Restalk has completed first prototype created from 100% recycled marijuana stalk. Allocating a small portion of its processed source material, Restalk engineered a sustainable and tree-free paper product. Restalk's newly appointed ...
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The very first corn of 2016 is going into the ground. In Texas, this week’s weather has allowed farmers to set the planters in the ground and the tractors to ‘blow and go’. Some area farmers have been planting for a week ...
With the soybean harvest getting under way in Brazil, analysts are getting a clearer picture of whether the forecast record-setting crop will hit the century mark of 100 million tonnes despite hot and dry weather in Mato Grosso and ...
Beverage company PepsiCo has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Maharashtra state in India to support fruit processing and horticulture as part of its Rs330bn ($4.8bn) investment plan in the country by 2020. Under the ...
Agricultural solutions developer Hinoman has introduced a proprietary, eco-friendly cultivation process for plant protein that facilitates water savings of up to 90%, in an effort to achieve a complete water-management solution for its ...
Dutch-based life sciences company DSM Food Specialties has gained validation for its testing tool Delvotest T, which helps detect up to 27 antobiotic residues in raw milk and dairy ingredients such as milk powders. A report published by ...
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Chinese researchers on Monday announced that they have completed sequencing the genome of adzuki bean, an important source of starch, digestible protein, mineral elements and vitamins for at least a billion people worldwide. "Adzuki bean ...
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In some regions, light-emitting diode (LEDs) are expected to comprise more than half of new horticultural luminaire sales as early as 2017, according to the report 'LED Lighting for Horticultural Applications' from market analyst firm ...
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U.S. farmers will harvest 13.9 billion bushels of corn, the second-largest crop ever, and 3.785 billion bushels of soybeans next year, USDA said in its first projections of the new crop. The new crops would follow three years of bumper ...
Purity Bakeries, in collaboration with the United Nations Food & Agricultural Organisation and the BADMC, have developed, formulated and introduced an exciting new loaf, using fresh grated cassava blended meticulously into our Junior Bran & ...
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As Dow AgroSciences looks to the future of weed control, it's decided to sell its entire global dinitroaniline (DNA) herbicide portfolio. Gowan Company announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the DNA ...
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Royal Philips , the global leader in lighting, is helping rose growers increase yields and improve the quality of the most romantic, yet light-intensive flower in the world. Philips GreenPower toplighting LED solution brings more light for ...
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2016 is looking to be the year of soybeans. Chris Hurt, Purdue University agricultural economist, is predicting corn acreage to be 1.5% to 2% lower and soybean acreage to be around 2% higher for the Midwest’s 2016 growing season. With ...
Western Australian (WA) researchers are trialling technology which offers an innovative way to control the destructive Mediterranean fruit fly. Horticulture Innovation Australia along with the Department of Agriculture and Food, Western ...
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The amount of sugarcane crushed in Brazil's Parana state in the first 15 days of November was down 31% year on year to 1.61 million mt, the Bioenergy Producers Association of Parana (Alcopar) said. Parana is one of the sugarcane producing ...