1. Toyota JV invests in Zambia irrigation system, to build an irrigation dam in Mumbwa District in Zambia.
2. Advantage Capital Agribusiness Partners invested $7m in Pacific Ag, which harvests and sells crop waste.
3. China's agri industry has struggled with lack of economies of scale, low-tech techniques and broken value chains – but an even more fundamental issue of drying soil is on the horizon.
4. The price of olive oil has risen 10% this year as European supplies continue to be affected by the Xylella fastidiosa disease in Italy and a drought in Spain.
5. California in U.S. provides 83% of the world’s almonds, but drought is affecting supply.
6. The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are two of the services to receive funding in the FY2016 Agriculture Appropriations Bill in Washington, US.
7. Standard and Poor's has agreed to pay Parmalat €14.5m ($16m) to settle a dispute over ratings it issued before the Italian dairy's 2003 collapse.
8. Talks are being held between Russia, WTO and India to agree a free trade agreement between India and the Eurasian Economic Union.
9. Nestlé India’s net sales plummeted 20.1% in the second quarter largely due to the Maggi noodles scare.
10. A high wholegrain intake may lower the mortality rate regardless of wholegrain type or cause of death, say researchers in a 120,000-strong Scandinavian cohort study.
11. More than 350 people in 26 states have been sickened by cyclospora, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
12. The European Commission has announced extended support measures for dairy and fruit and vegetable sectors hit by Russia’s ban on food imports from Europe.
13. Poultry and egg producers are rebuilding stocks hard hit by avian influenza with the help of $700 million in federal assistance, according to a report in US newspaper Cedar Rapids Gazette.
14. Fonterra has been fined NZ$192,000 (US$127,000, €115,000) by a court in New Zealand for its part in what has been dubbed the Eltham buttermilk stink.
15. The Ecuadorian government hopes to industrialize its fine flavor cocoa sector with large scale cluster plantations producing novel varieties of cacao.
16. The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has issued a food safety alert for Salmonella that may be associated with whole pigs used as pig roasts.
2. Advantage Capital Agribusiness Partners invested $7m in Pacific Ag, which harvests and sells crop waste.
3. China's agri industry has struggled with lack of economies of scale, low-tech techniques and broken value chains – but an even more fundamental issue of drying soil is on the horizon.
4. The price of olive oil has risen 10% this year as European supplies continue to be affected by the Xylella fastidiosa disease in Italy and a drought in Spain.
5. California in U.S. provides 83% of the world’s almonds, but drought is affecting supply.
6. The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are two of the services to receive funding in the FY2016 Agriculture Appropriations Bill in Washington, US.
7. Standard and Poor's has agreed to pay Parmalat €14.5m ($16m) to settle a dispute over ratings it issued before the Italian dairy's 2003 collapse.
8. Talks are being held between Russia, WTO and India to agree a free trade agreement between India and the Eurasian Economic Union.
9. Nestlé India’s net sales plummeted 20.1% in the second quarter largely due to the Maggi noodles scare.
10. A high wholegrain intake may lower the mortality rate regardless of wholegrain type or cause of death, say researchers in a 120,000-strong Scandinavian cohort study.
11. More than 350 people in 26 states have been sickened by cyclospora, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
12. The European Commission has announced extended support measures for dairy and fruit and vegetable sectors hit by Russia’s ban on food imports from Europe.
13. Poultry and egg producers are rebuilding stocks hard hit by avian influenza with the help of $700 million in federal assistance, according to a report in US newspaper Cedar Rapids Gazette.
14. Fonterra has been fined NZ$192,000 (US$127,000, €115,000) by a court in New Zealand for its part in what has been dubbed the Eltham buttermilk stink.
15. The Ecuadorian government hopes to industrialize its fine flavor cocoa sector with large scale cluster plantations producing novel varieties of cacao.
16. The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has issued a food safety alert for Salmonella that may be associated with whole pigs used as pig roasts.
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