China will speed up integrative development of primary, secondary and tertiary industries in rural regions to increase farmer income and modernize agriculture, according to a central government guideline. China will accelerate ...
New Zealand-based dairy company Fonterra Co-operative Group is selling its Australian yogurt and dairy dessert business to Parmalat Australia. In this regard, both companies entered into negotiations which resulted in signingof the ...
Nestlé UK & Ireland announced it has reached its target to source 100 per cent certified sustainable cocoa for its chocolate confectionery and biscuits becoming the first major confectionery company in the UK and Ireland to do so. ...
Scandinavian dairy cooperative Arla Foods has introduced its new Strategy 2020, which charts out the company’s growth plan in eight global dairy categories and six market regions around the globe. Under the new strategy, the ...
Nanodiamond enhanced polymeric heat sinks for LEDs. (Carbodeon/LEDinside) European company Carbodeon has been granted a US patent for its technology which enables detonation-synthesised diamond particles (nanodiamonds) to be combined with ...
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As demand for exports continues to slip and the real estate sector cools, China expects consumption and the service sector to help pick slack. The nationwide shopping spree on Single's Day (Nov. 11) offered solid proof of the spending ...
New Zealand-based dairy cooperative Fonterra’s Australian unit is investing NZD$141m ($93.9m) in the construction of a modern cheese facility at its Stanhope factory premises. The new facility will be constructed in place of the ...
First Milk has agreed to sell its Glenfield Dairy business to Graham's The Family Dairy. The financial details of the transaction have not been disclosed. The Glenfield Dairy sale is intended to allow First Milk to focus on its hard ...
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2016 is looking to be the year of soybeans. Chris Hurt, Purdue University agricultural economist, is predicting corn acreage to be 1.5% to 2% lower and soybean acreage to be around 2% higher for the Midwest’s 2016 growing season. With ...
Blue Sky Family Farms, presented by Egg Innovations, the nation's largest producer of 100% free range and pasture raised eggs, is now available in Natural Grocers in the Midwest, Southwest and Northwest regions. Blue Sky Family Farms ...
Swiss confectionery company Barry Callebaut has launched Horizons range of sustainable cocoa and chocolate products. These sustainable products are part of an initiative which is aimed at improving the livelihoods of cocoa farmers and ...
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Farmer Jason Lakey and his father, Robert, have set a new state record for the most impressive soybean yield in Illinois at 108.3 bushels. The Lakeys used 20-inch rows with a 4.1 maturity group variety, Asgrow AG4135, on their yield ...
Swiss chocolate manufacturer Barry Callebaut has acquired Nyonkopa Cocoa Buying Company Limited in Ghana. Nyonkopa will be incorporated into the Biolands Group, which is Barry Callebaut's direct sourcing organization. Nyonkopa Cocoa ...
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The annual Christmas eve traffic snarl is underway in Beijing. Thousands of young people are flocking to the city centre for Christmas dinners and shopping. The area around Sanlitun and Beijing Worker's Stadium, known in the Chinese ...
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Tao Shiqing, 60, a farmer in Gaolan county, Northwest China's Gansu province spends 10 years stippling the episodes of Chinese classical novel "The Dream of Red Mansions" on flagstones. According to a rough calculation, to complete a ...
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