The Mosaic Company to Present at Goldman Sachs Twelfth Annual Agricultural Biotech Forum (Popularity:  )
The Mosaic Company (NYSE: MOS) announced today that it will participate in the Goldman Sachs 12th Annual Ag Biotech Forum in New York on Tuesday, February 12, 2008. Corrine Ricard, Mosaic's Vice President Business Development, will be speaking at 9:40 a.m. EST.
The presentation will be webcast live and via replay through the company's website at Questions can be directed to Mosaic's Investor Relations' department via e-mail to . ...
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The Sugar Association Applauds California Assembly Health Committee's Plans to Hold Hearings on Deceptive Advertising of Artificial Sweeteners (Popularity: )
Mark Lanier, who was recently honored with the Massachusetts Trial Lawyers Association's 2008 Consumer Advocacy Award and who is a trial lawyer for the Washington-based Sugar Association, representing thousands of sugar farmers from across the nation, applauded the decision of the California Assembly Committee on Health to hold hearings in California concerning the use of deceptive advertising by makers of artificial sweeteners such as Splenda.
"Document after document from Johnson ...
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Tractor Supply Company to Participate in Morgan Keegan's 2006 Equity Conference (Popularity: )
Tractor Supply Company (Nasdaq: TSCO), the largest retail farm and ranch store chain in the United States, today announced its participation in the Morgan Keegan 2006 Equity Conference. Stan Ruta, Senior Vice President - Store Operations and Randy Guiler, Director of Investor Relations will be attending the conference. The Company's presentation is scheduled for Thursday, September 7, 2006 from 3:30 p.m. to 3:55 p.m. Eastern Time.
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U.S. Potato Industry Launches New Campaign Encouraging Consumers to 'Peel Back the Truth' About Potato Nutrition (Popularity: )
The U.S. Potato Board launched a national print advertising campaign today as part of its continued effort to educate consumers about the nutritional benefits of potatoes. "Peel Back the Truth" inquisitively tackles potato nutrition myths and quickly reveals, with the swoop of a potato peeler, the healthy truth inside a fresh potato.
The new campaign is a continuation of the U.S. Potato Board's (USPB) consumer nutrition education campaign that began ...
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USAID Invests $3 Million in Iraq's Aquaculture (Popularity: )
The United States Agency for International Development's (USAID) Inma agribusiness program in Iraq will soon have millions of carp fingerlings ready for delivery to hundreds of fish farms across central and southern portions of the country, thanks to joint efforts with the U.S. military, the State Department, and area Iraqi farmers. Inma is Arabic for "growth."
A $3 million agreement with USAID's Inma Agribusiness Program to purchase six million fingerlings ...
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USDA and Agribusiness Conspire To Mislead Consumers: 'Raw' Almonds Must Soon Be Steam-Heated or Treated With Toxic Chemical (Popularity: )
Small-scale farmers, retailers, and consumers are outraged over a new federal regulation that will require all almonds grown in California to be sterilized with various "pasteurization" techniques. The rule, which the USDA quietly developed in response to outbreaks of Salmonella in 2001 and 2004, traced to raw almonds, mandates that all almonds undergo a sterilization process that includes chemical and/or high-temperature treatments.
Although the final rule was just published in ...
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USDA And DOE Fund Genomics Projects For Bioenergy Fuels Research (Popularity: )
Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman and Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns today announced that the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Energy (DOE) have jointly awarded nine grants totaling $5.7 million for biobased fuels research that will accelerate the development of alternative fuel resources. Bodman commented, "These research projects build upon DOE’s strategic investments in genomics, to accelerate scientific discovery and promote the development of alternative energy sources vital to America’s ...
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USDA raises agricultural exports forecast to record $78 billion for 2007 (Popularity: )
WASHINGTON, D.C., - U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns today announced an increase in the forecast for agricultural exports to a record $78 billion for fiscal year 2007.
"Projections show 2007 exports would be up $9.3 billion over last year, the second largest increase on record, and the fourth year of back-to-back records," said Johanns. "Two-thirds of this increase is due to the grain and oilseed sectors. Several trends ...
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Walters Buildings Authorized Dealer U.B. Builders Achieves Record Pole Building Sales Volume Increase in Less Than a Year (Popularity: )
Leading storage building manufacturer Walters Buildings announced today that authorized dealer U.B. Builders has achieved a record sales volume increase after joining the company’s network of post frame building dealers less than a year ago. The dealer more than doubled its post frame building sales to reach the second highest sales volume of all Walters dealers during 2006.
Walters Buildings VP Sales and Marketing Brent Henschel said, “We are extremely ...
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Washington County Kennel Charged, Dogs Seized (Popularity: )
State dog wardens and humane officers removed 70 dogs from an unlicensed Washington County facility as part of Governor Edward G. Rendell's effort to crack down on unsatisfactory kennels.
State dog wardens were asked to help humane officers execute a search warrant at Calico Creek Critters kennel in Centerville on Tuesday. The wardens found between 20 and 30 dead dogs in various states of decomposition, and 72 other dogs living ...
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