Inocucor Technologies’ microbial crop accelerator for farmers and greenhouse growers has been approved for use in California. Registration by the California Department of Food and Agriculture also includes certification for the ...
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Canada's Vineland Research and Innovation Centre will receive federal funding to develop new disease-resistant apple and greenhouse tomato varieties. Canada agriculture and agri-food minister Lawrence MacAulay, and Niagara Centre member ...
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Food products developer Calyxt is generating healthier high-oleic low-linolenic soybean variety with increased oxidative stability and improved shelf life. The company published a study in BMC Plant Biology describing the use of genome ...
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Rothamsted Research has submitted an application on 3 November 2016 to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs for permission to carry out GM field trials. The trials will be conducted on the Rothamsted Farm in 2017 and ...
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An organic industry watchdog contends the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has quietly allowed a flood of hydroponically-produced fruits and vegetables, largely imported, to be illegally labeled and sold as "organic." This produce is ...
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North Dakota based Anchor Ingredients has acquired a rail-loading and storage facility in Montana for an undisclosed sum. The new pulse facility acquisition according to Anchor Ingredients is said to increase its sourcing network which ...
The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Start of Winter, the 19th solar term of the year, begins this year on Nov 7 and ends on Nov 21. Start of Winter is the first solar term of winter, which means ...
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Potato processing company Branston has opened a new £5m prepared foods factory extension in Lincolnshire, England. Branston has expanded the plant’s capacity in partnership with British supermarket chain Tesco which has been ...
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Across America, kids are settling back into school routines. They are making new friends, trying new activities, and taking on new subjects to learn. But there’s something else that happens this time of year: many children also ...
The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Cold Dew, (Chinese: HanLu), the 17th solar term of the year, begins this year on Oct 8 and ends on Oct 23. At this time, temperatures are much lower than in ...
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Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announces that it has developed a new deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) analysis technology called Genotyping by Random Amplicon Sequencing (GRAS) using analytical materials that have been provided by the Kyushu ...
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Viterra, a grain and oilseeds marketer and handler, has announced that it will build a new high throughput grain terminal at Wadena in Canadian province Saskatchewan. The new grain facility is planned to have a storage capacity of 34,000 ...
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The Lighting Research Center (LRC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute today announced that world-renowned plant pathologist Jaimin Patel, Ph.D., has joined the center, further strengthening the LRC’s horticultural lighting and plant ...
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At least $109 million is urgently required for the provision of seeds and other agricultural inputs and services 28 July 2016, Rome - With only a few weeks before land preparation begins for the next main cropping season, some 23 ...
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At least $109 million is urgently required for the provision of seeds and other agricultural inputs and services 28 July 2016, Rome - With only a few weeks before land preparation begins for the next main cropping season, some 23 ...
Tags: seeds, agricultural inputs, FAO