McCormick’s merger with Unilever’s food business to create a US$65 billion sauce-and-spice giant is a bet that access to rising global demand for flavor-rich, healthier food can help counter a maturing U.S. market.
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McCormick bets on flavor in $65 billion Unilever merger
2026 High-Horsepower Tractor Guide – What’s new for 300-plus-horsepower tractors
Technology, traction, horsepower: we look at how manufacturers have packaged those features into their high-horsepower farm machines for the Canadian market
We look at how manufacturers have packaged technology, traction and horsepower into the high-horsepower farm tractors they offer in the Canadian marketplace.
Mustard industry works to stop InVigorGold
Growers and processors say the threat of GMO contamination from BASF’s proposed canola hybrid variety is real
The spectre of InVigor Gold loomed large over mustard industry meetings in Saskatoon this month as farmers and processors addressed the threat of the new canola hybrid.
Check out this vintage McCormick-Deering with a modern vibe
The classic gets a glossy new paint job and a Cummins diesel engine
Seen at the World Ag Expo: aside from sporting oversized tires and a glossy new paint job, this McCormick-Deering, which looks to be from the brand’s 1930s era, has also been re-powered with a Cummins diesel engine.
McCormick brings French’s ketchup processing in-house
Club House spice maker expands London, Ont. plant
The firm behind the French’s ketchup brand is bringing its bottling of the product to its own plant in southwestern Ontario. McCormick Canada, the Canadian arm of Baltimore-area condiment and spice maker McCormick and Co., on Monday announced it had completed a “multi-million dollar expansion” at its London, Ont. plant to blend, bottle and package […] Read more
Spice maker seeks path to make vanilla milkshakes cheaper
Chicago/Antananarivo, Madagascar | Reuters — A kilo of vanilla beans costs more than a kilo of silver. Cultivated painstakingly over years from an orchid plant, vanilla is the second most expensive spice in the world, after saffron. In less than five years, the wholesale price has risen nearly 500 per cent, partly because of growing […] Read more
U.S. garlic growers profit from trade war as most farmers struggle
Gilroy, California | Reuters — Unlike millions of other U.S. farmers, garlic growers are profiting from the trade war with China and have cheered President Donald Trump’s latest economic attack accordingly. Sales of California-grown garlic are now increasing after decades of losing ground to cheaper Chinese imports. Sales are poised to get even better as […] Read more
Reckitt cuts the (French’s) mustard with food business sale
London | Reuters — U.S. spices maker McCormick and Co. Inc. has won the battle to buy Reckitt Benckiser Group’s North American food business, paying a higher than expected US$4.2 billion to add extra seasonings and sauces. London-listed Reckitt said in April it was reviewing options for the unit, which includes French’s mustard and Frank’s […] Read more
New X8 tractors from McCormick
Italian manufacturer Argo adds larger tractors to its McCormick brand
Italian manufacturer Argo has been in the process of updating the models in its McCormick tractor brand for a few years now. Last year it brought the most recent addition to its line, the X7 Series, to North America, and executives promised there was more to come. At the Agritechnica machinery expo in Hanover Germany […] Read more