DuPont http://www2.dupont.com/DuPontHome/enUS/ today announced it has made two cotton acquisitions in India to enhance its product lineup and strengthen its growing business here. DuPont business Pioneer HiBred http://www.pioneer.com/ has purchased the cotton seed business of Nandi Seeds based in Mehboob Nagar Andhra Pradesh India and acquired cotton germplasm from Nagarjuna Seeds based in Secunderabad...

SafeWay Hydraulics a manufacturer of quick connect and push to connect http://www.safewayhyd.com/pushconnect.htm hydraulic couplings for industrial agricultural 38 mobile applications is adding a new thread size to its 189quot ISO 16028 Flush Face interchange.The FFE49 Series is now available with 7/8quot14 female ORB thread commonly used on a variety of skid steer loaders. All SafeWay Flush Face...

DuPont today announced it has sold its linuron herbicide assets to Tessenderlo Kerley Inc. TKI http://www.tkinet.com/. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. 8220As part of our strategy to continually renew and revitalize our crop protection portfolio DuPont uses select strategic divestitures of niche products like linuron to allow us to put more focus time and resources into our emerging...

The International Fertilizer Industry Association IFA released publicly today its Fertilizer Outlook 20092013. The outlook report suggests that after the sudden fall in demand during the 2008/09 fertilizer campaign a rebound may be expected for the 2009/10 campaign. The world fertilizer markets experienced a period of extreme volatility in 2008. The combination of a global economic downturn and a deepening...

Introducing Ziba brand from Zymex Industries Incorporated. Initial product lines for Ziba include flavored pistachios almonds and sunflower seeds www.zibaclassics.com. The flavors and colors for Ziba products have been developed utilizing only natural ingredients. Zymex has positioned Ziba for health conscience consumers who seek quality in the products they buy. Ziba products are to sell at supermarkets...

Wisteria Suri Ranch becomes the first alpaca ranch to process the rare luxury Suri fiber at the Texas Fiber Mill.Wisteria Suri Ranch is the first and only Suri alpaca ranch located in Taylor TX. Suri alpacas have silky lustrous draping locks and are very rare. Keiko and Matt Makarczyk owners of Wisteria Suri Ranch began raising Suri alpacas in 2007. Keiko was especially drawn to their silky lustrous...

Realtime agricultural products and derivatives news prices and market information from key sources together with powerful analytics and charting is now available to Internet connected desktops PDAs and BlackBerry174 devices anywhere. The breakthrough comes with the launch today of AspectDSC Agriculture by softwareasaservice SaaS provider Aspect Enterprise Solutions.Displaying current and historical...

PAn Open Letter to Employersby Mark K. Reed CEO/Border Management Strategies LLCHow many workers will you lose when DHS serves you a Notice of Inspection Will you be finedThe Department of Homeland Security DHS announced this week that have made sweeping changes in their worksite enforcement tactics to target employers. Although they have stated that they will focus on employers rather than workers...

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The Nabor House Fraternity honors Jerry Stoller of Houston Texas with the 2009 Good Nabor Alumni Award. Jerry Stoller was selected as the 30th recipient of this prestigious recognition presented to an alumnus who exemplifies the goals and objectives of the Fraternity. The award presentation was held June 26 during the Nabor House Annual Meeting on the University of Illinois Urbana Illinois campus.The...