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Professional Activists Continue to Mislead Public and Farm Workers About 'Penny-Per-Pound' Deals That Don't Exist (Popularity:  )
http://www.floridatomatogrowers.org
The Florida Tomato Growers Exchange issued the following statement today about the scheduled protest in Miami organized by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW): "CIW is using today's march in Miami to mislead the public about Florida's tomato industry in a desperate attempt to pressure Burger King into adopting a "penny-per-pound" deal that does not exist. There is no such arrangement in effect between producers and fast-food companies, which continue ...
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Rabobank Report Shows Promising Long-Term Outlook for Cotton (Popularity: )
http://www.rabobank.com
Despite 2008's U.S. cotton acreage forecast at its lowest level in more than 20 years, the long-term outlook for cotton appears promising. Changes in the global sector and an improved U.S. economy are likely to increase textile demand, and with it demand for cotton, according to a new Rabobank report, "U.S. Cotton." "This ailing patient, the U.S. cotton sector, shows every sign of a great recovery -- it just may ...
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Record Urea Prices Squeeze AdBlue Margins (Popularity: )
Urea prices reached record highs in June 2008, increasing the pressure on the AdBlue market's already tight margins. When combined with the additional pressure from the soaring price of automotive diesel, and growing doubts over the health of the commercial vehicles market, it would appear AdBlue suppliers are heading for tougher conditions in Q3 2008. Given the already competitive nature of the AdBlue market, where the struggle to develop early ...
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Research Consortium to Sequence Turkey Genome (Popularity: )
http://www.vt.edu
An international consortium(*) of researchers has begun an effort to sequence the genome of the domesticated turkey, Meleagris gallopavo. The genome sequence will be obtained using the Roche GS-FLX(tm) sequencing platform and the recently launched Roche GS FLX Titanium PicoTiterPlate device and reagents.The new upgrade to the Roche GS-FLX(tm) sequencing system permits more than 1 million individual sequencing reads to be generated for each sequencing run with an average read ...
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Responsible forestry in Panama (Popularity: )
http://www.realpagessites.com
Darien, Panama - A milestone in the history of forest conservation has been marked in the dense tropical rainforests of Panama's eastern Darien region. As part of a sustainable forest management and trade project coordinated by WWF, the region's first sustainable harvesting plan has been launched, ensuring that forest areas are cut in 25-year cycles. "This ensures that logging does not exceed what the forest can regenerate," said Mauro Salazar, ...
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Ritchie Bros. to sell 9 residential home sites in Grand Rapids, Michigan at unreserved public auction (Popularity: )
http://www.rbauction.com
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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Ritchie Bros.' combined Dubai-Singapore auction increases choice in global market participation (Popularity: )
http://www.rbauction.com
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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Riverside Celebrates National Arbor Day With a Successful Tree Planting Program That Has Prompted Local Residents to Plant Nearly 50,000 Shade Trees in the Past 5 Years (Popularity: )
http://www.riversidepublicutilities.com
People often talk about the need to make better use of the Earth's resources. But in Riverside, Calif., people are actually doing something about it. Residents of this suburban city 60 miles east of Los Angeles have planted nearly 50,000 trees during the past five years through a special "Tree Power" rebate program offered by Riverside Public Utilities (RPU). Financed with Public Benefit Funds, the program entitles RPU customers to ...
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SBA Disaster Loans Available in Illinois Following Secretary of Agriculture Disaster Declaration (Popularity: )
http://www.sba.gov
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announces today that federal disaster loans are available to small businesses located in the counties of Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Christian, Clay, Clinton, Edwards, Effingham, Fayette, Franklin, Fulton, Greene, Hancock, Hamilton, Henderson, Jackson, Jefferson, Jersey, Knox, Macoupin, Madison, Marion, Mason, McDonough, Menard, Mercer, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Perry, Pike, Randolph, Richland, Sangamon, Saint Clair, Schuyler, Scott, Shelby, Warren, Washington, Wayne and White in the ...
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SBA Disaster Loans Available in Michigan Following Secretary of Agriculture Disaster Declaration (Popularity: )
http://www.sba.gov
The U.S. Small Business Administration announces today that federal disaster loans are available to small businesses located in the State of Michigan as a result of several frost and freeze events that occurred April 4 through June 13, 2007. Small businesses in the following counties are eligible to apply for these loans: Alger, Allegan, Alpena, Antrim, Baraga, Barry, Benzie, Berrien, Branch, Calhoun, Cass, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Clinton, Crawford, Delta, Dickinson, Eaton, ...
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