In the heart of Canada’s bread basket, a Richardson International Ltd. processing plant stands as a testament to what may be the country’s most successful agricultural experiment.
Consumers in New York and California sued PepsiCo Inc.’s Quaker Oats for false advertising over claims that the brand’s signature product contains a possible carcinogen that is not listed as an ingredient.
Rice farmer Boontham Chei-pa switches on a water pump in the evenings to irrigate his parched field from a canal in Thailand’s central province of Suphanburi.
The drop in soybean oil prices shrank its premium over processed palm olein to $50/ton. That spread needs to bounce back to $70 for palm to regain market share.
