Nestle on Tuesday sought to play down any differences with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has been critical of packaged foods, saying it shared the next U.S. health agency chief's desire to improve agricultural practices and nutrition.
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Nestle plays down RFK Jr’s anti-packaged food rhetoric
ADM posts drop in Q3 earnings in delayed report, revises segment core profit
Global grain trader Archer-Daniels-Midland posted a drop in third-quarter profit on Monday and said in its delayed filing that it has revised its calculation of total segment operating profit.
Agfinity shuttered, new brokerage facing online questions
Stony Plain, Alta. grain broker Agfinity laid off employees and started the process of declaring bankruptcy in mid-October, according to former employees. Three former employees are working at launching a new brokerage firm, Grain Gateway Canada, but have run into some strangeness online.
Gowriluk named vice president of International Grain Trade Coalition
Canadian Grains Council (CGC) president Erin Gowriluk has been named vice president of the International Grain Trade Coalition (IGTC).
Canadian red meat groups to open advocacy office in Beijing
The Canadian red meat sector will open an advocacy office in Beijing to grow and protect its Chinese market industry groups announced today.
Carrots linked to one US death, 39 cases of illness from E. coli, CDC says
Recalled carrots were also shipped to stores in Canada says USDA
One person has died and at least 39 others made ill by E. coli infections linked to fresh carrots sold by several large grocery retailers in 18 states, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Sunday.
UK retail industry plays down threat to food supplies from possible farmer strikes
Britain's retail industry on Monday played down the likelihood of possible farmer strikes over the government's inheritance tax measure impacting food availability, saying the nation's food retailers are adept at dealing with disruption.
French farmers back on the streets as Mercosur talks fuel discontent
Farmers will protest across France on Monday as the prospect of a trade deal between European and Mercosur countries sharpens discontent over foreign competition that fuelled a farming crisis earlier this year.
Raboresearch delivers fall agricultural outlook
Raboresearch delivered its fall harvest outlook in an online presentation on Nov. 13, 2024. Analysts showed their insights for the 2025-26 marketing year, including those for Canadian farmers.
McDonald’s to pay U.S. farmers for feed efficient Enogen corn use
The company is partnering with Syngenta to pay some farmers who use corn with the trait
A partnership between McDonald’s and Syngenta in the United States will pay beef producers to use Enogen corn, which will improve the feed efficiency of cattle and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.