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A Major Function of Soil Nematodes Is That They Are Biocontrol Agents
Jan 3, 2014Nematodes are often talked about in a quiet fearful voice. The image of the small microscopic worms can bring grown men to their knees. Unfortunately like many things in our world, a few “bad” apples have ruined the entire ...
Tags: Soil Nematodes, Agriculture
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Dan O'Brien Has Been Crunching Numbers to See What They Portend for Grain Prices in 2014
Jan 3, 2014The USDA released its monthly Crop Production and WASDE reports earlier this month and Kansas State University Extension Agricultural Economist Dan O’Brien has been crunching the numbers to see what they portend for grain prices in ...
Tags: Grain Prices, Record Levels
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Cow-Calf Producers May Choose Corn for Supplementation Again
Jan 3, 2014With 2013 corn harvest prices approximately half of those in 2012, cow-calf producers may choose corn for supplementation again. It’s probably the cheapest source of energy on the market if you can feasibly deliver it to the cow herd. ...
Tags: Beef Cows, Protein Supplementation
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2014 Is Shaping up to Be a Much Better Year for Pork Producers Than 2013
Jan 3, 2014The chair of Manitoba Pork Council says 2014 is shaping up to be a much better year for pork producers than 2013. As the result of disappointing grain production in 2012 due to drought pork producers saw grain prices double heading into ...
Tags: Mood of Pork, Meat
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The Tide Has Turned in Our Battle Against Lung Cancer
Jan 3, 2014Full Coverage and Reimbursement for CT Screening Next Priority Today, in what has been the culmination of more than two decades of research and advocacy, the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) issued its final ...
Tags: CT Screening, United States Preventive Services Task Force, lung cancer
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Expected Responses From S Containing Starter Fertilizer and Sulfur Uptake Were Not Evident
Jan 3, 2014There is widespread concern about potential sulfur (S) deficiencies in corn and soybeans in the North Central region. Sulfur is relatively immobile within the plant, so symptoms usually appear in the new growth. Atmospheric deposition used ...
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TransForce Is Buying The Canadian Assets of Vitran Corp
Jan 3, 2014After winning a bidding war with Manitoulin Transport, TransForce is buying the Canadian assets of Vitran Corp, TransForce announced Monday. Alain Bédard, chairman, president and CEO of TransForce said: "We are delighted to have ...
Tags: transportation
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Asian Was 19-26 Times More Likely to Be Cared for by a Minority Physician of The Same Race
Jan 3, 2014Black, Hispanic and Asian physicians play an outsized role in the care of disadvantaged patients nationally. Patients who have low incomes, are from racial and ethnic minority backgrounds, have Medicaid insurance, or who do not speak ...
Tags: disadvantaged patients, medical care, minority physician
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Volvo Trucks and Mack Trucks Are Recalling Various Trucks for Seat Belt Problems
Jan 3, 2014Daimler Trucks North America, Volvo Trucks North America and Mack Trucks are recalling various trucks for seat belt problems. All recalled truck models are equipped with IMMI-brand L9 seat belt buckles. When the button is pressed to ...
Tags: seat belt, transportation
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Corn Cash Prices Are Way Below This Time ,Soy & Wheat Prices up
Jan 3, 2014Soybeans were lower on fund and commercial selling. Near term weather forecasts for South America look generally non-threatening and there was some rain in parts of their soybean region over the weekend. Overall, trade will be fairly slow ...
Tags: Weaker Corn, Soy, Wheat
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Asthma Patients Are at Increased Risk for Unplanned Hospital Admissions
Jan 3, 2014By Kirsty Oswald, medwireNews Reporter Results from a German national health survey indicate that asthma patients with multiple comorbidities are at increased risk for unplanned hospital admissions. The findings also confirm that ...
Tags: asthma patients, comorbidities, cardiovascular disease, health
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Kriska Holdings Limited's Entire Fleet of Refrigerated Trailers
Jan 3, 2014Kriska Holdings Limited’s entire fleet of refrigerated trailers will be equipped with the ibright refrigerated telematics system from International Telematics (ITC), Kriska said Friday. "We have heard loud and clear from our food ...
Tags: cold chain, transportation
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U.S. Corn Exports to Latin America Continue to Grow
Jan 3, 2014U.S. corn exports to Latin America continue to grow. According to the USDA, the Western Hemisphere's accumulated U.S. corn imports are more than 67 million bushels ahead of last year at this same time. Mexico, the second-largest U.S. corn ...
Tags: Corn Imports, Food
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Number of Hogs on Iowa and U.S. Farms as of December 1 Has Declined
Jan 3, 2014The number of hogs on Iowa and U.S. farms as of December 1 has declined, according to the latest USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service Hogs and Pigs Report. The report released Dec. 27 shows there were 20.5 million hogs and pigs ...
Tags: Hog Inventory, Agriculture
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One Group Received The Testosterone Injection in a Specific Area of The Brain
Jan 3, 2014For the male canary, the ability to sing a pitch-perfect song is critical to wooing female canaries. As the seasons change, so does song quality and frequency. The hormone testosterone plays a role in this changing song behavior. ...
Tags: hormone testosterone, human brain, anabolic steroids, human behavior
