The Mosaic Company to Present at Fondsfinans 5th Annual Fertilizer Investor Conference (Popularity:  )
The Mosaic Company (NYSE: MOS) has announced that it will participate in the Fondsfinans 5th Annual Fertilizer Investor Conference in London, England on Tuesday, November 4, 2008. Larry Stranghoener, Mosaic's Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer will be speaking at 10:45 a.m. London time (5:45 a.m. Eastern Time).
The presentation will be webcast live and via replay through the company's website at Questions can be directed to Mosaic's ...
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PA Agriculture Department Rescinds Permit Suspension of Montgomery County Raw Milk Dairy (Popularity: )
The state Department of Agriculture today rescinded the fluid raw milk permit suspension for the Hendricks Farm & Dairy of Telford, Montgomery County, after testing of raw milk samples at the farm showed no evidence of pathogenic bacteria. Sales of raw milk may resume at the farm.
The Department of Agriculture issued a notice of suspension to the farm on Sept. 12 after the state Department of Health received reports ...
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Pennsylvania Agriculture Secretary Urges Farmers to Take Precautions During Hurricane Season (Popularity: )
With the threat of hurricanes and tropical storms at a peak in early September, Agriculture Secretary Dennis Wolff today urged farmers to prepare for the potential of heavy rain, flooding and wind damage as a result of adverse weather.
"Hurricanes and tropical storms can have devastating effects on agriculture," said Wolff. "Now is the time to prepare property against damage to help minimize losses and speed recovery time after the ...
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Small Businesses Benefit from International Marketing Funds (Popularity: )
More and more small businesses are looking to foreign markets to increase their product sales, as demand for American food products grows worldwide. In 2007, the value of U.S. agricultural exports increased to $82 billion, the highest amount ever. Over $161 million of those export sales were reported by companies marketing branded U.S. products overseas with the help of the Southern U.S. Trade Association (SUSTA).
To capitalize on the opportunities ...
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Zogby International Conducts Poll for The Progressive Farmer Highlighting Political Leanings of Farm Country (Popularity: )
The August issue of The Progressive Farmer features the results of a national poll of rural American households by the pollsters at Zogby International.
Commissioned by The Progressive Farmer, the poll of nearly 3,000 rural adults measures preferences for the fall elections as well as reaction to hot-button issues in farm country such as skyrocketing crop input costs, the assault on landowner rights and ethanol.
The most telling result of ...
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Trimble Introduces Blue Ox Integrated Transportation Management System for Forestry (Popularity: )
Trimble (Nasdaq: TRMB) today introduced the Blue Ox(TM) system, an integrated transportation management solution for forestry applications. Blue Ox integrates several mobile technologies with real-time data across the forestry supply chain. The system analyzes and processes the data to help timber companies, loggers and trucking firms increase the percentage of loaded miles, take advantage of more backhaul opportunities, improve routing efficiency and reduce costs.
"Transporting logs from the harvest site ...
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Hangzhou Vegetable Exports to Japan Defy Chinese Slump (Popularity: )
At the beginning of this year, Japan's "poison dumpling case" severely impacted China's food exports and particularly hit China's agricultural product exports.
In a research note, the general Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China announced that two batches of dumplings involved in the case were found to have no traces of methylamine phosphorus residue after a rigorous inspection. But according to the results ...
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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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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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Pennsylvania Beef Task Force Tours Lehigh County Plant (Popularity: )
Pennsylvania Beef Task Force members are discovering new ways to market products through improved packaging and safety, said Agriculture Secretary Dennis Wolff today.
Members of the newly formed group toured Air Products in Trexlertown, Lehigh County, which is, itself, a task force member and manufacturer of atmospheric gas products used in food preservation.
"Pennsylvania is home to 28,000 beef producers who provide a safe, quality product to consumers," said Wolff. ...
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