The Kingdom of Tonga in the South Pacific Polynesian islands may benefit hugely from an increased demand for vanilla beans. Food manufacturers have been paying increasing amounts for vanilla over the past 12 months with costs particularly ...
Tags: Tonga, Madagascan Vanilla Disaster, Vanilla Reaps, Investment
Anheuser-Busch has commissioned its new $160m aluminum bottle line at Metal Container Corporation (MCC) facility in Arnold, Missouri. The latest bottle line is part of the company's strategy to provide varied packaging options for its ...
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All series of Xichai Engines win widespread popularity in markets including heavy-duty trucks, middle-duty trucks, light-duty trucks and non-road trucks, etc. recently.The data showed that, in the first quarter, the manufacturing volume of ...
Tags: forklift trucks, trucks
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) will be commencing a market study into the Australian cattle and beef industry. The study will examine competition, efficiency, transparency and trading issues in the beef and ...
Tags: ACCC, Market study, Australian cattle, Beef industry
Commodities trading company Glencore has entered into definitive agreement with Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) to sell 40% equity interest of Glencore Agricultural Products for $2.5bn in cash transaction. Glencore's ...
Tags: Glencore, Canada Pension Investment Board, CPPIB, Agricultural Products
DuPont Pioneer and Origin Agritech Limited announced a commercial licensing agreement to develop new seed technologies for Chinese farmers. This combined effort will contribute to the modernization of China's agriculture system and ...
Tags: DuPont Pioneer, Origin Agritech, New Seed Technology, Farmers
China-based investment firm Legend Holdings has signed a strategic agreement with Australian seafood company Kailis Family. Under the agreement, Legend Holdings and Kailis Family will form a joint venture named KB Food Group, in which ...
Tags: Legend Holdings, Cooperation, Kailis Family, Seafood
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) will provide over $90m grant to strengthen local and regional food systems and for specialty crop development. Specialty crops include fruits, vegetables, tree nuts, flowers and nursery crops. ...
Tags: USDA, Local Food System, Crop development
HORN, a distributor of specialty ingredients and raw materials,has announced that it will represent Bayliss Botanicals through its specialty team of formulating chemists within its HORN Care Elements business unit. Serving a wide range of ...
Chromatin and Zaad Holdings have entered into a long-term alliance to produce and distribute planting seed for grain and forage sorghum throughout the African continent. Zaad, a vertically integrated agriculture company, distributes seed ...
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Oregon-based Deschutes Brewery is planning to invest $85m to set up Eastern US brewery in the City of Roanoke, Virginia. The facility which has been named Brew 4, as it follows original Bend, Oregon public house (Brew 1), the brewery's ...
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Thailand Convention & Exhibition Bureau (Public Organization), or TCEB, has forged a partnership with Sampran Model and MICE allies in Thailand to enhance the civil state policy by accelerating the campaign to encourage MICE operators in ...
Tags: TCEB, Sampran Model, MICE allies, Farm
Italy is all set become the second European country after France to pass a law to reduce food waste by encouraging supermarkets to donate unsold food to charities. Food waste which costs the Italian economy €12bn (£9.4bn) ...
Tags: Food waste, Law, Donation, Unsold food
Chemists from Technical University of Munich have found around 50 different chemicals which are responsible for flavouring elements in Parmesan cheese, which could help in monitoring the quality of the cheese. The study authors focused ...
Tags: Molecular Blueprint, Parmesan, Cheese
Clover Stornetta Farms, a third-generation family owned and operated California dairy, is celebrating 100 years in the business of making delicious, nutritious, all-natural and organic dairy products. In celebration of its centennial ...
Tags: Clover Stornetta Farms, Organic dairy products, Yougurt