THE board of Syngenta confirmed May 8 that it had recently received an unsolicited proposal from Monsanto, an agricultural biotechnology company, to acquire Syngenta at a price of $486.19 per share, with approximately 45% in cash...
Expert animal care panel assesses undercover hog farm video footage.
THE Grocery Manufacturers Assn. (GMA) said it will appeal an April 27 federal court ruling denying the organization's motion to halt implementation of Vermont's mandatory genetically modified organism (GMO) labeling law, pending further litigation...
THE U.S. Department of Transportation released a final rule May 1 that requires a phase-out or retrofit of all DOT-111 railcars transporting crude oil and ethanol over the next eight years...
SMITHFIELD Foods Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of WH Group Ltd., recently released its first-quarter financial results for 2015, revealing an 8% decrease in profits that the company said was attributable to lower prices and a stronger U.S...
TOTAL red meat production for the U.S. totaled 47.4 billion lb. in 2014, 4% lower than the previous year, according to the 2014 "Livestock Slaughter Summary" report issued April 27 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural...
ARCHER Daniels Midland Co. (ADM) announced May 5 that it has reached an agreement to acquire complete ownership of North Star Shipping and Minmetal, enhancing the company's European origination and transportation network through the addition of...
THE European Commission recently approved 19 import authorizations for genetically modified organisms...
USDA funding second round of RCPP projects.
Multi-institutional team leading national effort to reduce catastrophic disease outbreaks in food-producing livestock...