The transport and logistics community is invited to join RedR Australia on Friday 7 February 2014 and wear red to help it make a difference to communities hit by natural disasters or displaced by conflict. 'Wear Red for RedR Day' is a ...
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Peering through a sunlit barn in rural Kansas, fourth-generation poultry farmer Frank Reese rattles off names of chicken breeds that were once common - Barred Rock, Dark Brahma, Ancona, Rhode Island Red, Dark Cornish. He points to an ...
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China’s wetlands have shrunk by nearly 9 percent in recent years, and the loss could continue if the government doesn't intervene. Officials from China's State Forestry Administration (SFA) told reporters on Monday that 340 000 square ...
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In a finding that overturns the conventional view that large old trees are unproductive, scientists have determined that for most species, the biggest trees increase their growth rates and sequester more carbon as they age. In a letter ...
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Astronomers have used ESO's HARPS planet hunter in Chile, along with other telescopes around the world, to discover three planets orbiting stars in the cluster Messier 67. Although more than one thousand planets outside the Solar System are ...
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Vacuum skin packaging (VSP) for meat officially entered the UK market this week. Linpac Packaging trialled VSP last year, working with machine manufacturer, Mondini and film producer, Bernis, to create a pack that combines the extended ...
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The cars have never been assembled and have remained in the original packaging for more than 80 years A set of two Meccano toy car kits from 1930 are expected to sell for between £10,000 and £15,000 when the lot is auctioned ...
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Gallery Home, the new 2014 catalogue from Gallery Direct, offers a unique and striking collection of mirrors, furniture and accessories to suit every type of room and add style and personality to any home. For on trend style, the new ...
U.S. farmers produced a record-high 13.9 billion bushels of corn last year, but demand from livestock and ethanol producers is helping support corn prices and may provide modest selling opportunities for producers in the coming months, ...
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Monday's Closing Grain and Livestock Futures Mar. corn closed at $4.34 and 1/2, up 1 and 3/4 cents Jan. soybeans clocsed at $13.26 and 3/4, up 23 cents Jan. soybean meal closed at $446.90, up $11.70 Jan. soybean oil closed at 37.57, ...
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Saffola, a brand owned by Indian consumer goods company Marico, has selected brand designing firm Bluemarlin to create a new 2D/3D packaging design for its oat-based breakfast cereals The SKU range is set to be launched in India this ...
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The U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF), an organization charged with increasing the value and profitability of the U.S. beef, pork and lamb industries by enhancing demand in international markets, strongly supports passage of legislation ...
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Drinking green tea may lessen the effects of the medication nadolol (Corgard), used to treat high blood pressure, a new small study suggests. Researchers gave 10 volunteers a single dose of 30 milligrams of nadolol after they had consumed ...
Politico reports that while Republican governors in Texas and Louisiana remain firmly in the no camp, others in Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Indiana and Oklahoma are giving the program a second look. News outlets also offer updates from ...
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Video game players will get a chance to try out a virtual version of Toyota's new concept sports car that was unveiled in Detroit as a symbol of the automaker's design future, the company said Monday. The Japanese automaker took the wraps ...
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