Chicago Board of Trade May soybean oil futures Thursday were down 11 points to 42.39 cents/lb despite weekly data from the US Department of Agriculture showing a slight rise in net export sales. For the reporting week ended April 17, ...
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Titan International Inc. posted net income of $2.1 million on net sales of $539 million for the first quarter ended March 31, 2014. That compares to income of more than $19.4 million on sales of $578.4 million for the same period in fiscal ...
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Adequate levels of rhizobia organisms can help to increase nitrogen fixation; satellite imagery and mapping capabilities help growers identify yield-limiting factors; and developments in drought stress tolerance. Adequate Rhizobia ...
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Grain sorghum planting is in full-swing throughout the Central Plains, and as it moves northward, there are some practices successful sorghum growers use to get the crop off to a good start. 1. Plant the right hybrid. Choose the ...
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The UK is a 'nation of chocoholics', according to Mintel Nearly one in six (16 per cent) UK consumers, or around eight million people, eat chocolate every day, and a similar number (17 per cent) do so four to six times a week, according ...
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The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced a new investment fund to facilitate private equity investments in agriculture-related businesses. The new Rural Business Investment (RBIC) will help USDA in providing ...
Eating one serve a day of beans, peas, chickpeas or lentils may significantly reduce "bad" cholesterol, and therefore the risk of cardiovascular disease, according to a study from St Michael's Hospital in Canada. However, most people in ...
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Australia's largest food relief agency Foodbank Australia has announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Jason Hincks as Chief Executive Officer effective 28 April 2014. Hincks joins Foodbank Australia from the highly successful ...
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Corn planting remains behind the normal pace, though a weather window may be opening this week to allow farmers to play a little much needed catch-up. As of Sunday, 6% of the nation's crop was planted vs. the usual 14% for this point in ...
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"The Beer Industry of Florida (BIF) does not support current proposals that would virtually eliminate retail privileges for brewers. Brewers and distributors are good partners and some craft brewers need limited retail privileges to build ...
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Doritos, one of the marquee brands from PepsiCo's Frito-Lay division, has introduced a bold new mystery to the snack food aisle. Beginning this week, shoppers will see three new mystery flavors of Doritos Jacked tortilla chips making ...
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TreeHouse Foods is set to acquire Protenergy Natural Foods from Whitecastle Investments, Whitecap Venture Partners and others, for around CAD$170m ($150m) Protenergy produces food and beverage products such as carton and recart broth, ...
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There's mounting evidence to support the idea that this spring might be a repeat of last year's cool, wet season that had some farmers planting corn and soybeans well into June. The last few days have seen about the best planting ...
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US-based pork product producer Indiana Packers is set to open new pork product production operations in the City of Frankfort, a move which will generate 25 jobs initially and 98 jobs by 2016. The company will buy and equip the existing ...
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How much of Walmart's revenue comes from its shoppers' food stamps? The store isn't required to say. But a January Court of Appeals ruling could change that. If the unanimous decision by the Eighth Circuit's panel of three judges holds, the ...
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