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Nothing about the lunch rush at a McDonald’s in China would feel out of place in America: Students huddled around video games and fries; a computer salesman scarfing a chicken sandwich; a teacher lingering over a …
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Symptoms of the food-versus-fuel crisis are appearing regularly in the news but the underlying causes--and long-term implications--are poorly understood, said a University of Illinois agricultural economics professor …
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Corn is responsible for most of the uncertainty in the market, and much of that is associated with the U.S. situation, said a University of Illinois Extension marketing specialist. "Late corn planting suggests that planted …
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Planting in the U.S. corn belt lags behind the five-year average, but farmers are gaining ground, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported Monday. On a five-year average, farmers in the 18 largest corn-growing states have …
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When Mark Whitacre blew the whistle on a price-fixing scam at Archer Daniels Midland Co., this company town turned on him. Now, more than a decade later, he’s being played by A-list movie star Matt Damon, and the good …
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Kreido Biofuels, Inc. today announced that the company has obtained all of the permits and regulatory approvals necessary to commence groundbreaking and site work for its proposed flagship Wilmington, North Carolina …
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Sitt Tatt Berhad on Friday said its wholly-owned unit, STB Technologies Pte Ltd, has teamed up with Crestino International Limited to build and operate palm oil mills in Indonesia. On May 9, STB Technologies signed a …
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Malaysia is promoting its controversial palm oil industry as a model of eco-friendliness, but activists warn forests are still being destroyed to make way for vast plantations. As palm oil prices boom, Malaysia has mounted …
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Scientists at Argentina’s University of La Plata have developed a "healthy hamburger" free of saturated fats that has already won the kiddies’ seal of approval, the press reported Friday. Prepared in the …
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India’s soyameal exports are expected to jump more than two-fold to about 300,000 tons this month due to better demand in the global market and record domestic production of soyabean. "Soyameal export in May is …
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