tags: FSANZ, dietary supplements, Food
Pacepacker Services has developed a new offline, portable Mixed Tray Loader pick-and-place system. It’s designed to quickly generate assorted trays of product for smaller outlets, such as convenience supermarkets and inner-city ...
Tags: Pacepacker, Mixed Tray Loader
Minister of State for Textiles Santosh Kumar Gangwar has launched two sericulture schemes for Manipur, at the state capital Imphal. The schemes are Phase II of Sericulture Project for Valley Districts of Manipur and Integrated ...
Glanbia Ingredients Ireland has opened a €235m hi-spec infant formula standard facility in Belview, a move that will create 1,600 direct and indirect jobs in South East. The facility will manufacture specialized milk powder products ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, milk, milk powder
Freedom Foods has reported a Net profit of $55.2 million for the first half of the 2015 financial year. However, the Net Profit figure was boosted by the inclusion of a post-tax fair value gain of $52.2 million from the gain on ...
Tags: Freedom Foods, Agriculture
Global dairy company Arla Foods has awarded a phase II process contract to SPX Corporation's Flow Food and Beverage business. The contract will require SPX to design and install a new processing system for Arla Foods' fresh milk dairy ...
Tags: Arla Foods, Fresh Milk Dairy
Mondelez International and FLOCERT, a socially focused global certification body, have entered into a new partnership to authenticate cocoa volumes and commercial transactions for the company's $400m Cocoa Life program. Cocoa Life will ...