Another week of spring planting's come and gone, and the last 7 days saw farmers make a much bigger stride with corn planting than the previous 2 weeks, and that speedy pace is expected to last through at least the next week, forecasters ...
Tags: Corn, Agriculture
Health trends, volatile input prices and strong competition have slowed growth in Australia’s snack food sector, according to market research organisation IBISWorld. However, the ‘healthy’ snack foods sector has benefitted ...
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Take the average corn farm in Illinois. From 2010 to 2013, about $1,000 was a reasonable expectation for gross revenue per acre. Since then, the grain markets have tanked, taking with them a good chunk of that revenue potential to the ...
Tags: Corn Gross, grain markets
SkinnyPop Popcorn has acquired the Paqui brand of better-for-you tortilla chips and tortillas for an undisclosed amount. Paqui sells tortillas and tortilla chips that are claimed to be made with unbleached, untreated flour, or by stone ...
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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 ...
The EU plans to empower member states to grant admission to controversial genetically modified foods and animal feed by simplifying the import approval process. The move is expected to grant more freedom to enable entry of GM products ...
The Iowa Supreme Court on Friday upheld the complicated formula that Iowa uses to tax natural gas consumption, rejecting a legal challenge brought by the state's powerful ethanol industry. The owners of several ethanol plants argue the ...
Artisan Bistro, part of Artisan Bistro Foods, has debuted a new sustainable line of seafood bowls that is certified by Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), becoming the first entrée frozen food line in North America. Bearing the blue ...
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If farmers in the Corn Belt can get through the next 10 days or so, it should be time to plant corn like crazy. That's if the latest forecast for the region, one that shows lingering moisture is going to keep a lot of fieldwork and ...
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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 winter wheat crop in parts of the Plains is falling in quality while farmers are seeing delays in the mid-South as corn-planting fights to move north into the Midwest, where another set of weather challenges and potential delays could ...
Tags: National Agricultural Statistics Service, Warm temperatures, Agriculture
Last week, the developing crop weather story in the Midwest was one of dry soils and their potential for impeding early spring fieldwork and planting. As this week begins, it looks like Mother Nature's going to bring some much-needed ...
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
Better weather has pushed planting progress forward in southern states, but corn planting is still well behind the 5-year average. In Mississippi only 4% of corn planting is completed compared to the 5-year average of 39%, according to ...
Tags: weather, Texas, Agriculture
Mexican corn miller and tortilla producer Gruma has acquired the European unit of US-based Azteca Foods in a €45m deal. The acquisition includes all shares and ownership interests representing the capital stock of Azteca Foods ...
Tags: Gruma, wheat products, Food