Monsanto today announced the appointment of Leticia Gonalves to the role of President of its European Row Crops business. Gonalves takes over from José Manuel Madero, who was recently appointed to the role of International Business ...
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Arcadia Biosciences, an agricultural biotechnology company focused on developing technologies and products that benefit the environment and enhance human health, announced the commercial launch of SONOVA ULTRA GLA Safflower Oil. With 55 ...
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Switzerland-based Syngenta has signed an agreement with Sweden-based food and agriculture group Lantminnen to acquire its German and Polish winter wheat and winter oilseed rape (WOSR) breeding and business operations. Syngenta noted that ...
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Soybean futures topped out Tuesday above $15/bushel for the first time in quite a while on news that there's a lot of demand for both the oilseed and its oil. The National Oilseed Processors Association (NOPA) announced Tuesday soybean ...
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Brazil cuts corn & soybean crop production forecasts. Brazil revealed the first estimates of damage to its crop prospects from hot and dry weather, cutting forecast for corn and soybean production, but the downgrades failed to prevent ...
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Brazil revealed the first estimates of damage to its crop prospects from hot and dry weather, cutting forecast for corn and soybean production, but the downgrades failed to prevent a tumble in Chicago futures. The Conab crop bureau cut by ...
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Peanut is a kind of high oil content oilseeds. Usually oil pressing and extraction processing line, one time oilseed pressing processing line are adopted to help people get high quality edible oil. Oilseed extruding machine provided by ...
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USDA left the U.S. ending stocks number for soybeans unchanged in its monthly World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report, deflating hopes of what some market-watchers said could be a bullish jolt for that pit. At the ...
OILSEEDS: U.S. soybean supplies are increased 5 million bushels to 3.46 billion on higher projected imports, mainly from Canada. Soybean exports for 2013/14 are projected at 1.51 billion bushels, up 15 million from last month reflecting the ...
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In 2013 South Dakotans planted 617,000 acres of sunflowers. No other state came close to this number of acres. North Dakota was second, planting just under 500,000 acres of sunflowers in 2013. Sunflowers have been a successful and ...
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Gender differences in nature are common, including in humans. A research team from Bern, Switzerland has found that male European honey bees, or drones, are much more susceptible than female European honey bees, known as workers, to a ...
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Wednesday's Closing Grain and Livestock Futures Mar. corn closed at $4.25 and 3/4, down 5 and 3/4 cents Mar. soybeans closed at $13.18, up 11 cents Mar. soybean meal closed at $434.50, up $4.40 Mar. soybean oil closed at 37.99, up ...
Soybeans were higher on commercial and technical buying. There was no real fresh news, but the outside markets were supportive and the near term supply remains tight. Conditions in Brazil are generally good for development and harvest, but ...
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U.S. oilseed production for 2013/14 is estimated at 97.3 million tons, up 0.9 milliontons from last month. Larger crops for soybeans, cottonseed, and peanuts are partly offset by reductions for sunflowerseed and canola. Soybean production ...
As farmers flip the calendar over to January, they may be turning to new realities regarding grain markets as well. "All eyes are focused on the big competition (from South America)," explains Don Roose, president of U.S. Commodities in ...
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