Plan now to attend one of these sites for a day packed with information you can put into practice. From resistance management to financial management to precision agriculture, the 2014 UNL Extension Crop Production Clinics will cover ...
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Soybean producers and agribusiness representatives can download the results from 14 different on-farm research projects conducted by the SMaRT program in 2013. The 2013 SMaRT (Soybean Management and Research Technologies) on-farm research ...
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On Thursday, the CME Group corn market is leading the way up, soybeans down. At mid-session, the March corn futures contract is trading 1 1/2 cents higher at $4.23. The March soybean futures contract is trading 18 cents lower at $12.76. ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Corn, Soybeans
On Thursday, the CME Group soybean market plummeted on improved crop prospects in South America. The March corn futures contract settled 1 1/2 cents lower at $4.20. The March soybean futures contract finished 22 cents lower at $12.70. ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Soybeans
Because of its capital requirements, ranching isn't always the easiest business for younger men and women looking to run their own cattle. However, you can lease farmland, machinery, and other big-ticket pieces of a crop farm -- why not ...
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The Rabobank Global Cattle Price Index has risen by 6 percent since June, driven by lower-than-expected beef supply in the main exporting countries and strong Asian demand, according to a new report from the Rabobank Food & Agribusiness ...
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IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is providing a $15 million loan to dairy company Parag Milk Foods for expanding its milk processing facilities, to enhance dairy farm productivity and boost incomes in rural India. With IFC's ...
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GlobalDairyTrade (GDT) announced today that Land O’Lakes dairy products are to be offered on GlobalDairyTrade beginning March, 2014. Land O’Lakes’ participation as a seller on GDT marks yet another significant development ...
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Zambeef Products, a Zambia-based meat products company, has opened a dairy processing plant in Chisamba. The $2.5m facility is set to raise the company's milk processing capacity from 35,000 liters per day to 100,000, while creating 1,000 ...
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Cargill, a US-based agribusiness company, is set to invest £35m to upgrade and enhance its poultry processing business in the UK. The three-year investment is a part of Cargill's strategy to focus the business on the retail sector ...
The Philippine Department of Agriculture (DA) has opened Agri-Pinoy Tobacco Farmers Food Processing and Trading Center in Narvacan, Ilocos Sur. The PHP165m ($3.82m) food processing center produces meat products, including bagnet, ...
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Stevia First, a California-based agribusiness firm, focused on production of stevia sweetener, has signed a retail distribution and marketing support agreement with Vancouver, Canada-based GAB Innovations. GAB Innovations is a distributor ...
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Cargill, a US-based agribusiness company, has reported a 41% drop in net earnings to $571m, for the first quarter of 2014 over stale performance in its global grain trading and processing business, affected by 2012 drought. Net sales for ...
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Cargill, a US-based agribusiness company, is in talks to acquire Archer Daniels Midland's (ADM) cocoa business, a deal which paves the way for what is reportedly the second largest takeover this year in the cocoa industry. An official ...
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Cargill, a US-based agribusiness company, has inaugurated a $250m poultry operation in Lai’an, Anhui province, China, as part of its efforts to support the modernization of agriculture and food safety in the country. The project ...
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