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Consortium Comprising Driscoll’s Acquires Australia's Costa Group

A consortium, led by Paine Schwartz Partners and comprising Driscoll’s and British Columbia Investment Management Corporation, has completed the acqu...

New Zealand Fonterra Targets 30% Cut In On-Farm Emissions By 2030

New Zealand’s Fonterra Co-Operative Group wants its nearly 8,500 farms to reduce emissions by 30% by 2030, the world’s largest dairy exporter s...

Lidl Germany To Move To Higher Animal Welfare Standards For Beef, Drinking Milk

Lidl Germany has announced that it is converting its range of fresh beef and drinking milk to higher animal husbandry levels.

Continente Enables Customers To Harvest Their Own Vegetables

Portuguese retail chain Continente is offering its own customers the experience of harvesting their own lettuces and herbs.

Fruit Harvest Faces Ruin After Floods Hit Italy's Emilia-Romagna

Deadly floods in northern Italy will ravage fruit production in what is normally one of the country's most bountiful agricultural regions, farm lobby Coldi...

California Dairy Sector 'On Track' To Achieve Climate Neutrality By 2030

The Californian dairy sector is on target to reach the state's methane reduction goals and achieve climate neutrality by 2030, according to a new peer-revi...

Dole To Sell Fresh Vegetables Division To Fresh Express

Dole plc has announced the sale of its Fresh Vegetables Division to an affiliate of Fresh Express Incorporated, a wholly owned subsidiary of Chiquita Holdi...

Danish Crown Says Chinese Pork Demand Subdued, Set To Cut 550 Jobs

Chinese consumption of pork remains subdued and normalisation could take up to six months, said Danish Crown's CEO, who also told Reuters the company would...