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Domestic Fuel (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008
Three global agribusiness giants have teamed up to explore technologies and processes to turn crop residues into feed and bioenergy products. Archer Daniels Midland Company, Deere & Company and Monsanto Company will work together to identify environmentally and economically sustainable methods for the harvest, storage and transport of corn stover that can be used as feed [...]
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Southeast Farm Press RSS Feed (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008
It wasn’t too long ago that a soybean grower in the Southeast or Mid-South wouldn’t even have considered applying a seed treatment to his crop.
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Biofuels Digest (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008
In Iowa, a group of Midwestern-based agrienergy leaders have formed the American Ag & Energy Council (AAEC). The council will promote the links between agribusiness and renewable energy, with a focus on education. Coalition co-chair Wendy Wintersteen, Dean of the Iowa State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, told Marketwatch that “the Midwest has a [...]
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Biofuels Digest (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, fell 0.63 percent Tuesday to close at an all-time low of 72.21 as ethanol and agribusiness plunged. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) fell 0.67 percent to $25.24, while VeraSun Energy (VSE) lost 6.67 percent to close at $5.60. Among small caps, Great [...]
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
HOUSTON, Aug. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Kirby Corporation ("Kirby")
(NYSE: ) announced today that Joe Pyne, Kirby's President and Chief
Executive Officer, will present at the Morgan Keegan 2008 Equity Conference
on Thursday, September 4, 2008, at 1:00 p.m. central time. The Morgan
Keegan conference is being held at the Peabody Hotel in Memphis, Tennessee.
A live audio webcast of the presentation...
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
DECATUR, Ill., Aug. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Archer Daniels Midland
Company (NYSE: ) will participate in the Lehman Brothers Second Annual
Back-to-School Consumer Conference in Boston on Thursday, September 4,
2008. Steve Mills, executive vice president and chief financial officer,
and John Rice, executive vice president, Commercial and Production, will
present at 3 p.m. Eastern Time.
The ADM...
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008
Farmers, Chefs, Nutritionists and Fair Food Advocates Lend Expertise to
Celebration of Local Food, Sustainable Agriculture
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With heightened
concerns about rising food costs and the impact of industrial food systems
on the environment and health, more people are vowing to eat their zip
code. This regional food focus will be among major emphases addressed...
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008
Marking a new era for Australian Merino wool
SYDNEY, Australia, Aug. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Australian Wool Innovation
(AWI) is pleased to unveil its new corporate identity and brand portfolio
marking a milestone in the innovation and marketing of Australian wool. The
company's new logo features a symbolic stylized ram's head as its calling
card.
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AWI will spend more than $120 million over...
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GadBall.com (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008
Have you thought about how to feed the fast growing world population We have. And we are looking for top talent to join our team! Syngenta is a world-leading agribusiness committed to sustainable agriculture through innovative research and technology. The company is a leader in crop protection, and ranks third in the high-value commercial seeds market. Sales in 2007 were approximately $9.2 billion....
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Eurekalert (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008
( Newcastle University ) Newcastle University marine scientist Nicholas Graham heads up an international team calling for urgent action to save world's coral reefs.
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Eurekalert (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008
( The Hebrew University of Jerusalem ) As sturgeon populations decline in the Caspian Sea, scientists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have a found way for Israel to cash in on the world's growing demand for caviar. Prof. Berta Levavi-Sivan of the Hebrew University's Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Quality Sciences and Dr. Avshalom Hurvitz have successfully reared...
