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Iowa State researchers improving plastics made from corn and soy proteins (Popularity:  )
http://www.iastate.edu
David Grewell picked up the little plastic model of a molecule he keeps in his office. He scrunched the model’s folding pieces into a ball. That’s about the shape of a soy or corn protein, said Grewell, an Iowa State University assistant professor of agricultural and biosystems engineering. Then he unfolded the model into a long, straight loop. That’s what happens when researchers add some glycerin -- a byproduct of ...
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Aug. 22 Credentialing Deadline Set for Farm Aid 2008 Presented By Whole Foods Market and Horizon Organic (Popularity: )
http://www.farmaid.org
The August 22 deadline for media and photographers to request advance credentials to Farm Aid 2008 Presented by Whole Foods Market and Horizon Organic is fast approaching. Credentials will also be available at the venue on the day of the show for an additional fee. Information about the time and location of credentialing, as well as a schedule of event-related media activities, will be made available by e-mail to credentialed ...
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Bayer CropScience Comments on the Identification of Traces of Biotechnology Rice in U.S. Rice Samples (Popularity: )
Bayer CropScience is cooperating closely with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and U.S. Food and Drug Administration in connection with the biotechnology traces Bayer CropScience identified in samples of commercial rice in the United States. The USDA and FDA have confirmed that this rice poses no human health, food or feed safety or environmental concern. These traces relate to a pre-commercial rice line, LLRICE601, developed by Bayer CropScience that produces ...
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Agriculture Secretary Offers Budget-Conscious Tips to Help Consumers 'Get What They Pay For' (Popularity: )
http://www.agriculture.state.pa.us
Because consumers do not carry a scale or measuring tape when they go shopping, Agriculture Secretary Dennis Wolff said today that knowledge and remembering a few simple tips can help them ensure that they get what they pay for."Almost everything we buy is sold by weight, volume, length, count or measure," said Wolff. "State and local weights and measures officials work behind the scenes to help consumers, businesses and manufacturers ...
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PA Continues Support of Agriculture, Tourism With $5 Million in New Investments (Popularity: )
http://www.governor.state.pa.us
Despite the national recession, Governor Edward G. Rendell stressed the importance of investing in key industries today as he announced nearly $5 million in loans and guarantees for 17 agriculture and tourism projects in 13 counties.The Governor said investing in these two industries, which support approximately 1.4 million jobs in the state, is essential because doing so positions each sector to grow as the economy rebounds. The budget Governor Rendell ...
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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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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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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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105-Million Gallon Ethanol Plant Proposed by Global Renewable LLC (Popularity: )
Global Renewable LLC, a Whitewater, Wis. company, today unveiled plans to construct and operate a $195-million plant that is expected to produce 105-120 million gallons of ethanol a year. The proposed 191-acre site is located in the Town of Sharon and will require annexation to the Village of Sharon. The plant is expected to be operational in October 2008, and will require approximately 38 million bushels of corn annually. It ...
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Kirby Corporation Signs Agreement to Acquire K-Sea Transportation Partners L.P. (Popularity: )
http://www.kirbycorp.com
HOUSTON, March 13, 2011 -- Kirby Corporation ("Kirby") (NYSE: KEX) announced today that it has entered into an agreement with K-Sea Transportation Partners L.P. ("K-Sea") (NYSE: KSP), an operator of tank barges and tugboats participating in the coastwise transportation primarily of refined petroleum products in the United States, pursuant to which a subsidiary of Kirby will merge with K-Sea, with K-Sea surviving the merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of ...
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