Year: 2024

USDA Proposes Next Steps to Promote Fairer Poultry Markets, Protect Producers, and Enhance Transparency

June 4, 2024 The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)

USDA is proposing the rule Poultry Grower Payment Systems and Capital Improvement Systems, to address a range of abuses that have occurred in relation to grower ranking (commonly known as “tournament”) payment systems and additional capital investment requirements that poultry companies commonly ask of their contract growers for broiler chicken. This rule is the third in a suite of Packers and Stockyards Act rules that USDA has undertaken to create fairer markets, which ultimately can lead to lower grocery prices for hardworking families. …

Ice Fish Farm – Proposed Change of Company Name

June 4, 2024 Ice Fish Farm

The board of directors of Ice Fish Farm AS (the “Company”) will propose that the general meeting resolves to change the company name to Kaldvik AS at the Company’s annual general meeting on 20 June 2024. …

Northline Seafoods Announces Completion of the “Hannah,”A State-of-the-Art Seafood Platform

June 4, 2024 Northline Seafoods

Northline Seafoods proudly announces the successful completion of the “Hannah,” a state-of-the-art seafood platform that will start operating in Bristol Bay, Alaska during the 2024 salmon fishing season. …

MSU Potato Breeder Develops New Genetically Engineered Potato

June 4, 2024 Jack Falinski, Michigan State University AgBioResearch

The Kal91.3 potato is bred from an MSU potato variety named Kalkaska. The newly developed potato can be stored in cool temperatures for long periods of time without sucrose, the compound that sugar is typically stored in potatoes as, converting into reducing sugars such as fructose and glucose. Without as many reducing sugars, off-color browning and caramelization can be minimized in the Kal91.3 potato, leading to healthier and higher-quality products, including potato chips. …

Apeel Rolls Out Final Pillars of ‘The Apeel Leverage’ Initiative: Here For The Long-Haul and Satisfy You and Your Customers

June 4, 2024 Apeel

Building on the momentum of its successful initiative, Apeel Sciences unveiled the concluding pillars of “The Apeel Leverage,” aimed at showcasing the support Apeel’s technologies can provide to enhance long haul capabilities in the fresh produce supply chain. …