In a matter of just three weeks the futures market has gone from being one of the cheapest suppliers to becoming one of the best buyers! On November 22, when spot December entered the notice period, it traded as low as 73.79 and closed that ...
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Biofuels RINs prices deflated significantly Tuesday as one refiner was selling heavy quantities of RINs, sources said. Corn-based ethanol (D6) RINs for 2013 were assessed 5 cents lower at $0.2950/RIN, falling for the second consecutive ...
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“I look at Safelite like the New York Yankees,” says Mark Liston, president of Glass Doctor, describing Safelite’s recent purchase of Guardian’s retail assets. “Who they can buy, they will. Simple as ...
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Canola growers now have access to a new-generation defense against a long-time disease threat. DuPont Crop Protection today announced that the Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) has approved a label addition allowing the use of ...
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China is reviewing a new application to import genetically modified (GM) corn after previous ones were rejected for the reason of insufficient application material, according to the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) on Friday. In March 2010, ...
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One mainstream farmer is returning to conventional seed-and he's not alone As an invulnerable tween, Chris Huegerich, the child of a prosperous farming family, wiped out on his motorcycle in tiny Breda, Iowa. Forty years on, folks ...
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The new range includes boxes that can carry between two and eight cupcakes and the box designs are unique to the the Rutland-based company behind the range, Bakerlot. The boxes feature window biodegradable patches made from Polylactic ...
Huxtable's Kitchen Inc. of Vernon, California is voluntarily recalling one specific lot of Trader Joe's Butternut Squash & Creamed Spinach Gratin (SKU 96541) sold in the refrigerated section with "Use By 12/13/13" date, because it may not ...
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Bulletin on the National Grain Output in 2013 National Bureau of Statistics of China National Bureau of Statistics of China According to the result of nationwide sampling survey of agricultural production households and comprehensive ...
Current-year corn-based ethanol RINs rose to a six-week high Monday amid steadily improving buying interest. Corn-based ethanol (D6) RINs were assessed 1.75 cents higher at $0.2975/RIN, the highest since October 21. Current-year ethanol ...
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Polylactic Acid (PLA) is thermoplastic polyester derived from renewable feedstock such as corn starch, sugarcane, wheat, tapioca roots. PLA has wide application such as in Packaging, Textile, Agriculture, Transportation, Bio-Medical and ...
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A food science journal has retracted a French study linking genetically modified foods to tumors and organ failure in rats that went viral on the Internet. Elsevier, the publisher of the journal, Food and Chemical Toxicity, said it was ...
Nestlé has joined forces with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and seven consumer firms to develop bioplastics, derived from plant materials. The Bioplastics Feedstock Alliance (BFA) includes consumer goods firms such as Coca-Cola, ...
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The kids are not alright in China — and the effect of a population shift could have significant implications for U.S. agriculture. Thirty years of a government mandated one-child policy have flipped China’s family tree into ...
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The world's largest production facility to make cellulosic bioethanol - a type of biofuel made from wood and plants - will be built in China next year, the company in charge of the project has said. Chemtex Engineering Co Ltd will build ...
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