The 2012/13 U.S. cotton estimates include lower production and higher off-take, resulting in lower ending stocks relative to last month. Production is lowered 1 percent as a 500,000-bale reduction for Texas—due to larger estimated ...
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The 2013 Farm Press-Cotton Foundation High Cotton Awards recipients are: Southeast – Linwood Vick, Wilson, N.C.; Mid-South – Johnny Little, Holcomb, Miss.; Southwest – John Wilde, San Angelo, Texas; and Far West – ...
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Deyu Agriculture, a China-based producer of agricultural products, has formed a new subsidiary, Jinglong Agriculture Development, in order to extend its business coverage to Northeast China. The 99% owned subsidiary currently focuses on ...
Clariant inaugurated a new production site for its Industrial and Consumer Specialties Business Unit (ICS), at the city of Coatzacoalcos, Mexico. Hariolf Kottmann, Clariant CEO, was present on-site to start its operations and to reassure ...
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DNA from cervical screening samples could be used to identify ovarian and womb cancers, a study has suggested. The Press Association has reported that scientists from John Hopkins Medical Institutes extended the screening programme's DNA ...
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Grain and corn company Deyu Agriculture Corp will extend its reach into northeast China through the establishment of a new subsidiary, Jilin Jinglong Agriculture Development Limited. The unit, which is primarily engaged in the ...
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Why are Americans (including myself) so concerned about their weight? I studied this question for six years and in 2008 received a Ph.D. in sociology with a specific focus on body weight perceptions. Though that gave me a comprehensive ...
Wondershare announced the release of its Wondershare Video Converter Ultimate Mac Version3 (VCU Mac 3), a quick and complete solution for converting the myriad of video formats out there to playback on the newest mobile devices including ...
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Spot futures are still gravitating towards the 75 cents level and for the past eight sessions the March contract has settled within a very narrow band of less than 100 points,between 74.79 and 75.71 cents/lb. There have been a few ...
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Dr.Jane Dever,associate professor-cotton breeder for Texas AgriLife Research in Lubbock,is the recipient of the 2012 Cotton Genetics Research Award. The announcement was made on January 10 during the 2013 Beltwide Cotton Improvement ...
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Brookstone, the multichannel specialty retailer and product development company, yesterday announced the Brookstone Scanner Mouse - the computer mouse that features a built-in scanner that helps save space and time while providing ...
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Many of the new smart phones in our just-updated smart-phone Ratings have displays that approach and even exceed 5 inches. Yet most of these giants are surprisingly comfortable to hold, thanks to thin bodies (between a quarter and half an ...
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Around 400 cotton farmers and field workers in Punjab and Sindh region have received training on clean cotton picking techniques and sustenance of cotton fibre quality norms pursuant to the training workshops organized by the Ministry of ...
From the moment you install and open Apple's iPhoto app for iPad, you see an app that's clean, clear, and uncluttered. It's simple to use without being simplistic or dumbed down. After using it for a short while, I do have a few quibbles ...
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The Snapseed photo-editing app was originally developed by Nik Software and cost $5. But Google acquired both the company and app, and announced last week that it would offer Snapseed for free; it has a few new filters features, too. The ...
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