UPM was announced as the sector leader for the materials industry at the launch of CDP’s forests annual report. CDP’s forests program asks companies to disclose their exposure to deforestation risks through their use of five ...
Tags: materials industry, Textile
The food processing industry and its raw food supplier allies have been clever at marketing their products as healthy while attacking the foods they replace as unhealthy. And it has worked both ways. Saturated fats including coconut oil ...
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Eight of the world's leading consumer brand companies and conservation group World Wildlife Fund (WWF) announced November 19 the formation of the Bioplastic Feedstock Alliance (BFA) to support the responsible development of plastics made ...
Tags: Bioplastic Feedstock Alliance, plant material, bioplastics industry
I keep hearing, even among some in the alternative media, that the overpopulation of humans on our planet is a myth because "all the people in the world could fit in the state of Texas." Sure they can, but then where would they pee? ...
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More conventional farmers, both small and large, are beginning to ease off antibiotic use on their animals. Pharmaceutical antibiotics had become popular as CAFOs (confined animal feeding operations) came into existence. Antibiotics began ...
Tags: oregano, chicken, healthy, disease-free
China Agricultural University (CAU), Wageningen UR (University and Research Centre) and Dutch dairy company FrieslandCampina, today signed an agreement to establish a China-based Sino-Dutch Dairy Development Centre (SDDDC). The centre ...
Tags: Chinese Dairy, Food
As China continues to rise as the new Asian powerhouse, there has been a steady stream of reports which have detailed the country's staggering lack of standards when it comes to producing manufactured goods, so it was only mildly shocking ...
Tags: pharmaceutical, manufacturer, gutter oil, antibiotics
A couple of researchers from the University of Alberta (U-A) in Canada say they have come up with a novel new way to eventually end the practice of having to apply environmentally-harmful fertilizer chemicals to commercial crops. ...
Tags: overuse, agricultural, chemical, fertilizer
Mitas developed the VF HC 1000 tire to meet the demand of increased load and speed requirements of agricultural machinery. Mitas a.s., the Czech Republic-based parent company of Mitas Tires North America Inc., has launched its Very High ...
Titan International Inc. has added Husker Harvest Days, Sept. 10-12, 2013 in Grand Island, Neb., to the list of events at which they company auctions farm tires it donates for the benefit of the Future Farmers of America (FFA). Titan ...
Trelleborg AB will present its portfolio of high-quality tires and complete wheel solutions at Agritechnica 2013, to be held in Hannover, Germany, Nov. 10-15 in hall 9, booth E06. Taking center stage at Trelleborg’s ...
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Mitas will present the Super Flexion Tires at the Agritechnical fair in Germany Mitas a.s., the Czech Republic-based parent company of Mitas Tires North America Inc., has increased the range of its Super Flexion Tires (SFT). Scheduled ...
Tags: Mitas, Flexion Tires Line
Deyu Agriculture Corp., a Shanxi Province, China-based vertically integrated producer, processor, marketer and distributor of organic and other agricultural products made from corn and grains, today announced its financial results for the ...
M&G Chemicals announces its decision to construct a second-generation bio-refinery in the region of Fuyang, Anhui Province of China for the conversion of one million metric tons of biomass into bio-ethanol and bio-glycols. The project is ...
Tags: M&G Chemicals, Polyester Chain
The DuPont Co. said strong demand for agricultural products in Latin America offset weak pricing for a key industrial pigment in contributing to an increase in third-quarter earnings. The Wilmington chemical company reported net income of ...
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