From UK 12:05am

Plant science blooms in quagmire

Next big innovation likely to a gene that protects crops against ‘environmental stress’

11:36pm

World Food Prize to Monsanto exec

Three biotechnology scientists worked on GM seeds

worker Manoel Ramos collects sugar cane at the Brioso farm in Alexania, Goias state, Brazil. ©AP From MARKETS 5:28pm

Sugar’s rescue lies with Brazil’s drivers

Price slide makes bets against sweetener a top hedge fund trade

Elderly woman shopping in Waitrose supermarket UK ©Alamy From UK 4:34pm

Consumer giants shun food labelling system

Only 60% of foods expected to be covered by voluntary scheme

From TRAVEL & LEISURE Jun 18, 2013

Whitbread cheered by Costa Coffee

High street chain’s first-quarter sales rise almost 25 per cent

Salmon Return Upstream From The Atlantic To Spawn In Scottish Rivers ©Getty From MARKETS Jun 18, 2013

Global fish prices leap to all-time high

Change in Chinese diet boosts demand for seafood

From WORLD Jun 18, 2013

Vanishing wetlands offer no storm barrier

Fishing and oil in conflict on Louisiana’s shrinking coastline

Jun 18, 2013

Mengniu Dairy seeks HK$12.6bn Yashili deal

Milk powder producer aims to shake off contamination scandal

From LEX Jun 17, 2013

Smithfield/Starboard: appetite for more

Activist investor believes pork producer is worth more than bid price

Jun 17, 2013

English sparkling wines buoy Majestic

Summer Jubilee and Olympics lift sales for wine retailer

Jun 17, 2013

Starboard calls for Smithfield break-up

Food group sticks with $4.7bn Shuanghui deal

From FINANCIALS Jun 17, 2013

Louis Dreyfus appoints new chief

Schoen set to retire after helping boost group’s profitability

From SPECIAL REPORTS Jun 16, 2013

Northern Ireland focus: Farmers aim to cream profits from milk sales

Moves are under way to take advantage of increasing demand, writes Carol Ryan

Jun 16, 2013

Overseas expansion on the menu at Benugo

Caterer wants to take its coffee chain beyond British shores

Jun 14, 2013

Smithfield Foods earnings drop 63%

Fresh pork business struggles amid high grain prices

Jun 14, 2013

Dairy producers flock to China’s babies

Domestic safety concerns fuel demand for foreign formula

Jun 13, 2013

Tantrums amid China’s baby milk shortage

Parents around the world feel the effects

Jun 12, 2013

Bondholders reject Punch Taverns’ restructuring proposal

Punch’s liabilities seen to outstrip its assets

Jun 11, 2013

Mondelez muscles in on Nestlé’s crown

Rival set to launch capsules for use in Nespresso machines

Jun 11, 2013

Shuanghui explores funding for US deal

Latest group in China to use western-style financing

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