According to Yengst Associates and as indicated in the table below, growth in sales for tractors was about 2 percent in 2011 and it is expected to gain another 2 percent in 2012, with total tractor sales reaching just under 200,000 units ...
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Titan Machinery Inc. closed on the previously announced acquisition of Curly Olney’s, Inc., which consists of two Case IH dealerships located in McCook and Imperial, Nebraska. In addition, the company opened two new Case IH ...
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CHS,a US-based grains and food company owned by farmers and ranchers,has completed the acquisition of Atman,a Goiania,Brazil-based input distribution and grain origination company,for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition,which is a part ...
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The board of livestock in New Mexico,US,has issued an emergency rule to limit the spread of vesicular stomatitis,a virus which can cause blister-like lesions in animals. Under the rule,all livestock events in the state,such as fairs and ...
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Taiwan has passed a bill to lift the import ban on beef containing the feed additive ractopamine,a move which will give US beef an expanded access to the Taiwanese market,and also facilitate the resumption of free trade talks with ...
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American agribusiness company Cargill is set to acquire ground beef processing plant in Texas,US,from AFA Foods for$14.1m,in a deal that will strengthen its existing beef business. The deal,which includes the purchase of all working ...
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The proposed $4.7 billion sale of Smithfield Foods, America's largest pork producer, to China's biggest meat processing company comes amid significant trade friction between the two countries over meat and livestock. China bans ...
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Cattle on the Schilke Ranch in northwestern North Dakota, located on Bakken Shale. Photo: Jacki Schilke In a Brooklyn winery on a sultry July evening, an elegant crowd sips rosé and nibbles trout plucked from the gin-clear streams ...
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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency(CFIA)has finished testing the 26 sheep found at a farm in Grey County,Ontario,for scrapie-a disease that affects sheep and goats.The Agency confirmed that the test results are negative for scrapie. ...
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A three member Government of Togo delegation led by Minister of Industry, HE Bakalawa Fofana, visited Jafza recently to learn more about the free zone s highly acclaimed business model. The delegation was received by Mr. Talal Al Hashimi, ...
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After two years of negotiations, the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies has approved the country's controversial 'Forest Code'. The legislationregulates land use and allows for the creation of boundaries within which native vegetation should be ...
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The market for air/gas/water/fluid treatment and control will rise to $492 billion in 2017 based on the normal expansion of the world’s economy but also on the reaction to new regulatory developments and the creation of new industries ...
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VietNamNet Bridge – Hull, the cover of the rice grain, is ground into powder, then it is mixed with glue and additives to create material balls. These allow making ecological wood planks from which people can make wooden furniture ...
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Taiwan state-financed Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) has set up a partnership Tuesday among local companies to use LED technology to improve the quality and quantity of local agricultural and livestock products. According ...
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Taiwan was the leading LED-producing country during 2011, according to estimates, and has also recently unveiled a collaboration to promote the use of LEDs in agriculture. Taiwan's LED industry remained the world's largest by revenue in ...
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