Ritchie Bros.' combined Dubai-Singapore auction increases choice in global market participation (Popularity:  )
Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers (NYSE and TSX: RBA) made it easier for thousands of equipment buyers and sellers to access the global marketplace this week, offering multiple bidding options at 18 unreserved auctions in four countries, including a multi-million dollar combined Dubai-Singapore auction. Almost 600 people from 52 countries registered to bid either in person, by proxy or over the internet at the US$33 million unreserved auction at the Company's Dubai, ...
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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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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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China Green Agriculture, Inc. Breaks Ground on New Production Facilities (Popularity: )
China Green Agriculture, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: CGAG) ("China Green Agriculture" or "the Company"), a leading producer and distributor of organic humic acid ("HA") based liquid compound fertilizer through its wholly owned subsidiary, Shaanxi TechTeam Jinong Humic Acid Product Co., Ltd., today announced that it has obtained all necessary building permits and commenced construction of a new production line.
China Green Agriculture held its official groundbreaking ceremony for the project, ...
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Tai Na International Fruits (Beijing) Co. Ltd. To Build a 'Pinggu Peach' Base (Popularity: )
Tai Na International Fruits (Beijing) Co. Ltd. ("Tai Na International") recently signed an agreement with Beijing Lvgu Qingyuan Fruit Production & Marketing Cooperative (Beijing Lvgu) regarding the use of a 668-mu peach garden at Xiongerying Village, Pinggu District as Tai Na's Pinggu Peach Base. This act, as a new supplement to Tai Na's fruit business, help achieve direct supply and distribution of Pinggu Peach from Tai Na's Pinggu Peach Base ...
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Food Bank Survey Points to Critical Shortage of Food, Urgency of Farm Bill and Immediate Need for $100 Million in Emergency Federal Funding (Popularity: )
America's Second Harvest - The Nation's Food Bank Network reported the results of a new survey that found 100 percent of food bank respondents have seen an increase in the number of clients served within the past year. The increase is estimated at 15 - 20 percent.
Of those surveyed, 84 percent indicated they are currently unable to adequately meet the increased demand without having to reduce the amount of ...
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Gleaners Partners with DTE Energy to Grow Veggies at Substation Sites (Popularity: )
A DTE Energy/Gleaners Community Food Bank partnership will result in the food bank using buffer land surrounding some electric facilities to grow vegetables to help fight hunger in Southeastern Michigan.
The first garden, now being prepared for planting at the energy company's Carter Substation in Auburn Hills, will be 4,500 square feet. Gleaners has recruited students from the Kennedy Center in Pontiac to tend the garden.
"This is an exciting ...
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PA Conference Addresses Balance Between Agriculture, Environment (Popularity: )
Pennsylvania's agricultural and environmental leaders will gather this summer to identify opportunities to better protect Pennsylvania's land and waters, said Agriculture Secretary Dennis Wolff.
"Agriculture and the Environment: Achieving Balance" is slated for June 1-3 at the Sheraton Harrisburg-Hershey in Harrisburg. The first-time event is hosted by the Department of Agriculture and the Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences.
"Protecting our natural resources and the environment is a top priority ...
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Sweet Onions Yield Sweet Profits for Bolivian Farmers (Popularity: )
More than 150 tons of sweet onions are giving some Bolivian farmers a $340,000 harvest. The recent bountiful shipment to Los Angeles marked a three-year U.S. Agency for International Development effort to make Bolivian onion growers international competitors.
The onions are cultivated more than 12,000 feet above sea level on land once considered unsuitable for traditional agriculture, says USAID's Jorge Calvo, the program's manager who views the high elevation as ...
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Ritchie Bros. to sell 9 residential home sites in Grand Rapids, Michigan at unreserved public auction (Popularity: )
Nine residential home sites, six of which are lakeside on private lakes, located minutes away from Traverse City will be sold at an unreserved public real estate auction in Grand Rapids on March 20, 2008. Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers (NYSE and TSX: RBA) will conduct the auction on Thursday, March 20, 2008 at the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel in downtown Grand Rapids. Each home site will be sold to the highest ...
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