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05/16/2012 3:53:37 PM
Corn futures closed higher on Wednesday. Corn contract closed strong, reversing losses in overnight trade. ...
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05/16/2012 11:30:00 AM
Valley Irrigation was recently granted a patent by the United States Patent and Trademark Office for the mechanized irrigation process in the production of rice.
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05/16/2012 11:17:15 AM
Corn futures are trading mixed at midsession. Corn futures are trading mostly higher after outside market pressures and a firm US dollar weighed prices down in overnight trade. ...
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05/16/2012 4:00:00 PM
Pioneer Hi-Bred will sell its soybean products by seed count per unit, rather than by weight, beginning in the fall of 2012 for varieties sold throughout North America for the 2013 planting season. ...
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05/16/2012 4:30:00 PM
At the end of 2011 Congress allowed the tax credit for ethanol blending to expire, along with the tariff on imported ethanol, as well as the blenders’ credit for biodiesel fuel. ...
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05/16/2012 7:30:00 AM
States that have strong agricultural economies are losing their state fairs with the latest example being the Virginia State Fair. The fair grounds is being auctioned off this month. ...
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05/16/2012 7:25:00 AM
In a world racing to find alternative energy sources to feed an energy hungry world, scientists in Singapore plan to develop and test the world’s first genetically modified Jatropha plant. ...
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05/16/2012 7:15:00 AM
Corn futures are called 4 to 5 cents lower. Overnight trade at 6:50 am CT was 3 1/4 to 4 cents lower. ...
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05/16/2012 7:15:00 AM
The global fertilizer industry has launched a new online campaign called “Roots for Growth,” highlighting the important role that fertilizers play in addressing global food security responsibly, efficiently and sustainably.
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05/16/2012 11:45:00 AM
Research groups from Iowa State University and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have uncovered the function of three plant proteins, a discovery that could help plant scientists boost seed oil production in crops, thereby benefitting the production of food, biorenewable chemicals and biofuels.
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05/16/2012 7:00:00 AM
For researchers interested in switchgrass, a perennial grass that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is investigating as a prospective biofuels feedstock, assembling the plant genome poses an even more complicated puzzle than usual because it has multiple copies of its chromosomes. ...
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05/15/2012 4:00:00 PM
Syngenta and Buck Semillas have entered into a collaboration agreement under which both parties will exchange genetics, utilizing technology platforms and know-how to develop new wheat varieties.
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