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Argentina Is Still on Track to Grow a Record Soybean Crop This Season

Jan 9, 2014

Argentina is still on track to grow a record soybean crop this season after moderate to heavy showers in recent days ended a brutal heat wave that threatened to slash yields. Corn suffered some damage in December's heat wave, but ...

Tags: Corn, Agriculture, Food

Higher Futures Prices Have So Far Been Unable to Deter Demand in Significant Manner

Jan 9, 2014

The market tested and successfully held the important 82 cents support level when it briefly dipped to an intra-day low of 81.42 cents on December 23rd. By holding support the market managed to attract additional spec buying, which prompted ...

Tags: Cotton Futures, Holiday Period, Cotton

Grains Were Lower on Commercial Selling, Hog and Cattle Futures Prices Rise

Jan 9, 2014

Tuesday's Closing Grain and Livestock Futures Mar. corn closed at $4.26, down 1 and 3/4 cents Jan. soybeans closed at $12.99 and 1/2, up 2 and 3/4 cents Jan. soybean meal closed at $434.60, up $5.80 Jan. soybean oil closed at 37.70, ...

Tags: Grains Quiet, Hog Futures Prices, Cattle Futures Prices

Oxford Instruments Has Completed Its Second Series of Seminars

Jan 9, 2014

Following its first series of seminars in India (in Bangalore) in 2012, UK-based equipment maker Oxford Instruments has completed its second series of seminars. Focussed on nanotechnology tools and their use in multiple fields, more than ...

Tags: OIPT, Oxford Instruments, Nanotech Seminars

Lower Feed Costs and Stable Pork Supplies Will Mean Improved Profits for Hog Producers

Jan 9, 2014

A University of Missouri agricultural economics professor predicts lower feed costs and stable pork supplies will mean improved profits for hog producers this year. During 2013 the price of corn in the U.S. fell from close to seven ...

Tags: Feed Costs, Pork, Agriculture, Farming

Smartphones and Tablets Continue to Sell Well But Growth Is Slowing in Mature Markets

Jan 9, 2014

Smartphones and tablets continue to sell well but growth is slowing in mature markets such as Australia as developing countries look to get in on the mobile device boom. That's according to Steve Koenig, director of industry analysis at the ...

Tags: Smartphone, Smartphone Volume, Sales Prices

ACDelco Has Introduced a New Specialty Winter Beam Wiper Blade Line

Jan 8, 2014

ACDelco says its Specialty Winter Beam wiper blade has a sleek, wedge-shaped spoiler that clears away snow and ice. ACDelco has introduced a new Specialty Winter Beam wiper blade line designed to take on snow, ice and sub-zero ...

Tags: ACDelco, Specialty Winter Beam, Winter Beam Blade

More Choice-and Confusion-Is Coming to The Next Generation of TVs

Jan 8, 2014

More choice-and confusion-is coming to the next generation of TVs. At least three new software systems were announced Monday for Internet-connected television sets, which let viewers watch Internet video and interact with friends online on ...

Tags: New Software, Smart TV, Next Generation of TVs

Voxx International Wants Iris Recognition Technology to Render Passwords Obsolete

Jan 8, 2014

Voxx International wants iris recognition technology to render passwords obsolete, offering a "one in two trillion" level of online security. The US-based consumer electronics company once known as Audiovox on Monday unveiled myris, a ...

Tags: Iris Scans, Iris Recognition Technology, Voxx International

Taiwan's LED and Financial Industry Optimistic About Lighting Lacks in 2014

Jan 8, 2014

The LED industry has been dubbed as one of the “four miserable industries” in Taiwan, but in 2014 the industry will have a chance to shed its miserable reputation. Order is being restored in the Chinese LED industry as the ...

Tags: LED Industry, Lighting

LED Lighting Market Value Was Only Half of Backlight Market

Jan 8, 2014

In 2013 LED lighting market value was only half of backlight market, but with rising demands LED lighting market value is expected to be the same as backlight in 2014, said FOREPI Chairman Chien Fen-ren during Asia Pacific LED Lighting ...

Tags: HV LED, LED, Lights, Lighting, taiwan, backlight market

New Findings Show That Many Americans Are at Risk for High Blood Pressure

Jan 8, 2014

New findings show that many Americans are at risk for high blood pressure because of too much sodium in our diets - and the risk is especially high for children. The study was conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. ...

Tags: School Meal Guidelines, Salt Intake, Children Diets

BASF Is Globally Launching a New Ultra-High Molecular Weight Cationic Powder Flocculant

Jan 7, 2014

BASF is globally launching a new ultra-high molecular weight cationic powder flocculant range with Zetag ULTRA for solid/liquid separation in industrial and municipal waste water treatment. Zetag ULTRA has been developed combining BASF's ...

Tags: Chemicals, Basf

Contract Pack Has Been Supported by The BCMPA Since 2008

Jan 7, 2014

Four companies have confirmed they will be exhibiting for the first time, increasing the breadth of services offered, and deepening the show's penetration of two key sectors – chemicals and food. New exhibitors, Woodman Hill and ...

Tags: Packaging, Printing

Hog Herd Could Be on Its Way to Expansion ?

Jan 7, 2014

For the last year, there's been some guarded optimism that the U.S. hog herd could be on its way to expansion. But, the sustained growth forecast in 2013 never really reached fruition by the year's end that industry-watchers saw coming. ...

Tags: Agriculture, Food