Latest Food Headlines
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Pea And Lentils Invest In Root System Development Differently
6/15/2022
Underneath the surface, plant roots are hard at work. Roots, of course, are how plants get water and minerals from the soil. But digging into how different root systems affect crop yields has been challenging for researchers.
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Post Holdings Announces Plan To Expand Post Consumer Brands’ Sparks, Nevada Cereal Facility
6/15/2022
Post Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:POST), a consumer packaged goods holding company, today announced plans for its Post Consumer Brands business to invest up to $110 million to expand its cereal production capacity at its Sparks, Nevada facility.
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Nestlé Cereals Announces Launch Of Its 'Wheat Plan' To Support UK Farmers Adopting Regenerative Agriculture Practices
6/14/2022
Nestlé Cereals has today announced the launch of the Nestlé Wheat Plan, an innovative sustainable farming initiative through which the business is forming partnerships with British wheat farmers to support the adoption of regenerative agriculture practices.
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BioConsortia And Mosaic Expand Collaboration To Microbial Biostimulant
6/14/2022
BioConsortia, Inc. and The Mosaic Company have entered into a new agreement to distribute BioConsortia’s new microbial biostimulant in Asia. This press release features multimedia.
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Forafric, A Leading African Agribusiness, Teams With Alapala To Nearly Double Wheat And Durum Processing Capacity
6/14/2022
Forafric Global PLC (Nasdaq: AFRI, or “Forafric”), a vertically integrated agribusiness serving Africa, today announced that its fully-owned subsidiary, Forafric Maroc, has entered into an agreement with Alapala Foreign Trade LLC (“ALAPALA”) to expand existing mills and construct new mills to significantly increase its wheat and durum processing capacity.
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FarmSense Launches FlightSensor™, A Real-Time Pest Monitoring System For Commercial Farmers To Efficiently Manage Pests And Optimize Crop Yield
6/14/2022
Today, agtech startup FarmSense announces a limited product launch of their award-winning and internationally acclaimed real-time pest monitoring and identification device, FlightSensor™. This initial launch, which will consist of approximately 1,000 FlightSensor™ units, will be distributed to select commercial pest advisors, farm managers and growers in California.
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IntraLight™ Launches Next-Gen Pesticide, Protecting Crops Without Chemicals
6/14/2022
IntraLight, a Boulder based startup, has completed development of its light treatment technology that automatically protects crops from pests and pathogens with daily light treatments. Using a proprietary spectrum IntraLights severely damage pest and pathogen DNA, destroying their ability to grow and reproduce.
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METTLER TOLEDO To Demonstrate New Product Inspection Systems At IBIE 2022
6/14/2022
METTLER TOLEDO Product Inspection will demonstrate a variety of inspection systems for the commercial baking industry in booth #3474 at IBIE, being held at the Las Vegas Convention Center, Sept 18-21, 2022.
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Wageningen Scientists Unravel How The Potato Disease Sharpens Its Weapons
6/13/2022
Last year, a team of researchers at Wageningen University & Research discovered how the cells of Phytophthora infestans (potato blight disease) attacks the plant by slicing open its skin. But how these microscopic attackers sharpen their weapons was unknown.
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USDA Asks For Help Protecting Citrus In The Lower Rio Grande Valley
6/13/2022
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) needs your help safeguarding Texas citrus from invasive citrus pests and diseases currently threatening livelihoods and agricultural production in the Lower Rio Grande Valley.