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• David Michael & Co.(Personalia)

  - 2007-07-01

  THE BOARD of directors of David Michael & Co. (+1 215 632 3100) recently announced the following new appointments. Erica Byerly joins David Michael & Co. as a Consumer Research Specialist. Erica is a Villanova graduate with an MS degree in Experimental Psychology and...

  Tags: food, graduate, Kelly, Manufacturing, SALES, University of Missouri

• Companies, workers cope with high gas costs

  - 2006-05-08

  WASHINGTON -- High energy prices are increasing farmers' production and living expenses, adding burdens at a time when agricultural income is already coming off recent record levels. Farm fuel costs are expected to rise at least 10% this year, with prices 113% above 2002 levels. Energy inflation might...

  Tags: FINANCE, food, inflation, Manufacturing, University of Missouri, worker

• Heldman elected IFT President-elect

  - 2005-10-01

  Food scientist Dennis R. Heldman, principal of the food science consultancy Heldman Associates of San Marcos, CA, and professor emeritus at University of Missouri, has been named President-elect of the international not-for-profit scientific society, Institute of Food Technologists as determined by a vote of its members.

  Tags: food, Manufacturing, University of Missouri

• Crop Tech

  - 2004-09-26

  Soy Gets Better You can never be too rich or too thin, as the saying goes. Monsanto has announced the launch of Vistive soybeans, a new type of soybeans that might help farmers capture a premium and help the general public eat a little healthier. ...

  Tags: Branding, food, Manufacturing, MARKETING, Michigan State University, Monsanto, Roundup, University of Missouri

• THE BUSINESS LUNCH

  - 2004-02-02

  Hugo's25 1/2 N. Block Ave. FayettevilleWe did a prelude to the Independence Bowl back in December with a couple of University of Missouri grads to get a flavor for the game and enjoy one of our favorite sandwiches in Northwest Arkansas - the Derek's Special.The Derek's ($5.75) is a marinated...

  Tags: cheese, food, Manufacturing, sandwich, University of Missouri

• Direct Marketing Meat - Is It an Option for You?

  BNET - 2003-11-25

  Capturing more of the food dollar by selling directly to the consumer is a goal of many farmers. But how do you go about it? Is it something that will fit into the operation? This document is a summarization of workshops and numerous interviews with direct meat marketers and can...

  Tags: Food, Direct Marketing, University Of Missouri, Food & Beverage, Marketing Research, Manufacturing, Marketing

• Hard times breed new livestock co-ops - Brief Article

  - 2002-01-01

  James Rhodes, an ag economics professor at the University of Missouri, once described cooperatives as "the children of distress." If so, small wonder the family of livestock co-ops did some growing in the 1990s, which was a very stressful period for the livestock industry, Brad Gehrke, livestock specialist with USDA's...

  Tags: food, livestock, Manufacturing, MARKETING, U.S. Department of Agriculture, University of Missouri

• Columbia Daily Tribune, Mo., Top Drawer Column.

  - 2001-04-24

  Columbia Daily Tribune, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 24--A listing of the honorable, noteworthy, new and what's ahead for business people in Columbia. ONWARD & UPWARD: Bob Jones of Columbia has been elected national president of the Junior Engineering Technical...

  Tags: food, Jones, Manufacturing, Mayer, Missouri, Tribune Co., University of Missouri

• New tests detect presence of food-borne pathogens

  - 2001-03-12

  COLUMBIA, MO. -- Scientists at the University of Missouri, Columbia are using DNA to detect three food pathogens simultaneously. E. coli, salmonella and shigella all were detected using DNA extraction and amplification. Azlin Mustapha, assistant professor of food science at the MU College of Agriculture, Food and Natural...

  Tags: Biotechnology, DNA, food, Manufacturing, University of Missouri

• Symposia

  - 1999-12-01

  Role of Intermodal Transportation Logistical Systems in U.S. Agribusiness. Albert Allen Mississippi State University, organizer; Gerald Mumma Mississippi State University, moderator; Joseph Szyliowicz University of Denver, Gilbert Carmichael Motive Power Industries, Warren Couvillion Mississippi State University, Royce Bowden Mississippi State University, and Albert J. Allen Mississippi State University Intermodal...

  Tags: Allen, Conservation, economist, Farm, FINANCE, food, insurance, Iowa State University, Manufacturing, Michigan State University, Ohio State University, Purdue University, Strategy, Texas A&M University, U.S. Department of Agriculture, University of Kentucky, University of Minnesota, University of Missouri