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Plankton Eating Plastic Caught on Camera for First Time Ever
2015-07-09 16:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: We know that plastic waste leaves a devastating trail, and now for the first time, we can actually witness it impacting the oceans` tiniest creatures. Zooplankton, the foundation of the marine food system, have been caught eating plastic in a new video from Five Films (via New Scientist). The footage, captured under a microscope at the UK-based Plymouth Marine Laboratory, shows copepods consuming--and accumulating--fluorescent polystyrene beads measuring 7 to 30 micrometers in diameter. "We...
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Second time around, Ralcorp likely to sell for less
2015-07-08 23:25:53| Food - Topix.net
Private label food maker Ralcorp Holdings might as well be in a game of "duck, duck, goose."
Summers a good time to inspect manure storage
2015-07-08 22:53:00| National Hog Farmer
Source: Daniel Andersen, The Manure Scoop blog Regardless the storage type, the basic principles to maintaining and managing the storage structure are similar. In any case, frequent evaluation and preventative maintenance will significantly reduce your risk and keep your manure where you want it. read more
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Second time around, Ralcorp likely to sell for less
2015-07-08 22:08:43| Agriculture - Topix.net
The St. Louis company acquired Post Holdings Inc. in 2007, spun it off in 2012, was itself acquired by Omaha-based ConAgra in 2013, and will soon be discarded by its current owner - and possibly sold to its former subsidiary in St. Louis-based Post. "I think they'd certainly be interested," said Scott Harrison , a portfolio manager at the Clayton-based Argent Capital, which holds shares of both Post and ConAgra.
As Detroit automakers try to hold the line on costs, workers say it's time for a raise
2015-07-08 18:54:00| Automakers - Topix.net
The day before hundreds of United Auto Workers delegates gathered to set strategy for contract talks with the Detroit Three, General Motors sent them a not-so-subtle message. GM announced a $350 million investment in a Mexican factory to build the Chevrolet Cruze compact car, currently built for all of North America at a sprawling plant in Lordstown, Ohio, east of Cleveland.
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