In Chinese minds, the moon is associated with gentleness and brightness, expressing the beautiful yearnings of the Chinese. On the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar, the moon is full and it is time to mark the Moon Festival, ...
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Corn prices continue to be dominated by expectations of a very large U.S. harvest. The USDA will release a new forecast of the size of the crop on September 11. The market expectation is that the new forecast will be about 250 million ...
Tags: Agriculture, Corn
Cotton farmers in Swaziland, located in the Southern part of the African continent, have been paid E9 million for their harvest, which is more than the expected amount, as they still continue to prepare their harvest for collection, ...
Tags: Cotton Farmers, Harvest, Textile
US-based Upland Brewing is planning to make Teddy Bear Kisses available for wholesale on draught and in 4-packs in September. Brewed in the traditional stout method, Teddy Bear Kisses contains dark malts and high alpha hops. According ...
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Crop tours and yield estimates are all the rage this time of year, with the corn and soybean crops rounding the corner toward harvest, one many say could yield record crop output. But, no yield projection this early is perfect. Rarely ...
Tags: New Tool, Crop, Agriculture
The dominant weather trend in the Corn Belt -- cooler-than-normal temperatures -- have been a blessing in recent weeks, namely in how they're keeping absent rainfall from inflicting any crop damage. But, as the crop rounds the corner toward ...
Tags: Temps, Agriculture, Food
Oregon-based Ninkasi Brewing is set to roll out two lagers, Oktoberfest and Venn, in September 2014. Oktoberfest is the latest brew from Ninkasi's Seasonal Release Series, while Venn is the year's third brew from the Prismatic Lager ...
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Kristine Denton, a teacher from King Science & Technology Magnet Middle School in Omaha, Neb., has been named the recipient of a 2014 Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators, EPA Region 7 announced today. The ...
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According to the latest estimates, by the year 2050 there will be about 9.2 billion people living on the Earth – around 2 billion more than today. In order to be able to secure food supplies in the light of this rapid increase, ...
Tags: Hohenstein, Cultivation, Textiles
Cargill, an American agribusiness giant, is planning to close its beef harvest facility in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, citing diminished cattle supply. The company has decided to close the plant following an18-month-long analysis of the ...
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Abstract: Since ranked the world's largest stone producing, exporting and consuming countries in 2005, china stone industry has maintained a high growth for eight consecutive years and occupied nearly 20% of global stone processing, ...
Tags: China, Marble, Metallurgy, Mineral
The U.S. cotton crop forecast for 2014 was raised sharply in July to 16.5 million bales and is projected nearly 3.6 million bales above 2013. Along with an increase in planted area reported in the June Acreage report, the cotton crop ...
Tags: Cotton Production, cotton crop
US-based food company General Mills has added a new diet, Suddenly Grain Salad, to its portfolio of pasta salads. Suddenly Grain Salad is a mix of grains such as brown rice, wild rice, wheat berries and quinoa. It is paired with ...
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Arcadia Biosciences, an agricultural technology company focused on developing technologies and products that benefit the environment and human health, today announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted the company a key ...
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Arcadia Biosciences, an agricultural technology company focused on developing technologies and products that benefit the environment and human health, today announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted the company a key ...
Tags: Arcadia Biosciences, ESL, Food