Swiss chocolate manufacturer Barry Callebaut has acquired Nyonkopa Cocoa Buying Company Limited in Ghana. Nyonkopa will be incorporated into the Biolands Group, which is Barry Callebaut's direct sourcing organization. Nyonkopa Cocoa ...
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Illumitex and The Pennsylvania State University are pleased to announce an educational partnership that has resulted in more than 400 Illumitex Eclipse ES2 LED grow lights being put into service in multiple greenhouses operated by the ...
Cargill’s cocoa business is collaborating with Mondelez International to introduce a two-year program in Indonesia, which will be aimed at improving the livelihoods of cocoa farmers and introducing sustainability in farming practices. ...
Illumitex, maker of technologically advanced LED grow lights, today announced an initiative to help innovative indoor growers to secure a portion of a $50M grant fund available from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The fund, called ...
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Swiss agribusiness company Syngenta and Dutch-based life sciences company DSM are collaborating to develop microbial-based agricultural solutions such as bio-controls, bio-pesticides and bio-stimulants and plan to commercialize these ...
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Six consecutive days of nonstop rain in Brazil's Santos port has hampered vessels' loading operations and is likely to reduce the pace of discharge in the terminals, according to Kingsman, an agricultural analysis unit of Platts. Since ...
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Colombia's ethanol production in September totaled 41.86 million liters (11.05 million gallons), up 2.5% from August and the highest monthly total on record, Colombian National Federation of Biofuels data shows. August's ethanol ...
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Sugarcane crush volumes in the key Center-South region of Brazil in the second half of October are expected to total 37.91 million mt, according to a Platts survey of analysts. The consensus estimate accounts for an average of three days ...
Recently, China International Agricultural Machinery Exhibition was held in Qingdao. Forland brought a series of new products on display, including compression garbage truck, barrier-removing vehicles, three-ton pull arm hook, concrete pump ...
Dry conditions continue to slow Brazil's soybean planting season. Although sowing has advanced, forecasts indicate that the rains will remain irregular, and producers may have to work on replanting. In Mato Grosso, which is the largest ...
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On Feb. 9th, 2015, a wine tasting of Xixiaking wine from Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region was hosted in Beijing by the World Association of Chinese Cuisine and Ningxia Agricultural Reclamation Group. Yang Liu, the president of the association, ...
Land O’Lakes and Villa Crop Protection of South Africa have entered into a partnership, effective 26 October, that will capitalize on the growth potential of the South African agricultural market. The two organizations are joining ...
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Painting New China An exhibition at Beijing's Dadu Museum of Art, is dedicated to the "Red classic art" that was born between 1949 and 1976 to reflect social progress in agricultural reform and industrialization. The works on show mark ...
US-based agricultural and food company Cargill is considering investment in poultry production in the Philippines. The company is still studying the investment structure and the business model, location, and supply chain in the ...
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The 25th China-U.S. Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade was successfully held in Chicago, the United States, on December 16-18, 2014. Consensus has been reached by China and the United States as follows: Export Control: The ministries ...