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.

Seaboard Foods, Shawnee Mission, Kan., announced plans to expand its Greeley County Ladder Creek hog feeding operations in western Kansas.

Executive chairman John Cahill for Kraft Foods will transition to non-executive chairman of the board of directors, effective March 8. Meanwhile, Flowers Foods named Tonja Taylor as senior vice president of human resources, taking over for Donald Thriffiley, Jr., who after 36 years with Flowers Foods, is retiring, effective March 29.

Murphy-Brown of Missouri, LLC (MBM), Princeton, Mo., and St. Louis-based Roeslein Alternative Energy, LLC announced joint plans to develop a $100 million renewable biogas project in northern Missouri.