Archives for February 12, 2013

Cropping a blow

Wheat the high point of a heat-affected Australian harvest

Heatwave conditions from early January and below average rainfall across Australia’s major agricultural regions have resulted in a less than favourable summer cropping season, according to the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and...

Employee loses thumb at crisp factory

A crisp manufacturer has been fined £8,000 and ordered to pay costs after a man lost his thumb in an unguarded machine at its factory in Crumlin, Newport, Wales.

Exclusive interview with retiring plastics industry expert

Constant innovation key to industry leadership, says plastics veteran

James Johnson has told FoodProductionDaily.com that the key to staying at the top of the plastics industry is to “keep innovating”, especially when it comes to the engineering of equipment.