Dow Supports National “6 Degrees of Energy Efficiency Challenge” (Popularity:  )
To demonstrate the important connections between our individual energy use and the world’s environment, economy, and security, The Dow Chemical Company this month joins the Alliance to Save Energy and 30 additional organizations in launching the 6° of Energy Efficiency Challenge. The Challenge, launched as part of the Alliance’s The Power is in Your Hands national energy efficiency campaign, is designed to increase consumer awareness of simple steps that all ...
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Dr. Axel Steiger-Bagel appointed Chief Administration Officer of Bayer MaterialScience AG (Popularity: )
Leverkusen – Dr. Axel Steiger-Bagel (39) has been appointed Chief Administration Officer (CAO) of Bayer Material Science AG effective March 1, 2007. He will be a member of the Management Board and Executive Committee of this Bayer subgroup. Steiger-Bagel succeeds Prof. Dr. Gottfried Plumpe who is leaving the company by mutual consent, as previously reported.
Axel Steiger-Bagel was born on December 29, 1967 and trained as a bank clerk before ...
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DuPont Tate & Lyle Joint Venture Officially Opens $100 Million Bio-PDO(TM) Facility - the World's First to Produce Propanediol from Corn Sugar U.S. Secretary of Energy Bodman Recognizes Advancements in Bio-Based Technology (Popularity: )
DuPont Tate & Lyle Bio Products, LLC, an equally owned joint venture of DuPont (NYSE: DD) and Tate & Lyle, today marked the growing demand for products made from its revolutionary Bio-PDO(TM) product here today. U.S. Secretary of Energy Samuel W. Bodman joined senior leaders from DuPont, Tate & Lyle, the joint venture and their customers to see the new production facility first-hand and recognize its official opening.
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Energy Issues Focus of PA Agriculture Secretary's 5th Annual Harvest Tour (Popularity: )
Agriculture Secretary Dennis Wolff kicked-off the fifth annual Harvest Tour in northeastern Pennsylvania today by saying rising energy costs are challenging Pennsylvania's farmers and the state's growing dependence on foreign oil is part of the larger threat to national security and America's economy.
The secretary said the commonwealth's agricultural industry is well positioned to address these challenges in ways that will create new economic opportunities for Pennsylvania's rural communities.
"Producers ...
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Enzymes open up new avenues in the chemical industry (Popularity: )
* BASF steps up White Biotechnology operations
* Alliances with European universities
BASF is stepping up its operations in the area of enzyme research. To this end, the company has now signed a cooperation agreement with the Center of Excellence in Biocatalysis, Biotransformation and Biomanufacturing (CoEBio3). The alliance with this research facility affiliated with the University of Manchester is planned for a period of three years. BASF is funding the ...
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Ethanol Should Be Fully Integrated in International Trade, According to Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (Popularity: )
Access to major markets around the globe for Brazilian sugarcane ethanol with lower tariffs, and full integration of ethanol in global trade, as is the case with any other product: these are the key expectations of the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA) as the current phase of Doha Round negotiations in Geneva, Switzerland, draws to a close.
"What we expect now is full integration for ethanol into global trade. Ethanol ...
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Etigra Acquires Super Boll(R) and FreeFall(R) Cotton Products from DuPont (Popularity: )
DuPont (NYSE: DD) and Etigra today announced that Etigra has acquired the DuPont Super Boll(R) brand ethephon trademark, registration and assets, as well as the DuPont FreeFall(R) brand thidiazuron cotton defoliation trademark.
Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. The DuPont amad-enhanced ethephon brands, CottonQuick(R) and FirstPick(TM), were not included in the assets sale.
"These acquisitions are perfect additions to our product line-up for cotton growers," said Randy Canady, Etigra ...
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Expert on Emerging Infectious Zoonotic Diseases Joining K-State as a Regents Distinguished Professor (Popularity: )
Juergen Richt, lead scientist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Animal Disease Center and an adjunct professor at Iowa State University, will be joining Kansas State University as a Regents Distinguished Professor.
Richt's appointment begins in April 2008.
The Regents professorship, which is in the College of Veterinary Medicine, is the most prestigious of all academic appointments in the Kansas Regents' system of universities and colleges. The appointment comes ...
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Farm Aid President Willie Nelson Offers Resources to President-Elect Obama for Creating Sustainable Farm & Food Vision (Popularity: )
Farm Aid President Willie Nelson sent an open letter to President-elect Barack Obama today, congratulating him on his victory and offering Farm Aid as a resource for a new farm and food policy that supports a sustainable, family farm system of agriculture.
By way of introduction, Nelson explained, "I started Farm Aid in 1985 when family farmers were being forced off their land as a result of federal policy that ...
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Fertilizer Demand in US Expected to Rise Due to Ethanol (Popularity: )
HOUSTON - Corn prices are at record highs due to the boom in ethanol production and this spring U.S. farmers are expected to plant record corn acreage but with it comes higher fertilizer costs which is expected to increase until production catches up with demand.
Already prices for urea and two types of ammoniated phosphate known as MAP and DAP have risen by up to $80 a ton.
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