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13Jul/10

Commission gambit could end decade-long GMO impasse

Commission gambit could end decade-long GMO impasse ......political divide, with sections of the left and Greens largely opposing not so much the technology but the business practices of agribusiness, and the sections of the right, particularly those of a religious bent, opposing GMOs because they believe it...
Source: EUobserver.com

11Jul/10

A romp through Sequim – Sun, 11 Jul 2010 PST

A romp through Sequim - Sun, 11 Jul 2010 PST Cultivating lavender began as an idea to help save local farmland. Now it’s a major agribusiness, with 36 farms growing more than 100 varieties of the fragrant herb in fields that become seas of purple in July and August. Growers...
Source: The Spokesman

7Jul/10

Angry investors want CSR chair to quit

Angry investors want CSR chair to quit CSR agreed to sell Sucrogen to Singapore-based agribusiness Wilmar International Ltd for $1.75 billion earlier in the week. At 1028 AEST, shares in CSR had gained 2.5 cents, or...
Source: Adelaide Now

7Jul/10

Housing outlook remains unclear: CSR

Housing outlook remains unclear: CSR CSR agreed to sell Sucrogen to Singapore-based agribusiness Wilmar International Ltd for $1.75 billion earlier in the week. At 1028 AEST, shares in CSR had gained 2.5 cents, or...
Source: Ninemsn

7Jul/10

Fredinburg: Run for the Border-You’re Hired!

Fredinburg: Run for the Border-You’re Hired! Leftists will vote left and Democrats like that, cheap labor aids big agribusiness. Republicans like that. It’s a weird form of politics as usual, and very dangerous. Instead of blaming America for having...
Source: The Federal Observer

6Jul/10

Darwin Carter [AG-R]

Darwin Carter [AG-R] My opponent in the primary has worked for the past 20 years as a registered lobbyist for big agribusiness. He officially announced his candidacy and began his campaign for the Georgia’s Commissioner of Agriculture in May 2009....
Source: Peach Pundit

30Jun/10

Doubled Yield For Bio-Fuel From Waste

Doubled Yield For Bio-Fuel From Waste I have plenty of work to do out here on the land. PPS: The single biggest cause, as far as I can tell, for the rise of agribusiness in farming concerns particulary is that this is about the best way of gathering the kind of big capital that really...
Source: Slashdot

28Jun/10

Report slams Maori agribusiness trust

Report slams Maori agribusiness trust The review of the Tekau Plus Maori Agribusiness Project was commissioned by Te Puni Kokiri - the Ministry of Maori Development. It found no evidence of anyone exporting...
Source: Radio New Zealand

24Jun/10

Psst, got a minute for a farmer?

Psst, got a minute for a farmer? But many industries and interest groups still try to advance their causes this way. And this summer, agribusiness is taking a stab this year at burnishing the image of corn and ethanol with ad campaigns targeting the Metro stops through...
Source: Des Moines Register

23Jun/10

See more than lavender in rain-shadow town of Sequim

See more than lavender in rain-shadow town of Sequim Cultivating lavender began as an idea to help save local farmland. Now it's a major agribusiness, with 36 farms growing more than 100 varieties of the fragrant herb in fields that become seas of purple in July and...
Source: The Seattle Times