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Walmart, Bentonville, Ark., announced its entry into the beef industry, developing an end-to-end supply chain for Angus beef.

By 2030, 80% of the work of today’s project management (PM) discipline will be eliminated as artificial intelligence (AI) takes on traditional PM functions such as data collection, tracking and reporting, according to "How AI Will Reinvent Program and Portfolio Management," a study produced by Gartner, Inc., Stamford, Conn.

Agr International, Inc., Butler, Pa., created the Agr Process Performance and Optimization Group, a new division specifically designed to provide PET bottle self-manufacturers with a go-to resource to help overcome some of the everyday challenges in producing their own bottles.

Dot Transportation, Inc., a subsidiary of Dot Foods, Inc., Mt. Sterling, Ill., partnered with Orange EV, Riverside, Mo., to deploy Orange EV T-Series pure electric terminal truck at Dot’s distribution center in Modesto, Calif.

Storage Battery Systems, LLC (SBS), Menomonee Falls, Wis., opened a new full-service stocking branch in Dallas, Texas.

Cultivian Sandbox Ventures, Chicago, announced the closing of its third venture capital fund, Cultivian Sandbox Food & Agriculture Fund III.

Smithfield Foods, Inc., Smithfield, Va., and Roeslein Alternative Energy (RAE), St. Louis, Mo., formed a joint venture called Monarch Bioenergy to produce renewable natural gas (RNG) across Smithfield’s hog farms in Missouri.

A new report by Food & Consumer Products of Canada (FCPC), Canada, is drawing attention to the growing competitiveness challenges of Canada’s food and beverage manufacturing industry.

Meal kits have a lower overall carbon footprint than the same meals purchased at a grocery store, despite having more packaging, according to “Comparison of Life Cycle Environmental Impacts from Meal Kits and Grocery Store Meals,” a new study from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.