Tate & Lyle PLC, a leading global provider of speciality food ingredients and solutions, announces that it has acquired Biovelop, a Swedish manufacturer of oat beta glucan. Operating from a production facility in Kimstad,  …

Farmer Dwayne Ehlert remembers the moment last August when he delivered a truckload of corn to an ethanol plant here and sold it for a record $8.16 a bushel. "I knew it was good for me, and I knew it wasn’t good for  …

From 2010 to 2012, the Port of Houston Authority (PHA) handled a total of 311,314 twenty-foot equivalent units of trade with Brazil. In 2012, PHA’s market share was 17 percent of the total trade with Brazil, according …

Although U.S. farmers are expecting to harvest a large soybean crop this fall, the current supply of soybeans in storage is running low, lifting prices higher. This week, July soybeans shot up 45 cents (+3.2 percent), …

Paramount Citrus, America’s largest citrus grower, today announced the acquisition of the Cuties trademark by Sun Pacific as part of a strategic move by Paramount and Wonderful Brands to oversee all facets of the  …

The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) today thanked Sens. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) and other members of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee for including mandatory …

Coca-Cola on Wednesday pledged to offer low and no-calorie drinks in every region it serves, cease all marketing to children under 12 years old and provide nutritional information on all of its packaging. The Atlanta-based …

Farming methods have changed many times since man planted the first seed in the ground 10,000 years ago. Most recently, the Green Revolution has transformed farming and dramatically increased farm productivity by using …

A new government plan, "Youth in Agriculture", is expected to create jobs for youth. The Federal government is currently developing a presidential initiative aimed at creating 700,000 young commercial farmers in the …

Seth Nitschke runs cattle on grassland in Mariposa County, far from the Midwestern feedlots he used to frequent. He is part of the grass-fed beef movement, keeping the cattle on pasture all their lives rather than sending …