Registration for the 72nd Plenary Meeting of the International Cotton Advisory Committee is underway. The agenda of the meeting features different sessions, including opening & breakout sessions in which the main topics of discussion are ...
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This “pinkhouse” at Caliber Biotherapeutics in Texas, grows 2.2 million plants under the glow of blue and red LEDs. The practice of vertical farming could potentially undergo a transformation that will make urban food centres ...
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A slew of bearish technical and fundamental factors put the market under pressure this week. First we had the breach of a 6-1/2-month uptrend line, which put the spec longs on the defensive, although we have yet to see any widespread spec ...
The South American country of Peru has come up with six programs to improve the productivity of cotton in the country, and thereby to promote Peru's cotton exports, said Minister of Agriculture, Milton von Hesse. The suggested programs ...
To get an idea of how American coastal waters might look just before they succumb to all the degradations they have suffered these past five centuries, it would be worth taking a July trip to Mobile Bay, an Alabama inlet that feeds into the ...
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The market has been in a state of confusion ever since the latest USDA supply/demand estimate was released last Friday, as traders seem to have difficulty making sense of the data. The main message we take from the USDA report, which ...
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According to USDA’s first projection for the 2013 crop, U.S. cotton production is forecast at 14.0 million bales, 19 percent below the final 2012 crop estimate. Based on the Prospective Plantings report, 2013 cotton area is expected ...
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Cotton growers of Cameroon have sold 221,000 tons of cotton in the market during the crop season 2012-13, according to Cameroon National Confederation of Cotton Producers (CNPCC). The amount of cotton brought by farmers to the market ...
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Nikon Corporation has announced that four of its products-the Nikon D7100 digital SLR camera, the COOLPIX S01 and P520, and the 1 NIKKOR 11-27.5mm f/3.5-5.6 normal zoom lens for Nikon 1 cameras-are recipients of the prestigious TIPA Awards ...
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Asian grain prices are expected to be higher in the next few days as investors take leads from late plantings in the US, one of the world's largest exporters, trade participants said. The most active wheat futures for July delivery on ...
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John Deere lawn tractors and riders have figured prominently in Consumer Reports' mower tests, and this year's Deere lineup—including at least one newly tested winner—shows that the company is responding well to increased ...
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Tanzania’s cotton output for the ongoing season is likely to plunge 40 percent, due to outdated agricultural techniques and other factors, according to a Tanzania’s Daily News report. Tanzania’s cotton cultivation ...
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Chinese soybean yeild is expected to decline by 3.9% for the third consecutive year, reaching 12.3 million tons. It aims to encourage imports of soybeans. The sown area of soybean declines by 3.7% Y-O-Y. Last year, soybean area declined ...
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Eyeing to revive cotton production in the country, the Government of the western African country of Gambia has injected a sum of D 2.6 million for providing inputs to the farmers for forthcoming season, the Minister of Agriculture, Solomon ...
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US-based agri-processing company Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) has unveiled a new soybean processing plant in Villeta, Paraguay, a move which creates 160 direct jobs. The new facility is located adjacent to the existing ADM ...
Tags: ADM, Soybean Processing Facility