Natural rubber derived from dandelion roots is making its debut in truck and bus tyres and in components produced by Continental. The German manufacturer unveiled a number of products that contain this raw material at the IAA Commercial ...
China’s Aoxin Tianli Group, a producer of breeder hogs, market hogs and black hogs, has signed an agreement with Shangzhi Xiaop (Dalian) E-Commerce to sell its products online. As per the agreement, Aoxin Tianli will sell its ...
Specialty vegetable and legume seed producer Suba Seeds, owned by a private equity firm Paine & Partners, has acquired Brotherton Seed. However, financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Established in 1936, Brotherton Seed ...
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Spun-off from SPX Corporation in September 2015, SPX Flow, Inc. was formed to pursue a more flow-focused strategy and capitalise on the organisation's strengths for the global food and beverage, power and energy and industrial markets. SPX ...
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Australian agrifood company TasFoods is planning to acquire North West Tasmanian chicken producer Nichols Poultry for A$12.55m ($8.98m). Under the acquisition terms, TasFoods would purchase Nichols' poultry processing facility, 91 ...
Mangalitsa by Mosefund, Mangalitsa pig breeder and processor, has launched new Mangalitsa by Mosefund Salumi, an 11 product line of all natural, cured (charcuterie and salumi) meat products and its four flavor Better than Butter. ...
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Dr Greg A. Constable of Australia has been declared the winner of 2015 the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) researcher of the year, the committee said on its website. The ICAC awards the researcher a shield, an honorarium of ...
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Turkey products manufacturer Butterball has acquired a processing facility in Raeford, North Carolina, in a move to cater to increasing demand for Butterball turkey products. The facility, which is spread over an area of around ...
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Scientists at the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture have developed a new non-genetically modified soybean that claims to produce more protein as well as bushels per acre than most conventional soybeans. With a protein level ...
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Several Asian markets have decided to restrict the import of Canadian poultry following the detection of avian influenza on two farms in British Columbia. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has confirmed the presence of H5 avian ...
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This 9.75-carat fancy vivid blue diamond, named the “Zoe Diamond” by the private buyer from Hong Kong who purchased it, set a record for any blue diamond at auction when it sold for $32.6 million at Sotheby’s last week. ...
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The European Commission has adopted protective measures in order to control and prevent the avian influenza from spreading within the affected member states to other states and to third countries while minimising disturbance to trade. ...
Ukraine has imposed a ban on all live birds and bird product imports from the UK, the Netherlands and Germany over bird flu outbreak. The ban will continue until the international watchdog ensures that these countries are free from bird ...
Tags: bird flu, bird product imports, Agriculture
Tianli Agritech, a leading producer of breeder hogs, market hogs and black hogs headquartered in Wuhan City, China, announced that the company has completed a $3.84 million private placement of its common stock to Mr. Houliang Yu, a citizen ...
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Despite alfalfa’s declining acreage and use in many dairy rations, alfalfa breeders are excited about the legume’s future. The past two years, two companies have been putting considerable effort into building up their ...
Tags: Breeder, FGI, McCaslin, Robin Newell