Farmcrowdy Group, owner of digital agriculture platform Farmcrowdy and the newly launched Farmgate Africa, an online agro-commodity aggregator, announced a strategic partnership with Best Foods Livestock and Poultry Ltd.

Over the long term, cultured meat production methods requiring large energy inputs could increase global warming more than some types of cattle farming if energy systems remain dependent on fossil fuels, according to what is said to be a first-of-its-kind study from the LEAP (Livestock, Environment and People) program at the Oxford Martin School, UK.

Buzz Foods, Charleston, W.V., announced an economic development project to begin in the Kanawha Valley in West Virginia.

Neogen Corp., Lansing, Mich., acquired the assets of Delta Genomics Centre, a Canada-based animal genomics laboratory.

Rickenbacker International Airport, Columbus, Ohio, renovated its animal transport facility.

TruTag Technologies, Inc., Emeryville, Calif., entered into a memorandum of understanding to establish a strategic partnership with Hongyang Biotechnology Co. Ltd.

Ontario, Canada, will soon be home to what is said to be the most sophisticated sustainable livestock production research center in Canada, thanks to a new facility planned by the University of Guelph.

Smithfield Foods, Inc., Smithfield, Va., announced a realignment of its organization and key senior management appointments that unify all of its independent operating companies, brands, marketing and more than 48,000 employees around the world under one corporate umbrella.

Amarillo, Texas-based Caviness Beef Packers formed a joint venture with J.R. Simplot Co., Boise, Idaho, to build a new beef processing plant in Kuna, Idaho.

DeLaval, Kansas City, Mo., launched its first wireless farm monitoring camera, the FMC-IP1, making real-time monitoring of livestock and buildings possible from smartphones, tablets or computers.