The recent 2007 Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) International Convention held in Boston drew a record 22,366 attendees, a nearly 15% increase from the previous year. The convention is the world’s largest event for the biotechnology industry.

Transgenomic, Inc. has entered into a research agreement with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to develop new molecular methods for detecting banned materials in animal feeds

Australian is to carry out its first field trial of wheat that has been genetically modified (GM) for drought tolerance at two drought-prone sites in the state of Victoria.

EU Commissioner, Charlie McCreevy, officially opened the new £5.6 million Keenan Manufacturing Centre at the company's headquarters at Borris, County Carlow. The centre will conduct research in technology, engineering and animal nutrition.

The challenge of the 21st Century value chain is not going to be in the collection of data, but in the processing of data such that knowledge is created, and at speeds that allow people to make decisions that positively impact every corner of our organizations.  Employees in our organizations are being transformed into "information workers".

Researchers from the University of León in Spain teamed up with their colleagues from the Rowett Research Institute in Scotland to investigate the potential of numerous plant species as antimethanogenic feed additives for ruminants.

Cornell researchers have cloned an aluminum-tolerance gene in sorghum, which makes the plant promising in boosting crop yields in developing countries that have problems with acidic soils.

Animal Health Institute member companies spent $663 million in 2006 – a 7% increase over 2005-- to research and develop potential new products and to maintain the longevity of existing products, according to AHI’s latest Research and Development Survey.

We all know the frequently used phrase: "from farm to fork" right? But I think we are missing another important F word here: finance. If we want to cover the whole food chain in one sentence, we have to include the money part. Even more so now with feed and food prices reaching record high levels. So "from farm to fork to finance" makes much more sense.