National Hard Spring Wheat Show has taken on a different look this year with the incorporation of the Best of the Best program. The 2014 National Hard Spring Wheat Show has taken on a different look this year with the incorporation of ...
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“Potato Saver” as a Sulphite--‐free preservative for fresh cut potatoes. Wellington Agribusiness Investments Ltd. (WADI), a Guelph based privately owned company has been working for three years on an innovative ...
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Commission encourages Chinese steelmakers to boost global footprint Chinese steelmakers that have lost money because of volatile global iron ore prices should invest more in foreign mineral resources to gain greater pricing power, the ...
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Asset management and investment group Alcentra has completed unitranche investment in the plastic packaging division of France-based Chesapeake. The investment will provide capital to increase business in areas of high agricultural ...
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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Corn grown as the first or second crop after alfalfa usually requires much less fertilizer or manure nitrogen (N) than corn grown after corn, soybeans or small grains. When alfalfa is killed, some of the accumulated N in the soil and in ...
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Wisconsin farmers didn’t have their best year ever in 2013, but they didn’t miss it by much. “They earned about $3.75 billion in total net farm income, $600 million more than in 2012 and just short of the record of $3.8 ...
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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CORMAN PARK, SK — Manitoulin Transport has announced that it’s opening a new terminal in the rural municipality of Corman Park, Saskatchewan. "Saskatchewan is booming and local businesses must have service partners they can ...
The USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) released final estimates of planted and harvested crop acreage for 2013 in the Crop Production 2013 Summary report on January 10. The USDA's Farm Service Agency (FSA) released its ...
The concept of integrated pest management (IPM) first developed during the 1950s and 60s out of concern among scientists and the public that overreliance on pesticides was creating secondary pest management and environmental problems. ...
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Fiat North America (FNA), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Italian car maker Fiat, has acquired remaining 41.4% stake in American automaker Chrysler. Earlier this month, the Italian car maker Fiat announced that it will purchase the remaining ...
Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz announced today an investment of more than $1.5 million to Pulse Canada to lead a multi-sector collaboration project of the pulse, oilseeds and grains industries to improve supply chain efficiency and ...
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The K-State Animal Sciences Leadership Academy is planned for June 11-14 on Kansas State University’s Manhattan campus. The sixth annual academy will spotlight 20 high school students from across the state who wish to learn more ...
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Manitoulin Transport has added to its Western Canadian shipping capacity by opening a new terminal in Saskatchewan. The facility sits on 8.4 acres of property located in Corman Park, Sask. It has 16 dock-level doors, and is equipped to ...
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