Latest Food Headlines

  1. Ferrero Group Acquiring WK Kellogg Company 7/14/2025

    The Ferrero Group (“Ferrero" or the “Company”) and WK Kellogg Co (NYSE: KLG) today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Ferrero has agreed to acquire WK Kellogg Co, for $23.00 per share in cash, representing a total enterprise value of $3.1 billion.

  2. New Land Grant Research Detects Dicamba Damage From The Sky 7/9/2025

    Drones can now detect subtle soybean canopy damage from dicamba at one ten-thousandth of the herbicide’s label rate — simulating vapor drift — eight days after application.

  3. Portugal Grants Vestaron Bioinsecticide Emergency Use To Protect High-Value Tomato Crops From Devastating Pest 7/8/2025

    Portugal has granted emergency use authorization (EUA) for Vestaron’s groundbreaking bioinsecticide SPEAR® LEP, enabling farmers to protect tomato crops from devastating infestations of tomato leafminer (Tuta absoluta).

  4. Planet Signs Partnership With Farmdar To Enhance Global Agricultural AI Analysis 7/8/2025

    Planet Labs PBC, a leading provider of daily data and insights about change on Earth, today announced a new six-figure contract with Farmdar, a global agriculture technology company.

  5. Thunderstruck Ag Unveils Razors Edge Concaves, Redefining Harvest Efficiency Across Every Acre 7/8/2025

    Thunderstruck Ag, a global leader in farmer-first agricultural innovation, today announced the official launch of Razors Edge Concaves, a groundbreaking solution engineered to deliver high-capacity, all-crop harvesting without the hassle of changing out concaves or cover plates.

  6. Miraterra Acquires Trace Genomics Technology And Products To Unlock Measurement And Insights Across Soil, Plants, And Food 7/7/2025

    Miraterra, a British Columbia-based technology company known for unlocking measurement and insight across soil, plants, and food through breakthroughs in Raman spectroscopy, has acquired the assets of Bay Area-founded Ag-tech company, Trace Genomics Inc., including the full suite of Intellectual Property (IP), in-market products, and an analytical lab in Ames, Iowa.

  7. Maxing Out Chemical-Free Crop Protection With dsRNAmax 7/7/2025

    A software package developed and validated at The University of Queensland can tailor safe, effective and chemical-free crop protection using RNA interference (RNAi).

  8. New Initiative Seeks To Boost Climate Smart Agriculture In Africa 7/3/2025

    Rothamsted is partnering with the UK-CGIAR Centre and others on a new project that will focus on the climate adaptation preparedness of agricultural systems in sub-Saharan Africa’s savannah regions.

  9. Agrilife Research Reimagines Citrus Greening Treatment Delivery 7/3/2025

    Texas A&M AgriLife Research is launching a multi-institutional study to develop and evaluate systems that deliver treatments to trees affected by citrus greening disease, also known as Huanglongbing.

  10. The Potato Is Hungry For Purified Sewage Water 7/3/2025

    Due to climate change, farmers are increasingly facing water shortages. Irrigating with water from wastewater treatment plants could be a solution; it's available year-round. But is irrigating with sewage water also safe? Water technologist Erik Vriezekolk is taking the first steps to investigate.