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NP Nutra Expands Botanical Ingredients and Extracts Portfolio with New Launches

Nov 11, 2016

US based Nature’s Power Nutraceuticals (NP Nutra) has expanded its botanical ingredients and extracts portfolio with the launch of six new products. One of the newly launched products is an ingredient that is claimed to have an ...

Tags: NP Nutra, botanical ingredients

Suba Seeds Acquires Brotherton Seed to Expand Global Presence

Jul 19, 2016

Specialty vegetable and legume seed producer Suba Seeds, owned by a private equity firm Paine & Partners, has acquired Brotherton Seed. However, financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Established in 1936, Brotherton Seed ...

Tags: Suba Seeds, Brotherton Seed

Syngenta Has Bought Società PSB Engaged in Durum Wheat Breeding and Production for Pasta

Apr 9, 2014

Swiss agrochemicals company Syngenta has bought Società Produttori Sementi (PSB), an Italy-based seed firm engaged in durum wheat breeding and production for pasta. The financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. ...

Tags: Syngenta, PSB brand

Acid Can Prevent Nodules From Forming on The Alfalfa Roots

Mar 12, 2014

Before seeding alfalfa into ground previously row-cropped, test soil acidity and adjust lime rates as needed, recommends Bruce Anderson, University of Nebraska Extension forage specialist. If you’re seeding new alfalfa this spring ...

Tags: seeding alfalfa, test soil acidity, prevent nodules

Hefty Snowpack Heading Into Spring Is Good News for State Hay Growers

Mar 12, 2014

A hefty snowpack in most parts of Colorado heading into spring is good news for state hay growers, says Tess Norvell, reporter with USDA-Colorado Department of Agriculture Market News in Greeley. “We’ll get river run-off and ...

Tags: enough irrigation water, mountain snowpack, average precipitation

NPPC Elected New Officers and Members to Its Board of Directors

Mar 11, 2014

The National Pork Producers Council today elected new officers and members to its board of directors at its annual business meeting – the National Pork Industry Forum – held here. Elected as president of the organization was ...

Tags: Agriculture, Food, Pork, Meat

Land O'lakes' 2013 Annual Sales and Net Earnings Are Reported

Feb 27, 2014

Land O'Lakes, Inc., today announced record annual sales of $14.2 billion, up 4.4 percent from the prior year, and record net earnings of almost $306 million, a 27 percent increase over the prior year. The strong 2013 results continue a ...

Tags: Land O'lakes, Annual Sales

Higher U.S. Milk Production and Foreign Competition Will Temper Price Increases

Feb 26, 2014

U.S. Milk Production Up Slightly for February on Small Herd Expansion; Higher U.S. Milk Production and Foreign Competition Will Temper Price Increases The most recent USDA World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report raised the ...

Tags: Milk Production, dairy cow

Limited Supplies Keep Strong Pressure on Top-End Alfalfa-Hay Prices

Feb 26, 2014

As limited supplies keep strong pressure on top-end alfalfa-hay prices, dairy producers in the Upper Midwest are looking closer at medium- to average-quality alfalfa. That’s according to grower-dealer Leslie Zimmerman, of ...

Tags: Solid Demand, Mid-Quality Alfalfa

Oversupply of Lower-Quality Grass and Alfalfa Hay Has Kept Downward Pressure on Prices

Feb 26, 2014

An oversupply of lower-quality grass and alfalfa hay has kept downward pressure on prices at the Madison County Ag Auction’s weekly hay and straw sales near Alton, IL. “We’ve been moving a lot of hay through each ...

Tags: grass, alfalfa hay, Price DIP, Illinois Auction

To Make Good Grass Silage, Producers Must First Harvest High-Quality Forage

Feb 26, 2014

By Nick Paulson To make good grass silage, producers must first harvest high-quality forage, use the right type and amount of inoculant, and pack and cover the product tightly and properly. That’s the advice of Dan Undersander, ...

Tags: Grass Silage, forage, Agriculture

Deepening Drought Throughout The Far West Which Has Helped Keep Hay Prices High

Feb 14, 2014

The first hay harvest of 2014 is months away in most parts of the country. But an extended and apparently deepening drought throughout the far West – which has helped keep hay prices high – has many hay growers there on edge ...

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New U.S. Seedings of Alfalfa and Alfalfa Mixtures Increased by 5%

Feb 14, 2014

New U.S. seedings of alfalfa and alfalfa mixtures increased by 5% last year over the 2.39 million acres planted in 2012. It was the second year in a row to see an increase, even though it’s the third-lowest total of newly seeded acres ...

Tags: seedings, alfalfa

This Would Tend to Support View That Focus on Alfalfa Is Primarily Due to a Gut Feeling

Feb 14, 2014

It is indeed becoming curiouser and curiouser (to quote Alice in Wonderland) that this discussion should focus so one-sidedly on our lowly alfalfa crop. Even the National Geographic article implies that the quantity of 'water' exported with ...

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Hay Prices in Wyoming, Colorado and Western Nebraska Have Tapered off Steadily

Feb 7, 2014

Hay prices in Wyoming, Colorado and western Nebraska have tapered off steadily in the last four to five weeks. So reports Barry McRea, owner-manager of Valley Video Hay Markets and HayTime Auctions in Torrington, WY. Since mid-December, ...

Tags: Barry McRea, Feedlots, alfalfa, Wyoming

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