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How GM and Perdue Farms help keep the lights on

2015-08-26 00:50:37| Food - Topix.net

General Motors and poultry supplier Perdue Farms Inc. now have something in common: They're both getting paid to use less power. They're among the clients of demand-response providers who won contracts this month with the operator of America's biggest power system.

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How GM and Perdue Farms help keep the lights on

2015-08-26 00:03:36| Automakers - Topix.net

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Sanderson Farms disappoints as chicken prices dip

2015-08-25 14:39:09| Food - Topix.net

Sanderson Farms Inc. said profit tumbled in its latest quarter, as the chicken company faced sharply lower market prices for its products. Sanderson, based in Laurel, Miss., has about 7% of the overall U.S. poultry market, behind Tyson Foods Inc. and Pilgrim's Pride Corp., and is a supplier for customers including Sysco Corp., Kroger Co.

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California Dam Lets Water Shared by Farms Flow to Salmon

2015-08-22 23:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Associated Press: With water scarce in Northern Californias Klamath Basin, a federal agency is again releasing water into the Klamath River to prevent a repeat of the 2002 fish kill that left tens of thousands of adult salmon dead. That move could lead to a renewed fight about the Klamath River, which has long been subject to intense political battles over the sharing of scarce water between farms and fish. Three tribes depend on the rivers salmon for subsistence and ceremonial needs, and a fourth is looking forward...

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