Reportedly, rebar price has been risen by US$10~US$15/ton on Christmas eve in the gulf region by the domestic mills as a result of growing construction activities during this time when weather is fair in the Middle East. Furthermore, ...
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The USDA Economic Research Service (ERS) and Foreign Agriculture Service (FAS) released the latest beef trade data last week. The data for October, the latest month available, showed beef and veal exports up 5.4% over last year with the ...
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Brick-and-mortar retail sales declined 3.1 percent last week as pre-winter storms put the kibosh on pre-Christmas shopping. According to market research firm ShopperTrak,the bad weather kept shoppers away in droves,with foot traffic ...
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Renewable energy subsidies have been a politically popular program over the past decade. These subsidies have led to explosive growth in wind power installations across the United States, especially in the Midwest and Texas. But do these ...
Solar glass is the combination of solar and glass technologies. Glass windows coated with a low-emittance (low-E) coating block radiant heat transfer. This lowers the amount of heat that passes through a window. Depending on energy needs, ...
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Our products are at the heart of modern architecture, engineering and construction. They play a beneficial role in addressing some of the major environmental challenges of buildings, new and old. Architects increasingly seek to bring ...
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Because nitrates can be fatal to cows, producers should check their stored hay's nitrate concentrations before feeding the crop the first time, says Glenn Selk, Oklahoma State University Extension emeritus livestock specialist. He ...
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Google Glass announced updates to the software in its Internet-linked eyewear to allow users to snap pictures by winking. The new feature, which promises to escalate privacy concerns already being voiced about the high-tech gadget, came ...
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Corn and soybeans were up; cotton was mixed; and wheat was down for the week. As the Christmas season quickly approaches trading volume has reduced substantially with the exception of soybeans which have high volumes when accounting for ...
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Key Competitors' Wheat Output Boosted This Month World wheat production forecast for 2013/14 soared 5.0 million tons this month to 711.4 million, exceeding the record wheat output of 2011/12 by 14.1 million tons and surpassing that year's ...
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A diverse group of bees pollinate blueberries in North Carolina. During the past three years, one the focuses of in our lab has been to understand the relative importance of the different bees for blueberry pollination. When we initially ...
In recent years, with the rapid development of the world economy, more and more steel is used in ports, marine engineering and municipal engineering. In order to effectively control pipe corrosion, extend the life of steel, to ensure the ...
The National Pork Board suggests heightened biosecurity and stepped up communications are key to the containment and eradication of a Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea outbreak that's spread throughout the United States. As expected, the onset of ...
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After pollination, peanut flowers form a peg that rapidly grows downward and buries itself in the soil. With about 120,000 to 125,000 acres harvested, and about average yields, this year's peanut crop is certainly much better than it has ...
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If you exercise outdoors during the winter, be sure to do so safely, an expert says. The major concern for people who exercise in the cold is hypothermia, or too much heat loss, according to Dr. Cedric Bryant, chief science officer at the ...