agriculture and food industry News

First Global Vertical Farming Award Winner Announced

Illumitex and The Association for Vertical Farming are pleased to announce the winner of the first global vertical farming award, team Inter-Farm-Market from Kualalumpur, Malaysia. The Innovation Award, sponsored by Illumitex, was announced on Monday, May 30, 2016. The winning team will receive $5,000 and team leader Zhao Wei Kim will attend the AVF Summit and GreenTech Conference, held in ...

Jun. 2, 2016

By Illumitex

Leading EU industry associations call for policy support for innovation in the agri-food sector

The Agri-Food Chain Coalition (AFCC)[1], representing 11 leading industry associations across the agri-food chain, today presented its joint declaration entitled: “Food for Thought: a vision for unlocking the potential of agriculture and food industries in the EU[2]” to the Agriculture Commissioner, Phil Hogan. The event took place on the first day of the Food & Drink Week[3] at ...

Jun. 29, 2015

By EuropaBio - the European Association for Bioindustries

See For Yourself – To Soybeans and Beyond

Many soybeans have been delivered to the elevator, but where will they go next? The soy checkoff invites farmers to find the answer to this question and learn about the impact that U.S. soy’s biggest customers make on farmers’ bottom lines during this year’s See for Yourself program. From now until April 4, all U.S. soybean farmers over the age of 18 can apply for the United ...

Jan. 6, 2015

By United Soybean Board (USB)

Florida’s agriculture-related employment up 8.7 percent

About 1.52 million people worked full- or part-time in Florida’s agriculture, natural resources and food industries in 2013, an 8.7 percent increase in jobs over 2012, according to a new UF/IFAS economic report. That figure accounts for 14.3 percent of the state’s workforce, and reflects a 19.7 percent employment increase since 2001, or just under 1 percent annually, according to the ...

Sep. 10, 2015

By The University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences

Irritec at Indagra Exhibition 2017

Irritec will participate to the Indagra exhibition 2017, that will take place from October 25th to 29th at Romexpo Center in Bucharest, in Romania. Indagra is an established international exhibition for agriculture, food industry, viticulture, animal husbandry and gardening equipement and products. Irritec will show drip irrigation systems and new irrigation technologies, but also filtration ...

Oct. 9, 2017

By IRRITEC SpA

New Agri-Food Chain Coalition calls for stronger EU policy focus on innovation, jobs, sustainability

A broad coalition of associations representing Europe’s agriculture and food sectorsi is calling for the EU to boost innovation and jobs with “ambitious policies that unlock the great potential of the European agri-food chain and maintain its place as a world leader.” The group of 11 leading EU-level associations will present their joint declaration, entitled: Food for ...

Sep. 23, 2014

By Fertilizers Europe

Indian Ocean islands link up via agriculture web portal

As part of a new project to improve biodiversity and agriculture science reporting within the Indian Ocean Commission (IOC), a group of 11 press officers were trained last month (24–25 May) in Mauritius. The press officers come from the agriculture ministries of the IOC islands — Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion and the Seychelles — as well as Zanzibar. The ...

Jun. 8, 2012

By SciDev.Net

Chairman Roberts: Ag Producers’ Work During Pandemic is ‘Nothing Short of Heroic’

U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today spoke on the floor of the U.S. Senate about the hard work of American agriculture producers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Click here to watch his remarks. “Producing food for a troubled and hungry world is what farmers do day in and day out. But, especially at times like this, ...

Aug. 6, 2020

By U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry

UF/IFAS hosting Florida Agricultural Policy Outlook Conference in January

Florida agriculture and food industries are among the largest economic contributors in the state. Agricultural producers manage 9.5 million acres, growing more than 300 commodities, including everything from citrus and cows to peanuts and potatoes. Agricultural products are shipped to national and international markets. On January 28, some of the state’s top agriculture thinkers will ...

Dec. 14, 2015

By The University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences

Today is National Agriculture Day

Today, March 14, 2019, The Agriculture Council of America (ACA) hosts the 46th anniversary of National Agriculture Day. This year’s theme is “Agriculture: Food for Life.” Cornell Pump’s first pumps were irrigation pumps used in Oregon’s fertile Willamette Valley, and agricultural pumping, including dewatering, irrigation, and manure handling remain strong markets ...

