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World of Pablo (Free subscription) | yesterday
Visited the Agriculture and Agrifood Expo 09 this morning at Kg Tungku and it is a HIT for me. The place is huge and will be a great walk about. There are tractors mini buses to ferry visitors around the site and I thought that was cute. Riding the tractors, you will pass across the planting fields and see the various vegetables and fruit farms. I really like the showcase of local agricultural activities...
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Dave's World (Free subscription) | yesterday
A well-placed US official who recently spent some time in Afghanistan tells me that the US and UN are scapegoating Karzai with highly-inflated charges of corruption which basically is the cost of doing business in Afghanistan. This official says the real problem was the dearth of funding over the last decade and a half as well as misplaced confidence in eradicating an opium poppy agribusiness too prosperous...
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
MARICOPA, Ariz., Nov. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- The Arizona Technology Council presented Yulex Corporation with the Green Innovator of the Year award at the Governor's Celebration of Innovation gala Nov. 19 in Phoenix. The award, given each year to an Arizona-based company in the technology industry, recognizes the scientific advancements Yulex has achieved and its commitment to providing environmentally...
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
LONDON, Nov. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Urban Barns Foods (URBF.OB), set to acquire a leading-edge provider of fruit and vegetables, who "Grow Locally" and can produce to "Organic Grown" standards, today announced the appointment of Mr. J. Robyn Jackson to its board of directors as well as Executive Vice President, Logistics. Mr. Jackson has a distinguished 33-year career as the...
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
NEW YORK, Nov. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue.
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People Daily (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Beijing Capital Agribusiness Group (CAG) has agreed to pay 58.5 million yuan (8.6 million U.S. dollars) for the non-performing assets of the Sanlu Group, which was bankrupted in last year's melamine contamination scandal. CAG and Hebei Sanyuan Foods Co. -- respectively the parent and subsidiary of the Shanghai-listed Beijing Sanyuan Foods Co. -- jointly bid 616.5 million yuan for the core assets of...
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Xinhuanet (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Beijing Capital Agribusiness Group (CAG) has agreed to pay 58.5 million yuan (8.6 million U.S. dollars) for the non-performing assets of the Sanlu Group, which was bankrupted in last year's melamine contamination scandal.
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ataxingmatter (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
As some of you may know, I am one of the many people who eat a vegetarian diet. I don't eat cows, pigs, fish, whales, sharks, chicken, turkey, sheep, wild game, tame game... As I sometimes say when people ask...
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EconoSpeak (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
The controversy over medical researchers taking money from drug companies continues . Universities are being called out for their failure to disclose to public agencies the other, private grants researchers are pulling in. The article discusses the competition between research shops for the star grant recipients, but discreetly fails to point out that the universities themselves get a cut of the proceeds,...
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
MINEOLA, N.Y., Nov. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Clear Skies Solar, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: CSKH) today announced that approximately one third of its wholly owned subsidiary C612 would be sold to a group of private investors. C612 was formed last year to house the patented and patent pending technologies that have been developed in-house by CSS. The sale is expected to increase working capital available...
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
SIOUX FALLS, S.D., Nov. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Raven Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: RAVN), and SST Software, Inc. ("SST") today announced that the companies would build on their strategic alliance, with Raven buying a minority ownership position in SST. Financial terms were not disclosed.
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- VIASPACE Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: VSPC), a clean energy company growing Giant King(TM) Grass as a low-carbon, renewable energy crop, today announced it has leased an additional 136 acres in Guangdong Province, China. The new acreage has already been planted with Giant King Grass.
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
HONG KONG, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Man Shing Agricultural Holdings Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: MSAH), reported strong quarterly results in their 10-Q filing. The company posted net profits of more than 20% on efficient operations, favorable land management policies and rising ginger prices due to limited global supplies. Man Shing (MSAH.OB) is one of the leading ginger producers in the world. The...
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Field Day (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Quite a few parts of the country have been hit by storms in the last week or so. My colleague Phil, who writes a blog about agribusiness, took this pciture last weekend in 60mph winds at Kimmeridge Bay in Dorset....
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
BASEL, Switzerland, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Syngenta and Makhteshim Agan today announced a long term agreement under which Syngenta will supply Makhteshim Agan with its fungicide azoxystrobin. The agreement will offer growers a wider choice of solutions through the distribution channels of both companies.
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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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