U.S. Department of Agriculture scientists and their colleagues have completed a four-year effort to sequence the genome of corn, an achievement expected to speed up development of corn varieties that will help feed the …

The Association of American Railroads reported that freight rail carloadings were down 15.3 percent in October 2009 (at 1,100,714 carloads) compared with the same month last year, marking the twelfth straight month of …

Over 300 students, faculty and food service staff gathered at Caroline Chauveau Girls School in Port-au-Prince, Haiti and feasted on the national dish, red beans and rice that included a new twist -- Textured Soy Protein …

SunOpta Inc. today announced that the SunOpta International Sourcing and Trading Group, in hand with its joint venture partner, has completed the construction of the first natural and organic sesame hulling plant in Ethiopia …

Vitasoy International Holdings Limited and its subsidiaries, a Hong Kong-based manufacturer, marketer and distributor of non-carbonated beverages and food, today announced a solid business growth of 9% in turnover for the …

A global emergency funding scheme to drastically reduce the destruction of tropical rainforests over the next five years was announced by the Prince of Wales yesterday, with the U.S. pledging $275m towards rainforest …

Ruchi Soya Industries, the country’s biggest importer of vegetable oils, intends to boost its dominance in the oil palm plantation sector and to integrate raw material supplies by merging a group firm, Mac Oil, with its …

Glacial Lakes Energy’s Mina ethanol plant has started construction on a $2.75 million expansion project that includes a corn dryer and storage. The project is in response to producers’ needs and wet corn condition …

China Integrated Energy has begun construction of a new biodiesel production facility adjacent to its existing biodiesel production facility in Tongchuan City, Shaanxi Province. The new production facility is expected to add …

Argentine Petrobras Energia, a unit of Brazil’s federal oil and gas major Petroleo Brasileiro, or Petrobras, has agreed to sell its fertiliser business to Bunge Argentina for some USD18.4m. Under the terms of the …