Feedstock issues and supply tightness have driven up North American prices for suspension PVC and solid polystyrene resin since Feb. 1. But a different feedstock and lower demand served to send regional prices for PET bottle resin down in ...
Tags: PVC, Polystyrene, vinyl chloride
American consumers powered through the winter weather lifting retail sales in February. According to the National Retail Federation – the world's largest retail trade association – February retail sales, which exclude ...
Tags: Retail Sales, Apparel, Building material, garden equipment
This year, many areas of Ohio experienced extremely low temperatures for several days. (-20° as I was driving to an Extension meeting in Coshocton County on January 28.) Snowfall was also above average in many areas causing standing ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Wheat
Projected 2013/14 world wheat production is up 0.8 million tons this month to 712.7 million, further raising the historical record. In Australia, 2013/14 production is up 0.5 million tons to 27.0 million this month. The harvest in Australia ...
Tags: Wheat, cereal, Agriculture
Volvo has been testing the efficacy of magnets to keep self-driving cars moving safely on the road. The idea is for magnets to help the cars identify where they need to be in lanes. The Volvo Car Group tested how well the road magnets in ...
Tags: Auto, technology, GPS positioning
The US will sell 5 million barrels of sour crude from its Strategic Petroleum Reserve as part of a test sale to evaluate its ability to distribute oil in the event of an emergency, the Department of Energy said Wednesday in a Notice of ...
Tags: Sour Crude, Department of Energy
Brazil cuts corn & soybean crop production forecasts. Brazil revealed the first estimates of damage to its crop prospects from hot and dry weather, cutting forecast for corn and soybean production, but the downgrades failed to prevent ...
Tags: Agriculture, weather, soybean, Corn
Northampton based production company Stage Right has been using LED specialist EMTO's new LED screens on a number of recent theatre productions including an ever popular 'Jack & The Beanstalk' staged at the 1000 seater Deco Theatre in ...
Tags: LED, LED screens, Lights, Lighting
Power management company Eaton today announced the introduction of the Lumark Caretaker™ light-emitting diode (LED) Area Luminaire from its Cooper Lighting Division. Utilizing high-efficiency LED technology with precision-molded ...
Dollar General Corporation reported record sales, operating profit and net income for its fiscal 2013 fourth quarter (13 weeks) and full year (52 weeks) ended January 31, 2014. Highlights: -Full Year Sales Increased 9.2%; Full Year ...
Tags: Apparel
BIFA, the British international Freight Association, says that media reports suggest there could be a significant increase in the price of wooden pallets over the coming months due to timber shortages. A recent meeting of the Timber ...
Tags: Wooden Pallet, Construction, timber
Swedish automobile manufacturer Volvo Car Group has completed a research which uses magnets to help the self-driving car determine its position. Conducted in a strategic co-operation with the Swedish Transport Administration, the project ...
Wheat yields pushing 150 bu/ac are very possible with good management and increased nitrogen (N) rates. Recent research clearly shows an interaction between fungicides and nitrogen. But high nitrogen rates immediately raises questions ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Wheat
Brazil revealed the first estimates of damage to its crop prospects from hot and dry weather, cutting forecast for corn and soybean production, but the downgrades failed to prevent a tumble in Chicago futures. The Conab crop bureau cut by ...
Tags: corn and soybean production, lack of rainfall, influenced by climate
Above-normal temperatures and high winds are turning winter into spring rapidly Oklahoma State University Extension Wheat Specialist Dr. Jeff Edwards tells Radio Oklahoma Network's Ron Hays. The latest crop weather reports, however, ...
Tags: subsoil moisture, topsoil moisture, crop