The premium for pork producers to pay in order to profit from Farm Income Stabilization Insurance in Quebec is expected to be reduced to $5.64 per animal, a $17 reduction. That's a big portion of the shock felt when the cost of production ...
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A lot of attention and speculation has been brewing on GT Advanced Technologies' (GTAT) sapphire screens replacing Corning's (GLW) Gorilla Glass in the iPhone 6. Sapphire is one of the hardest materials on earth and is basically scratch ...
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IBM faces a puzzle that might give even the world's greatest detective pause: How to grow its "Jeopardy"-conquering Watson supercomputer into a $10-billion business within a decade. The company hopes to boost Watson's profit-making ...
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While many of the digital glitterati thronging this week's Consumer Electronics Show were wearing Google's new Internet glasses, rival online eyewear products abounded among the trade stands. US-based Vuzix showed off what it billed as ...
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Tekserve, the New York-based Apple reseller and servicer, has named Jerry Gepner CEO. A veteran of broadcast equipment supplier Vitec Group, where he was services division CEO and chief technology officer, Gepner will now oversee all ...
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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 ...
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The use of color-coded "traffic light" food labels and changes in the way popular items are displayed appear to have produced a long-term increase in the choice of more healthful food items among customers in a large hospital cafeteria. A ...
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Honeybees use a pattern of light in the sky invisible to humans to direct one another to a honey source, scientists have found. Researchers at the Vision Centre have demonstrated that even on days when the sun doesn't shine, bees can ...
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Hospitals might be able to coax cafeteria customers to buy healthier food by adjusting item displays to have traffic light-style green, yellow and red labels based on their level of nutrition, new research suggests. "Our current results ...
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E. coli has earned its reputation as a deadly pathogen lurking in contaminated foods, but a multi-year study may give it some positive press as a source of medical knowledge and potential therapeutics. Researchers at Kansas State ...
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Post cotton season 2013-14, cotton prices in India are likely to decrease as demand slumps, says the latest DHL India Trade Outlook. The report says China is likely to discontinue its policy of procuring cotton at a minimum ...
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Details of the new additions to Toyota Australia’s showroom in 2014. Toyota Kluger (February/March) At least in Australia, this is the third-generation Toyota Kluger, the new large SUV that will compete with the Ford Territory and ...
In 2014, we'll hear precious little about food safety from the federal government that will truly be new. For sure the White House has decisions to make on everything from poultry inspections to whom to nominate as the next Under Secretary ...
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There might be some good news in the fight against Alzheimer's disease: A new study suggests that a large daily dose of vitamin E might help slow progression of the memory-robbing illness. Alzheimer's patients given a "pharmacological" ...
A safe and effective male birth control pill may be inching closer to reality, according to researchers. In laboratory experiments, mouse sperm was blocked from semen while still allowing for normal sexual activity. Without sperm in the ...
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