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Hemp rescues Kentucky's flailing agriculture industry
2015-10-11 19:15:36| Agriculture - Topix.net
The fallout from the tobacco industry's troubles has left many farms in Kentucky struggling to stay afloat. A few years ago, James Comer, Kentucky's commissioner of agriculture, made a bold move: He vowed to revive Kentucky's farms by bringing back a crop that long ago grew in abundance-industrial hemp.
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Monsanto Says Agriculture Industry Consolidation Is - Inevitable'
2015-10-07 21:40:07| Agriculture - Topix.net
Monsanto Co., which abandoned its bid to acquire Swiss pesticide maker Syngenta AG in August, said it continues to search for deals because consolidation in the agriculture industry is "inevitable." Monsanto pursued Syngenta in the hopes of adding pesticides to its portfolio of genetically modified seeds and Roundup herbicide that are used on 400 million acres globally, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Hugh Grant said Wednesday on a conference call to discuss fourth-quarter results.
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Avian Influenza Georgia's agriculture industry prepares for poultry...
2015-09-04 01:41:44| Agriculture - Topix.net
Avian influenza can't make humans sick, but it has driven the cost of eggs up and will result in consumers paying more for their holiday turkeys. Avian flu has affected 21 states and 48 million birds to date since the discovery of the current outbreak of the disease on North American shores in December 2014.
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Agriculture industry staying strong despite the drought: County...
2015-08-05 16:32:48| Agriculture - Topix.net
Although the fourth year of California's historic drought is continuing to hit local farmers and nursery workers hard, the 2014 San Mateo County Agricultural Crop Report shows production values slightly increased to boast a nearly $152 million industry. The 5.9 percent increase since 2013 is primarily due to floral and nursery crops grown indoors, a major commodity in the county that was valued at $94.5 million, according to the report.
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Bayer CropScience Marks Continued Agriculture Industry Leadership with Grand Opening Of SeedGrowth Equipment Innovation Center In Shakopee, Minnesota
2015-07-23 06:00:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
SHAKOPEE, Minn. (July 9, 2015) – Bayer CropScience today celebrated its continued commitment to leading the agriculture industry with the grand opening of its SeedGrowth Equipment Innovation Center, a $12 million, 135,000-square-foot facility situated on 11 acres of land in Shakopee. This center, focusing on the equipment design and manufacturing business promotes advanced research and development on seed treatment products, seed coatings, equipment and services to provide holistic agricultural solutions to customers around the world. read more
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