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Study Finds Cold Chain Investments Can Reduce Loss and Cut CO2 Emissions

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Global Organic Food Market to Grow

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Changes Coming for Determining the Cost of Chicken

The Georgia Department of Agriculture is changing how it operates the Georgia Dock, a pricing index state agriculture officials put together every week by calling up Georgia poultry producers and asking them how much a chicken is worth.

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PepsiCo to Acquire Fermented Probiotic Beverages Maker KeVita

KeVita is a leader in fermented probiotic and kombucha beverages with three product lines and live probiotics in every bottle.

The transaction will expand PepsiCo's health and wellness offerings in the premium chilled beverage space.

Trump Vows to Kill TPP on His First Day, China Offers its Own Trade Pact

China, Japan and South Korea are already in the initial stages of discussing a trilateral trade deal, and Beijing has been pushing its own limited Asian regional trade pact that excludes Washington for the past five years.

The U.S. and 11 other nations in a sweeping Pacific trade agreement released the pact’s details Thursday, opening a battle over thousands of provisions that will help determine whether it wins congressional backing next year.

Dr Pepper Snapple Acquires Antioxidant Drinks Maker Bai Brands

Dr Pepper Snapple Group's $1.7 billion purchase price outbid several other rivals as beverage makers continue to make the transition to healthier products like Bai's flavored water, coconut water and ready-to-drink teas.

The Dr Pepper Snapple Group already had a small stake in the company before the two agreed to the acquisition.

Monsanto-Backed Climate Corp Acquires VitalFields

Available in seven European countries, VitalFields offers software for farmers to plan, manage and analyze their field activities, including simplified tracking and reporting of all crop inputs to help ensure compliance with EU environmental standards.

Monsanto is betting that the growing debates over genetically-modified plants and other sourcing issues will only raise the value of transparency—and technology—in farming supply chains.

Report: Food Industry Contains the Largest Portion of its Poor

The 21.5 million workers in the food system make up the largest employment sector in the United States, with over one out of every seven workers in the U.S. working along the food chain.

Thirteen percent of all food workers, from farm laborers to farmers’ marketeers to coffee baristas, are on food stamps — more than twice the rate of any other industry.

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Argentina Focuses on Drug Trafficking at its Main Grain-Exporting Port

Argentina, the world's No. 3 corn and soy exporter, has stepped up security in and around its main exporting hub of Rosario with the cooperation of a dozen commodities trading companies including industry giants like Cargill.

Port operators, as well as the coast guard, say the measures are mainly preventative and that there is little risk of drugs entering the highly-guarded commodity shipping terminals.

The Food Industry Sounds Off on Trump Presidency

Many within the food industry and surrounding sectors believe it’s too early to tell exactly what this U.S. administration will look like - and, more importantly, what policies we all can expect for food, farming, sustainability, labor, labeling and more.

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Malaysian PM: No TPP Without the U.S.

"In its current guise, the TPP agreement cannot come into force without the U.S.'s involvement," Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak told the Nikkei Asian Review.

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak (left) poses with President Barack Obama at the U.S.-Asean Leaders Summit in February.

Millennial's Healthy Eating Habits Challenge Food Supply Chain

The U.S. organic market posted record sales in 2015, skyrocketing to $43.3 billion, up 11 percent from 2014. Globally, organic, functional and allergen-free foods sales just might reach $1 trillion in 2017 , according to Euromonitor International.

Havas anticipates the gluten-free market to grow 68 percent in the next five years, Paleo to grow 364 percent, vegetarian and vegan markets to grow 86 percent and raw to grow 101 percent. Food is the new social currency, and beyond that, now viewed as a mechanism for managing personal and planetary health. People are placing their food dollars where their personal values are.

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