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Ash Grove nabs award-winning CFO from Dairy Farmers of America
2015-02-10 12:01:24| Food - Topix.net
Ash Grove Cement announced that it hired David Meyer, CFO of Dairy Farmers of America, as its new chief financial officer. Meyer, who will also serve as a vice president, fills a vacancy created when former CFO Randy Vance was promoted to president and COO in August 2014.
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U.S. Farmers Watch $100 Billion-a-Year Profit Fade Away
2015-02-10 10:48:33| Industrial Machines - Topix.net
The squeeze on U.S. farmers is getting worse as low crop prices and rising costs erode incomes that not long ago were the highest ever. Illinois grower Jason Lay said he will buy 30 percent less fertilizer for his 2,500 acres of corn and soybeans, and 7 percent fewer seeds for spring planting.
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National Farmers Union Welcomes COOL Lawsuit Dismissal
2015-02-10 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - The National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson has praised the dismissal of the US District Court lawsuit on Country-of-Origin Labeling (COOL), filed by the multinational meatpacking industry and their allies to try and stop the USDA from implementing the very popular labeling law.
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Syngenta AG facing class-action lawsuit from North Carolina farmers
2015-02-06 23:46:52| Chemicals - Topix.net
A group of North Carolina farmers has joined hundreds of others around the country who are suing crop science giant Syngenta AG, alleging that the company's use of genetically modified corn varieties caused them substantial financial losses. Attorneys with law firm Brooks Pierce representing a group of five individual farmers or farmer groups filed the lawsuit against the Switzerland-based Syngenta AG in U.S. District Court in eastern North Carolina on Jan. 21. Syngenta Crop Protection has a regional headquarters in Greensboro and a research operation in the Triangle.
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Farmers file more than 360 corn lawsuits against Syngenta
2015-02-06 19:32:15| Chemicals - Topix.net
In this Feb. 7, 2007 file photo is the headquarters and logo of the Swiss chemical maker Syngenta in Basel, Switzerland. More than 360 lawsuits have been filed by farmers and farm businesses in U.S. 20 states in a legal dispute centering around Syngenta's sale of a corn seed called Agrisure Viptera, which was genetically altered to contain a protein that kills corn-eating bugs such as earworms and cutworms.
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