General Mills, Inc. had issued a voluntary recall of Gold Medal flour.

Lantmännen notes increased demand for plant-based ingredients.

Suggests improving internal loss control, hybrid program.

B vitamin essential for healthy development of babies early in pregnancy.

Follows abandonment of multi-year checkoff effort.

Plant is about one-third the size of a typical corn stalk.

Females growing in number, ascending to leadership positions in milling associations.

Consortium committed to diversity in agriculture and food sector.

Plan involves increasing self-sufficiency, investing in foreign agribusiness and farmland.

Surpasses 5.1 million tonnes loaded onto vessels in six-month period.