Arkema and Jurong Chemical have formed Sunke, a joint venture in which Arkema will have a majority interest, comprised of the assets of Jurong's acrylic acid production site in Taixing opened in 2012. This acquisition, in the wake of ...
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The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has announced the 50,000th LEED-certified green housing unit. “As one of the most rigorous green residential rating systems in the world, LEED for Homes is the standard against which all other ...
Carboline Company has released Carbotherm 551, an advanced next generation insulative coating. This water-based epoxy insulative coating has multiple uses from protecting workers from burns on hot surfaces to thermal insulation. It ...
An environmental training session for operators of Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations, or CAFOs, is set for Feb. 25, 2014 in Huron. Specialists from South Dakota State University and SDSU Extension, the South Dakota Department of ...
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Good soil health and management are basic to successful crop production. Growers control several practices capable of improving or diminishing important soil traits. Knowing those characteristics helps producers maintain and improve soil ...
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In 2013 South Dakotans planted 617,000 acres of sunflowers. No other state came close to this number of acres. North Dakota was second, planting just under 500,000 acres of sunflowers in 2013. Sunflowers have been a successful and ...
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A Hydraulic ram cylinder is a mechanical device for trading power by the usage of high drive oil acting against the surface area of a chamber inside the chamber. A weight driven barrel gives immediate constrain in one center point in either ...
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Farmers and agriculture professionals can learn the importance of the efficient use of applied crop nutrients at the fifth annual Crop Nutrient Management Conference on Tuesday, February 11, 2014, at the Verizon Wireless Center in Mankato. ...
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THURSDAY Jan. 23, 2014, 2014 -- The case of a Texas woman who died after becoming infected in New Mexico with the mosquito-borne dengue virus highlights a need for U.S. doctors to recognize the disease early, experts say. Dengue fever is ...
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Bacardi, a Bermuda-based producer of wines and spirits, has announced progress on its efforts to limit impact on natural resources in its annual report on corporate responsibility (CR). The company has lowered energy consumption by ...
First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA, which makes thin-film photovoltaic modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe) as well as providing engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) services, has begun construction on Phase I of the Barilla ...
Pfeiffer Vacuum introduces the world s first ATEX certified Roots pumps with a magnetic coupling to the vacuum market. The tried and tested Roots pumps principle was further developed for this certification and named OktaLine ATEX. Vacuum ...
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Robotics address the need for speed for product placement into packaging. Bosch Packaging TechnologyEnergy and raw materials are becoming more expensive, and consumers want to do more for the environment. This is forcing manufacturers of ...
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A quick look at medium and long-range models seems to indicate a continuation of a cooler and wetter pattern for northern Argentina. Upon news of better weather and timely rainfall across Argentina yesterday, soybean futures dropped 30 ...
Soil conditions that are typically seen as negative during the crop season could help keep things in better shape this winter, especially when high winds make soils susceptible to erosion, which is most common during this time of year, 2 ...
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