AgribusinessUK tofu maker Tofoo & Co has begun building a factory at Malton, North Yorkshire, that will double its production capacity and support £73m in annual sales, with completion due by autumn 2027.
AgrotechMainul Islam, Mithun and Masum of Bholahat, Chapainawabganj, sun-dry discarded mango peel and process it in a heater machine they built themselves to make 'mango peel tea', selling at Tk 2,000 to 4,000 a kilo.
AgribusinessIssah Tolhatu started processing soybeans as a food science student in Northern Ghana; with AGRA support her firm Grainwell now handles up to 100 kg a day and buys from six women farmers.
AgrotechUniversity of Minnesota researchers working with PepsiCo built CHIP-NCM, which predicts masa dough moisture from scans of raw grain so processors can adjust before production.
At a "Smart agriculture, shared future" seminar in Dhaka, Chinese embassy economic and commercial counsellor Song Yang called for stronger China-Bangladesh cooperation in modern farming, farm machinery, seed development and food processing.
AgrotechWith demand hard to predict, plant-based meat brands are moving away from dedicated plants towards contract manufacturing, shared infrastructure and repurposed meat-processing assets, industry experts say.
AgribusinessFederal and Ontario funding of nearly $22 million will help more than 130 agri-food businesses expand into new markets, with 925 jobs and up to $134 million in total investment expected.
FruitsFive districts of Rangpur division produced 134,916 tonnes of bananas on 4,077 hectares in 2024-25, but with no cold stores, processing plants or good transport, growers sell cheaply to middlemen.
VegetablesUSDA figures show US potato processing reached 286 million hundredweight in 2025, with frozen products up 6%, even as the average grower price fell 90 cents to $10.80 per hundredweight.
VegetablesVietnam, reliant on imports and short of data on its own garlic crop, proposes cooperation with China on cultivation, joint breeding and processing, while promoting premium Ly Son garlic.
AgribusinessThe Agricultural Land Commission, the BC Agriculture Council and meat producers oppose dropping the rule that processors in the Agricultural Land Reserve source half their inputs from BC, warning of higher land prices and biosecurity risks.
AgribusinessFarm Credit Canada says food and beverage manufacturing sales rose 4% to $88.1 billion in the first half of 2026, but real sales were flat and US trade restrictions and counter-tariffs are pressing on margins.
An EY analysis released by Protein Industries Canada finds that shifting 10 per cent of raw crop exports into domestic processing could add $5.4 billion to GDP and about 34,000 jobs.
