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Food-themed films at the Berlinale festival
The 59th incarnation of the Berlinale film festival was the usual teeming salmagundi of preening celebs, caterwauling paparazzi and geekily bespectacled industry hangers-on conspicuously toting red swag bags. But in Kulinarisches Kino, a little adjunct to...Tags: Social Issues, Crime, Law and Justice, Food, Inc. (movie), Fishing, Berlin (Germany)
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Growers should plan ahead for energy beet production
Farmers considering energy beet production in the future should assess what herbicides they use during this growing season due to potential residue impact. Many growers across North Dakota are looking hard at a new industrial crop called energy beets,...Tags: Renewable Energy, Research, Energy Saving, Genetic Engineering, Beets
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Downtown grocers gain foothold
The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash.Downtown Vancouver boosters have long called for viable grocery options. A vital, thriving downtown core requires residents, they've argued -- and residents require groceries. Now there are two grocery stores on Main Street south of McLoughlin...Tags: Labor Legislation, Startups, McDonald's, Vegetarian Diet, Sales
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Drought eases in many places, fields turn to mud
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - As spring rains soaked the central United States and helped conquer the historic drought, a new problem has sprouted: The fields have turned to mud. The weekly drought monitor report, released on April 25 by National Drought...Tags: Weather Reports, Natural Disasters, Arable Farming, Droughts, Weather
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Syngenta moving seed research facility to Kauai
The Honolulu Star-AdvertiserSeed crop producer Syngenta will move its Hawaii research operations from Oahu to Kauai in June, a company official said Monday. Most of the 57 workers at the Kunia Research Station will be offered jobs on Kauai, said Syngenta spokesman Paul Minehart....Tags: Marketing, Career and Workplace, Science and Technology, Work Relations
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FARM MEETS LAB
Albuquerque JournalFor thousands of years, people who farmed the land have cross-bred and cross-pollinated plants as a way to bring out the most positive plant traits and stifle the expression of negative ones. Whether breeding for size, color, shape, taste or ability to...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Genetic Engineering, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Engineering, Science and Technology
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BRIEF: Monroeville forced to change computer dispatching system
Norwalk Reflector, OhioPolice Chief Gary Lyons told council Monday night he will discontinue using the department's current aging software by the middle of next year. Lyons added the county is changing its computer dispatching system and Monroeville would be able to use it.... -
Impatiens disease changing American gardens
Chicago-area gardeners face a whole new landscape this spring and summer, one without a longtime favorite. Over the last two years, a fungal disease has devastated America's impatiens beds. Downy mildew was reported in Illinois and 35 other states...
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Certified seed integrity relies on clean machines
GREENSBORO, N.C. - With planting season just around the corner and more growers relying on seed treatments to provide disease and insect protection, application specialists advise frequent cleaning of seed-treating equipment to maintain the integrity of... -
Water utilities share $105M herbicide settlement
ST. LOUIS - More than 1,000 communities that have spent millions of dollars over many years filtering a common agricultural herbicide out of their drinking water are welcoming their shares of a $105 million settlement with the weed-killer's maker. The...Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Environmental Issues, Water, Corporate Officers
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Syngenta, retail partners honor FFA tradition through Blue Jacket Program
GREENSBORO, N.C. - When one hears FFA, a vision of the organization's iconic blue jacket springs to mind. Since introducing the distinctive garment in 1933, FFA has issued more than 4 million jackets to deserving young agricultural leaders. Today,...Tags: Human Interest, Lynnville
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Saturday, December 1, 2012
5 - 6 a.m. The Saturday Morning Show with Orion Samuelson and Max Armstrong 5:05 a.m. Max visits with market analyst, Brian Basting with Advance Trading, about the importance of South American weather during the winter growing season and potential...Tags: Big Ten Conference, College Sports, Northwestern Wildcats, Iowa Hawkeyes, Wisconsin Badgers
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