USA – Tyson Foods, the world’s second-largest processor and marketer of meat, based in Arkansas America, announced plans to invest…
Read MoreTyson Foods to invest US$20M in expansion of Tennessee facility, names Wes Morriss president of Poultry
Month: January 2023
Appolinaire Djikengm becomes first African to lead the International Livestock Research Institute
KENYA – Appolinaire Djikengm, A Cameroonian biologist and researcher at the University of Edinburg in Scotland, has become the first…
Read MoreDiageo sells Filipino cocktail mixer brand Island Mixers, Pernod Ricard looks to automation to optimize operations in India
PHILIPPINES – Diageo Philippines, a unit of Diageo Plc, has divested its cocktail mixer brand Island Mixers to the Keepers…
Read MoreAstral Foods leads South African poultry producers in pushing for removal of VAT on chicken
SOUTH AFRICA – The nation’s largest poultry producer, Astral Foods in alliance with other poultry processing companies as well as…
Read MorePersistent outbreak of African Swine Fever casts dark shadow on South African pig industry
SOUTH AFRICA – New cases of African Swine Fever (ASF) were recently reported on a farm in Gauteng prompting the…
Read MoreTata Coffee Q3 net profits fall by 44.71 as Starbucks expands US delivery partnership with DoorDash Inc
INDIA – Tata Coffee, a subsidiary of the Tata Group, has reported a 44.71 percent decline in quarter-3 consolidated net…
Read MoreNestlé to invest US$100 in Colombia to increase production capabilities
COLOMBIA – Swiss multinational food giant, Nestlé, will invest US$100 million over the next three years in its Colombian operations,…
Read MoreKenya commits US$3.1billion to finance irrigation projects across the country in four years
KENYA – The Government of Kenya has launched a new roadmap titled National Irrigation Services Strategy that will cost it…
Read MoreMango farmers in Tana River county, Kenya, urged to utilize fruit processing factory to reduce post-harvest losses
KENYA – Farmers in Tana River County, Kenya, have been urged to utilize the KSh.100 million (US$800k) Galole Integrated fruit…
Read MoreUnilever taps FrieslandCampina’s Chief Hein Schumacher as new CEO, awards him US$1.96m salary
UK – Multinational consumer goods giant Unilever has tapped Royal FrieslandCampina CEO Hein Schumacher to succeed current CEO Alan Jope…
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