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Farmers Edge Acquisition Allows for Development and Growth in Marketplace  Farmers Edge, provider of nutrient and agronomic management services today announced it has acquired a set of global patents and trademarks from The Mosaic Company (NYSE: MOS).  …

Originally published June 18, 2013 at 7:21 PM | Page modified June 19, 2013 at 6:38 AM RITZVILLE, Adams County — The wheat in Eric Maier’s Eastern Washington fields is green and thigh high. In a few weeks, the grains will have turned golden, and combines …

Greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture grew 1.6 percent per year during the decade after the year 2000.19 June 2013, Rome - The 2013 edition of FAO's Statistical Yearbook released today sheds new light on agriculture's contribution to global …

MOSCOW, June 18 (RIA Novosti) - The Aral Sea, which has been shrinking for almost half a century causing an environmental disaster in Central Asia, has finally stopped drying up, a Russian scientist said on Tuesday. “The sea is currently close to a …

BEIRUT - Syria's president warned that Europe "will pay a price" if it delivers weapons to rebels fighting to topple him, saying in an interview published Monday that arming them would backfire as the "terrorists" return to their …

The largest pork producer in the U.S., Smithfield Foods (SFD), announced a 63 percent plunge in net income for its most recent quarter, the result of China and Russia banning U.S. pork earlier this year. The weak earnings, coming on the heels of …

Greater US intervention in Syria looms. Manufactured threats facilitate doing so. Replacing Assad with puppet leadership is planned. Independent governments aren’t tolerated.Fact: Washington bears full responsibility for Middle East/North Africa/Central …

Titan International announces status update on possible Russian acquisition Friday, June 14, 2013 Quincy, IL - Titan International confirms that it has, in cooperation with One Equity Partners and Russian Direct Investment Fund, entered into negotiations …

The Agriculture Department said it has no indications that genetically modified wheat found in Oregon last month has spread beyond the field in which it was found. No genetically engineered wheat has been approved for U.S. farming, and the department is …

Abstract The formation of a Eurasian Union (EAU) is the next in a series of Russian initiatives to reassert control over the former Soviet space. The Eurasian Union of Russia, Kazakhstan, and Belarus, if it follows the course that Russia will set, could …

URALCHEM has successfully exhibited at its fourth Cereals event in Lincoln, UK. The company's new water soluble products were well received by the participants and visitors of the trade show. Lincoln, UK (June 14, 2013) -- URALCHEM has successfully …

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June 12 (Bloomberg) -- On a sunny March afternoon, 11 Chinese executives armed with digital cameras and iPads got out of a van on Brazil’s highway BR-163 to photograph soybean-loaded trucks headed to export terminals in the south. Dressed in polo shirts, …

At first sight, Berezniki looks a typically bland provincial Russian outpost with its decrepit housing blocks and factory chimneys, AFP reports. But the city in the Perm region of the Urals sits on a vast and hugely valuable secret -- one of the world…

The sign pictured above claims that there is a "chemical-free park" in Durango, Colorado.  Durango is a beautiful place, but unless this park is a hologram, it is made of chemicals.  In fact what makes the Durango area so beautiful are the …

New Market Study: European Crop Protection Chemicals Marke - Trends and Forecast to 2018 Fast Market Research recommends "European Crop Protection Chemicals Market by Types (Herbicides, Fungicides, Insecticides, Bio-pesticides and Adjuvants), by Crop …

French President Francois Hollande has said the growing proof of chemical weapons use in Syria "obliges the international community to act". However, Mr Hollande cautioned: "We can only act within the framework of international law". …

Damascus lacked the technology and scientific capacity to set up a program on its own, but with backing from foreign allies it amassed what is believed to be one of the deadliest stockpiles of nerve agent in the world, Western military experts said. …

By Laura Smith-Spark and Alexander Felton, CNN June 5, 2013 -- Updated 0900 GMT (1700 HKT) Commuters wait for the reopening of the Komsomolskaya metro station in Moscow, after thousands were evacuated after a fire. STORY HIGHLIGHTS NEW: 45 people seek …

May 31 (Bloomberg) -- Corn farmers from Iowa to North Dakota who delayed planting because of unusually heavy rain may stick with plans to sow crops well beyond the date for optimum yields, rather than switch to soybeans or leave fields fallow. “I’m going …