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Premier Organic Farms, Inc. Taken Private By Mutual Rescission With Premier Organic Farms Group, Inc. (Popularity:  )
Premier Organic Farms Group, Inc. (OTC Pink Sheets: POFG) (formerly U.S. Power Systems, Inc.) announced today that by means of a mutual rescission, Premier Organic Farms, Inc. (Premier) is no longer a subsidiary of POFG and has been taken private by its management.
POFG is in discussions with several acquisition or business combination candidates and will make further announcements as material events dictate. The POFG board and officers revert back ...
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China Yingxia International, Inc. to Promote Benefits of Its Soy Milk Products Over Scandal-Stricken Cow's Milk in China (Popularity: )
China Yingxia International, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: CYXI) ("China Yingxia" or "the Company"), a leading provider in the health and nutritional food industry engaged in the development, manufacture and distribution of nutritional food products, dietary supplements, and raw cactus plants in the People's Republic of China ("PRC"), today announced that the Company plans to participate in the 79th National Sugar and Alcohol Fair ("S&A Fair") held October 18-20 in Chang ...
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Monsanto Company Executives Adopt 10b5-1 Trading Plans (Popularity: )
Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) today announced that several of its executives, including: Hugh Grant, chairman, president and chief executive officer, and Terry Crews, executive vice president and chief financial officer, have established stock trading plans in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Under these plans, the Monsanto executives have directed brokers in the sale of shares and exercise of stock options in order to diversify ...
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Schumer Introduces Innovative Farm, Food and Economic Development Legislation (Popularity: )
Legislation to better serve agriculture is a priority for Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY), and he has introduced the Farm, Nutrition, and Community Investment Act to address to help improve a sector that is key to his state's economy and the health of its consumers. The Senator often reminds people how dependent they are on farms for food, and through the proposal has worked to improve on the fundamentals of the ...
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Monsanto Company Completes Acquisition of De Ruiter Seeds (Popularity: )
Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) announced today that it has completed its proposed acquisition of De Ruiter Seeds Group B.V., a Dutch-holding company that owns and operates De Ruiter Seeds, for EUR546 million in cash, or approximately $850 million at current exchange rates, less net debt.
Monsanto will start to transition the De Ruiter Seeds business into its vegetable seeds division alongside its other business units, Seminis and the International Seed ...
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Opposition Grows Toward Proposal to Close FDA Labs (Popularity: )
Significant opposition -- including a Senate amendment to an authorization bill -- continues to build against an ill-conceived plan by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to close seven of its 13 laboratories and restructure its field operations.
President Colleen M. Kelley of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) welcomed both the FDA authorization bill amendment offered by Senators Ken Salazar (D-Colo.) and Arlen Specter (R-Pa.), and a letter released ...
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Pennsylvania Governor Rendell Announces Agreement to Halve Phosphorus in Lawn Fertilizer as Part of Chesapeake Bay Restoration Effort (Popularity: )
Governor Edward G. Rendell today announced that Pennsylvania and its partners in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed are working to cut in half the amount of phosphorus used in lawn care products throughout the 64,000-square-mile basin by 2009.
"These reductions will help to further reduce the amount of nutrients flowing into the bay and accelerate restoration of the nation's largest estuary," Governor Rendell said. "Pennsylvania and its partners in the Chesapeake ...
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Danone Improves Manufacturing and Supply Chain Performance with ILOG Plant PowerOps (Popularity: )
ILOG(R) (Nasdaq: ILOG; Euronext: ILO, ISIN: FR0004042364), today announced that Groupe Danone, the world's leading maker of fresh dairy products and bottled water and the second largest provider of biscuits and cereal products, has deployed ILOG Plant PowerOps(R) (PPO) at one of its largest fresh dairy plants in Irapuato, Mexico. Thanks to the use of ILOG PPO, the plant has moved from weekly production planning with mixed scheduling quality to ...
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Grocery Manufacturers Association Strongly Supports U.S. Food & Drug Administration Decision on the Irradiation of Fresh Produce for Foodborne Pathogen Control (Popularity: )
Robert Brackett, chief science officer for the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA), today released the following statement in response to the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) decision to allow ionizing radiation to be used for controlling food-borne pathogens in fresh iceberg lettuce and fresh spinach:
"This decision by FDA is a very significant step forward in helping to improve the safety of fresh produce. This technology is simply one more ...
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Bunge to Acquire Majority Interest in Tianjin, China, Soybean Processing Plant (Popularity: )
Bunge Limited (NYSE: BG) today announced the establishment of a joint venture to operate a soybean processing plant in Tianjin, China, with Chia Tai (Tianjin), part of the Thailand-based Charoen Pokphand Group. Bunge will hold a majority interest in the venture and will manage operations at the plant, its third in China. Located near a modern port, the plant will supply the fast-growing livestock and feed industries and the large ...
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