USDA has launched a new Conservation Loan (CL) program that will provide farm owners and farm-related business operators access to credit to implement conservation techniques that will conserve...

Burger King Holdings Inc., the number-two quick-service restaurant system in the U.S., agreed this morning to an acquisition by 3G Capital Management Inc. for $24 per share, or $3.2 billion,...

As a result of its spiraling glyphosate business, Monsanto said it will eliminate as many as 700 jobs to help reduce costs. Monsanto, the patent holder for glyphosate, has had to deal with...

Today the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service outlined steps to respond to a recent court case to keep sugar beet growers in compliance with a recent court...

Dr Jacques Diouf, Director-General of the UN’s FAO has decided to call an unusual meeting of the food body’s Intergovernmental Group on Grains and the

Intergovernmental Group on Rice...

The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said today that international food prices were up 5% in August, the largest monthly gain since last November.

The agency said even with...

Burger King Holdings Inc., the number-two quick-service restaurant system, in the U.S., has been in talks with equity firms about a...

The U.S. Department of Justice, acting on the behalf of the Food & Drug Administration, yesterday filed a complaint for permanent injunction against Scenic Valley Dairy of Hamilton, Mich., its...