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Department of Agriculture (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
In Bagley, Minn., USDA is guaranteeing a $7 million loan to TEAM Industries for working capital. TEAM Industries, established in 1986, is a manufacturing and design company specializing in drivetrain products. Recently, the company has experienced a steep drop in orders. Their reaction to reduced sales has been swift. TEAM diversified their end product and significantly increased their customer base,...
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Ag Alert (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
As El Nino grows stronger, so does hope for wet winter
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Nature (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Agribusiness is taking another run at transgenic wheat after shelving its programs five years ago because of concerns from farmers, trade organizations and even state governments about market acceptance. Will there be a market this time? Jeffrey Fox investigates.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Newmont Ghana Gold Limited (NGGL), the Agricultural Improvement and Land Access Programme (AILAP) and Ahafo Agribusiness Growth Initiative (AAGI), have jointly held an Open Day at Kenyasi, under the theme: "Increased Agricultural Production and productivity in Asutifi."
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Local Food (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
GM Watch SOUTH AMERICAN GM SOY CLOSE TO GET CARBON CREDITS-AGRIBUSINESS LOBBY IN THE CLIMATE NEGOTIATIONS Javiera Rulli La Soja Mata, September 2009 http://lasojamata.org/es/node/397 Nice work if you can get it! Encourage people to chop trees and replace them with soy beans. Then sell them expensive GM seed and qualify for carbon credits because the farmers are using a bit of no-till. Of course with...
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Triple Pundit (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
I recently visited Free Range Studios to meet with its talented co-founder Jonah Sachs in Berkeley, California, to talk about his startup story. Free Range began 10 years ago as two guys, one laptop, one apartment, and enough creativity and change-the-world-or-bust aspirations to eventually challenge agribusiness, and our consumer lifestyle, with The Story of Stuff, [...]
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Eurekalert (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
( International Water Management Institute ) "We will need nothing less than a 'Blue Revolution' if we are to achieve food security, and avert a serious water crisis in the future," said Dr. Colin Chartres, Director General of the Sri Lanka-based International Water Management Institute. Dr. Chartres was speaking to the Economic and Finance Committee of the UN General Assembly, at a special...
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Eurekalert (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
( Monell Chemical Senses Center ) The Monell Center and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) are co-hosts of the Beijing International Meeting on Taste and Smell Research. Organized by Monell in collaboration with the CAS, the meeting will be the first international meeting on taste and smell to be held in China. The historic meeting will be held Nov. 15-17 at the Beijing Marriot Hotel City Wall.
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Eurekalert (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
( University of Chicago Press Journals ) Tree-dwelling ants generally live in harmony with their arboreal hosts. But new research suggests that when they run out of space in their trees of choice, the ants can get destructive to neighboring trees.
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Eurekalert (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
( American Institute of Biological Sciences ) Two articles about Charles Darwin and his development of the theory of evolution by natural selection have been published in the AIBS journal BioScience and have been made open to the public in honor of the 150th anniversary of the publication of "On the Origin of Species." The articles are by Kevin Padian and James T. Costa. Together the articles...
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MilkandCookies.com (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Defend an Indian Apache village for 75 days from white settlers and other indian tribes. Set up a strategy to develop agriculture, handle transactions of agribusiness, trade for guns, train the troops, and send commanders and troops to the battle.
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Market Wire (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
LIMA 13, NORWAY (MARKET WIRE) The Board of Directors of Camposol Holding Plc has been informed by Mr. Juan José Gal'Lino, CEO of Camposol, that Mr. Gal'Lino has the intention to resign from his position.
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Capgemini (Paris:CAP), one of the world’s foremost providers of consulting, technology and outsourcing services, today announced that Bunge Limited, a leading global agribusiness and food company, selected Capgemini to support its finance operations by providing select finance and accounting (F&A) services, under a seven-year agreement with Capgemini America, Inc....
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Andy's Angle (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
I received a very maternal email from my Mother this week, encouraging me to forgo discussions of politics in my writing; what is it they say about politics and religion not being appropriate in polite conversation? I can never remember. Suffice it to say I’m going to take Mother’s advice (Mom knows best, right') and instead talk about something really controversial: health care. I’m...
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Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Another former SK Foods executive has been charged in Sacramento federal court, the latest expansion of a sprawling case of fraud, bribery and price fixing in the tomato-processing industry. In court papers filed Wednesday, Alan Huey, a former senior vice president at the company, admitted to falsifying documents in order to sell bulk tomato paste that was older, moldier or more diluted than SK Foods...
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bharatbook | 10/16/2009
As 2009 progresses, there is little to suggest an uptick in global economic health. Turkey is expected to experience a full and deep recession, weighed down by a sizeable current account deficit, while its highly productive agricultural sector is foreseen to stumble through the year, to the detriment of the one-third of the population employed in rural husbandry. BMI 's latest Turkey Agribusiness Report
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bharatbook | 10/16/2009
Agriculture in the Ukraine, once the bread basket of Europe, has fallen on sorry times since the collapse of the Soviet Union and independence in 1991. Now, however, it looks like a recovery may be under way. In BMI's new Ukraine Agribusiness Report for Q109, we examine how agriculture in Ukraine can retrieve its former status. After government subsidies and guaranteed markets fell along with the Soviet
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bharatbook | 10/16/2009
The United States Agribusiness Report features Business Monitor International's market assessment and independent 5-year forecasts covering the supply and demand outlook for the livestock, dairy, grains, rice, sugar, edible oils, coffee and cocoa sectors. Business Monitor International's Agribusiness service also provides proprietary medium term price forecasts for key commodities, including corn,
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