WASHINGTON (FERN's Ag Insider) - This week, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced a $24 million grant to Cornell University, funding a global wheat research group, known as Delivering Genetic Gain in Wheat. The aim is to develop new ...
Tags: Stem-Rust Disease, Wheat
If there’s one thing meteorologists Dan Hicks and Dale Mohler agree on, it’s the fact that soil is warming up early this year, but it still needs a little time to dry out. However, growers can rest easy knowing soil won’t ...
Australia’s top medical news program made some startling revelations this week. The most surprising finding is that there is a 45% higher mortality risk for people with Body Mass Index (BMI) of 23-25 than for people with a higher BMI. ...
Tags: BMI, Cold Showers, Medical program, Scientific discovery
Ram truck debuted its Yellow Rose edition for Texas-only to its half-ton lineup. The 2016 Ram 1500 Yellow Rose of Texas edition, which is distinguished by its Stinger Yellow paint package, will be offered in half-ton 4x2 and 4x4 crew cab ...
Tags: Ram Truck, Yellow Rose of Texas
The partnership now in its 11th year will allow consumers the chance to pick their own prizes through the Monopoly game, including a trip to California. Hasbro has re-launched a partnership with the fast-food chain McDonald’s to ...
Scandal-hit Volkswagen has got another jolt, as nearly 300 of its institutional investors have filed a multi-billion dollar lawsuit against the global automobile major. The law firm representing the investors said that the carmaker has ...
Tags: Volkswagen, Tilp, Investors
This week, Billy Langsworthy looks at why the toy space should be excited at some of the new VR tech being showcased at this year's Game Developers Conference. Oh, and there's a bit about a vagina speaker. You've been warned. This week, ...
Tags: Inventors, Virtual reality
Nintendo has finally launched its first smartphone app, Miitomo, in its native Japan. We've been waiting for Nintendo's first mobile game ever since it announced its partnership with the Japanese mobile games developer DeNA. That was a ...
On Friday, March 11th the crowdfunding campaign for the 'offensive card game'came to a close, having secured a whopping $3,246,589 in funding from 63,758 backers. Joking Hazard, a ‘badult’ card game based on the hit webcomic ...
The puzzle range will be available to customers from April this year. Toy firm Clementoni is partnering with DreamWorks Animation to develop a range of puzzles based on the company’s Dinotrux TV series. The range, which will be ...
Tags: Clementoni, DreamWorks, TV show, Dinotrux
KING'S HAWAIIAN has launched brand new product line of four Hawaiian-inspired BBQ Sauces at its South by Southwest interactive media lunch hosted by Mark Dacascos. Hawaiian-native Mark Dacascos is an actor, director, martial artist, and ...
Tags: KING'S HAWAIIAN, BBQ
The partnership is the product of the latest campaign to emerge from the Danish toy company's fan invention site, LEGO Ideas. LEGO will be teaming with Cartoon Network to create a new line of building sets based on its hit animated ...
Tags: LEGO, Adventure time, LEGO ideas
16 new LEGO DUPLO sets will hit the shelves this year. LEGO is bolstering its DUPLO line this year, with 16 new sets set to hit shelves in 2016. The new line, designed for small hands, have been designed to stimulate creativity, ...
Energized by demand from hybrid and electric vehicles, power supplies and photovoltaic (PV) inverters, the emerging global market for silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN) power semiconductors will rise from just $210m in 2015 to ...
Tags: Semiconductor Market, GaN, SiC
A representative body for Australian apple and pear growers is finding success with a new marketing campaign encouraging consumers to eat hail-damaged pears. Called “Hailstorm Heroes”, Apple and Pear Australia Limited are ...
Tags: apple growers, pear growers