Agriculture & Livestock

Magazine articles on agriculture, livestock, and genetically engineered foods.

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BusinessWeek April 29, 2010 Kaskey & Ligi	The Seed Makers Who Don't Pray for Rain Agricultural companies tweak crops to flourish with less.
Fast Company May 2010 Stephanie Schomer	Object of Desire: Paphiopedilum Sato Green Orchid Colombia dominates the U.S. cut-flower market. Japan, with just $200,000 in exports to the United States, is but a tiny bud. But thanks to its flowers' stunning quality and a marketing push by the company Bloom Japan, that's changing.
Inc. April 1, 2010 Shivani Vora	How Would You Sell a Virtual Farmer's Market? Local Dirt helps people find produce from local farms.
The Motley Fool April 1, 2010 Toby Shute	Mosaic Makes the Correct Market Call Despite getting the market outlook right, the fertilizer company's shares aren't going anywhere.
U.S. Banker April 2010 Ernie Goss	Be Bullish on Agriculture, and Ag Banks Continued growth in emerging economies like Brazil and China bode well for the U.S. farming industry, despite trade skirmishes threatening to reduce food exports.
Chemistry World March 17, 2010 Matt Wilkinson	CF wins turf war for Terra The battle for control of much of the US nitrogen and phosphorus fertiliser manufacturing capacity appears to have finally come to an end after Terra Industries backed out of a merger deal with Yara and accepted a $4.7 billion ( 3.1 billion) takeover bid from CF Industries.
BusinessWeek March 11, 2010 Chanyaporn Chanjaroen	Second Lives: From Gold Funds to Farming Former BlackRock commodity fund manager Graham Birch is rejuvenated by his new life as a sheep and dairy farmer in southwest England.
Chemistry World March 5, 2010 Ned Stafford	EC approves first GM crop in a decade The European Commission has authorised cultivation of a new GM crop for the first time in 12 years, approving BASF's genetically modified potato Amflora for industrial use.
The Motley Fool March 2, 2010 Toby Shute	Fertilizer Sparks Are Flying CF is offering $47.40 per Terra share in cash and stock, a solid premium over Yara's offer.
Chemistry World February 25, 2010 Matt Wilkinson	Agrochem R&D Strangled by Red Tape Launches of new crop protection chemicals are becoming scarcer due to the increasing burden of field trial data required by the regulators and their associated costs.
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