U.S. agriculture generates more than $1 trillion per year in economic activity and provides an abundant food supply for Americans and others. Since the September 11, 2001, attacks, there are new concerns about the vulnerability of U.S. agriculture to the deliberate introduction of animal and plant diseases agro terrorism. The...
Many advocates for organic agriculture claim that international harmonization of certification programs is needed in order to advance the organic industry from its present state. They maintain that harmonization will enable greater gains from trade and will create a truly global organic industry. In order to verify the merit of...
Quality management systems, with their associated statistical process controls and traceability, are not new to world industry, but the concept is a radical departure from the generic commodity mindset that has typified agriculture. Trading undifferentiated commodities at constantly eroding margins provides little incentive for quality beyond that needed for minimal...
This paper provides a cursory description and overview of the value of investing in timber and agriculture, the value and risks of investing in oil and gas, and a more detailed description and analysis of the value of investing in the power sector. This paper is meant to be provocative...
While poverty, inequality and the concentration of wealth persist in Latin America and the Caribbean, trade and investment agreements are being promoted that would seriously limit the possibilities of development and poverty eradication in the countries of the region. The Free Trade Area of the Americas is an agreement that...
The Organic Foods Production Act OFPA of 1990 requires the USDA to develop national organic standards for organically-produced agriculture. The final regulations for implementation of the OFPA were published in the Federal Register in December 2000. The new rule took effect April 21, 2001 and marked the beginning of the...
The Louisiana Purchase Venture Capital Forum recently announced the Call for Business Plans in conjunction with its annual event. The call is designed to identify companies that will ultimately be selected to present at the forum, with the goal of securing investment capital. Ideal presenters will be...
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- FMC Corporation announced today the company has completed the acquisition of the hydrocolloid ingredients business of International Specialty Products ISP. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. ISP's hydrocolloid ingredients business had revenues of approximately $80 million in 2007. FMC...
WILMINGTON, Del., Aug. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- DuPont has named James C. Romine as vice president of regulatory and product stewardship. Romine, 55, currently director of Corporate Plans for the last four years, has served in broad research and development and business leadership positions since joining DuPont...
New Office Enables Direct European Sales and Support; Derek Potter Appointed Director of European Business Operations WOBURN, Mass. -- BioTrove, Inc. today announced the opening of its first European office and designated Derek Potter to lead its development as director of European business operations. Based in London, the...
VOIPCOM USA, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: VUSI)("Voipcom") today announced recent changes in its management. Gan Chong Beng was newly appointed as President and Chief Executive Officerof Voipcom on 25 July 2008. He said: "Voipcom's vision is to build asuccessful business in Asia involved in the manufacturing, wholesaling andretailing of consumer products...
BATON ROUGE, La., July 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Board of Directors of Albemarle Corporation declared today the quarterly dividend of $0.12 per share. The dividend is payable October 1, 2008 to shareholders of record at the close of business as of September 15, 2008. The annualized dividend...
PHILADELPHIA, July 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- FMC Corporation announced today that its Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly dividend of 12.5 cents per share, payable on October 16, 2008, to shareholders of record at the close of business on September 30, 2008. FMC Corporation is a...
IRVING, Texas & ASSISI, Italy -- The Anviron Holding Company (Pink Sheets: ANVH) ("Anviron"), a manufacturer and marketer of "Clean & Green" products and technology, announced today that it has finalized a Joint Venture Agreement with Laboratorio Internazionale Agricoltura, S/p/A ("LIA") of Italy. "Most environmental remediation and agriculture...
FULTON - Following 40 years of providing social, rehabilitative, and work-force development services in Oswego County, Oswego Industries, Inc. OI is poised to expand its textile-production operations, says Leo Waite, business development director. According to Waite, OI can produce uniforms, coveralls, hospital garments, and canvas or nylon bags, and...
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- Mullen has won integrated marketing communications duties for BASF U.S. Crop Protection to enhance awareness and sales of the company's herbicides, fungicides, insecticides, plant regulators and seed treatment technologies that offer the highest level of crop protection solutions to growers across the U.S. ...
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/bb980b/wells_fargo_comp) has announced the addition of the "Wells Fargo & Company - IT Sales Opportunities - 2008" company profile to their offering. Wells Fargo & Company is a financial and bank holding company. It is a diversified financial services...
AKRON, Ohio, July 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- A. Schulman, Inc. announced today that it has expanded its thermoplastic olefin TPO sheet business with the introduction of two products from its InvisionR line to support thermoformed applications. The new products are Invision PX, a patent...
Indian company to purchase, distribute US-made bulk API BATON ROUGE, La., July 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Specialty chemicals maker Albemarle Corporation , a leading global manufacturer of the anti-inflammatory agent ibuprofen and other active pharmaceutical ingredients APIs, has signed a global agreement with pharmaceutical company...
Adds leading enterprise counterparty credit risk management suite to product portfolio WESTPORT, Conn. & HOUSTON, Texas -- Triple Point Technology[R], the leading global supplier of energy and commodity risk management and transaction processing software solutions, announced today that it has acquired ROME Corporation, a leading...
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