The spot price for FOB butane barges in the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp region have remained weak since the beginning of the year on poor demand, industry sources said Thursday. In winter, butane barges from ARA refineries are used for ...
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Chinese import prices for ferrochrome and charge chrome were unchanged this week, as market activities slowed ahead of the Lunar New Year holidays starting end-January. The spot price for Indian-origin high carbon ferrochrome (58-60% Cr) ...
German packaging firm Rako Etiketten has bought a new printing press form the label printing equipment manufacturer Gallus. The new Gallus ECS 340 press features ten flexographic printing stations, one screen printing station as well ...
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For Spring/Summer 2014,designer Rick Owens and adidas collaborate to create an innovative women's footwear silhouette which debuted at the Rick Owens Spring/Summer 2014 Women's collection presentation during Paris Fashion Week. Over the ...
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Thirteen U.S. cotton producers have been selected to participate in the 2014 National Cotton Council Policy Education Program (PEP) – which will give them an opportunity to learn more about the NCC's policy development/implementation ...
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By Edward Usset, University of Minnesota Extension Soybean plantings will likely increase by two million acres or more in 2014, indicating reason to be nervous about new crop soybean prices in the months ahead. It's reasonable to assume ...
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Bed Bath&Beyond Inc.reported net earnings of$1.12 per diluted share($237.2 million)in the fiscal third quarter ended November 30,2013,an increase of approximately 8.7%versus net earnings of$1.03 per diluted share($232.8 million)in the same ...
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Two Purdue Extension agronomists are seeking farmers to collaborate in on-farm, field-scale research trials to study corn plant populations and nitrogen management. Corn specialist Bob Nielsen and soil fertility specialist Jim Camberato ...
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Polish biodiesel production jumped almost 11% on the year to 184,684 mt in the third quarter of 2013, the Energy Regulatory Office (URE) said Thursday. A local market source attributed the rise to strong downstream diesel demand bolstering ...
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China saw its aggregate volume of natural gas imported from overseas jump 25 percent year on year in 2013, approaching one-third of its apparent consumption, a new report has showed. The country imported 53 billion cubic meters of natural ...
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USDA reports combined old and new crop corn, soybean, and wheat export sales for the week ending January 23 were larger than expected, while soybean meal and soybean oil were within pre-report estimates. Physical shipments of corn and ...
AMES, Iowa --- Grafting is the best way to propogate apple trees. Horticulturists with Iowa State University Extension and Outreach guide gardeners through apple tree grafting by responding to questions and offering workshops. I have an ...
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Horses face high risks of developing eye problems, and Cornell University clinicians have recently developed a new way to detect and diagnose them more safely and quickly than before. Published online in January 2014 in the journal ...
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The 14th China International Dye Industry,Pigments and Textile Chemicals Exhibition(China Interdye 2014),organized by the China Dyestuff Industry Association,the China Dyeing and Printing Association and China Council for the Promotion of ...
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Do you wonder what local farmers do to ensure the wellbeing of their livestock when it is cold outside? Baby it's cold outside – and it has been for some time. If the future predictions are accurate, this cold is going to be hanging ...
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