Mar. 14, 2019

By Cornell Pump Company

Europe’s Agri Food Businesses call for an EU policy shift towards innovation

A broad coalition of groups representing Europe’s agricultural and food business interests is calling for better and smarter policy-making that fosters innovation and creates jobs, ensuring that the EU agri-food chain becomes more productive and resource-efficient. The group of 11 EU-level associations presented their joint “Vision for unlocking the potential of agriculture and food ...

May 6, 2014

By Fertilizers Europe

Multiple datasets combined to make first global cropland and field size maps

A global cropland percentage map and a global field size map have been created for the first time to guide scientists and policymakers interested in global agricultural modelling and assessment. Both maps are for the baseline year 2005 and combined multiple data sets from global, regional and national levels to achieve a high level of accuracy and 1 km2 resolution. As the global population ...

Oct. 22, 2015

By European Commission, Environment DG

Certification Europe awards McAree Engineering Ltd. with ISO 9001 certification

Certification Europe was delighted to award McAree Engineering Ltd. with ISO certification in Quality Management (ISO 9001), at a presentation in the company’s sheet-metal manufacturing plant in Co. Monaghan, today. The globally recognised ISO 9001standard aided the company in identifying internal and external process changes which strengthened the manufacturing plants Quality ...

Jul. 20, 2012

By Certification Europe

Cargill Turkey brands partner with feeding America to provide 1.75 million meals

As millions of Americans struggle to make financial ends meet in these challenging economic times of uncertainty, Feeding America and Cargill's Honeysuckle White and Shady Brook Farms turkey brands are teaming up for the second consecutive year to help provide 1.75 million meals to Americans faced with hunger. Cargill's $250,000 donation, an increase of six percent over 2009, will help fund the ...

Oct. 4, 2010

By CSRwire - Corporate Social Responsibility Newswire

European Commission issues notice on industrial products in the context of UK withdrawal from the EU

On 22 January 2018, the European Commission published a notice to stakeholders on the impact of the withdrawal of the United Kingdom (UK) from the EU related to the field of industrial products. In view of the considerable uncertainties concerning which rules may or may not remain in place in the UK after its withdrawal from the EU, the European Commission has issued this notice to ...

Jan. 30, 2018

By Verisk 3E

U.S. Specialty Chemical Markets Start 2020 on a Solid Note

The American Chemistry Council (ACC) reported a solid start to the year for U.S. specialty chemicals market volumes, with a 0.5 percent headline gain in January following a 0.7 percent gain in December. Of the 28 specialty chemical segments ACC monitors, 18 expanded in January – up from 15 in December – nine markets declined and one was flat. Large market volume gains (1.0 percent and ...

Feb. 21, 2020

By American Chemistry Council (ACC)

BIO Issues Call for Sessions for 2012 BIO International Convention

The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) invites biotechnology industry experts, policy leaders, analysts, academics and other thought leaders to submit proposals for breakout sessions at the 2012 BIO International Convention, the global event for biotechnology, to be held June 18-21, 2012 at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center in Boston, MA. ...

Aug. 22, 2011

By Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO)

New Report Shows Agriculture Productivity Consistently Up

Ohio farmers have been producing more and, on average, earning slightly more too. Improved technology, rising crop yields, farmer ingenuity and lower prices for farm inputs have led to higher agricultural productivity, specifically annual increases of 1.6 percent since the 1950s, according to a report produced by a team of agricultural economists from the College of Food, Agricultural, and ...

Nov. 28, 2017

By Ohio State University

DNAble for Salmonella Receives AOAC Certification

EnviroLogix is pleased to announce that its DNAble Detection Assay for Salmonella has been certified as a Performance Tested MethodSM(#041404) by the AOAC Research Institute in the following AOAC categories: primary production samples, environmental samples for food or feed production, and pet food and animal feed. EnviroLogix’ patent-pending DNAble platform uses groundbreaking chemistry ...

May 19, 2014

By EnviroLogix Inc.

Countries agree on key policy commitments to fight malnutrition globally

Reaching an important milestone in the fight against global malnutrition, countries today agreed on policies aimed at ensuring that people around the world have access to healthier diets. Following a series of intense negotiations representatives of FAO and World Health Organization (WHO) member countries reached consensus on a political Declaration and a voluntary Framework for Action including ...

Oct. 12, 2014

By Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

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