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Deere's Q4 Report Reflects Farming Slump And Triggers Mixed Ratings

2014-12-01 09:34:57| Industrial Machines - Topix.net

John Deere released their fourth-quarter earnings report on Wednesday, November 26th. The Q4 results from the agricultural machinery company beat the analyst estimate but still showed year-over-year decreases in sales, revenues, and earnings per share.

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Maui County residents vote to ban destructive GMO farming

2014-11-26 07:11:22| Chemicals - Topix.net

In a victory over GMO-favoring agriculture companies Monsanto and Dow AgroSciences, the residents of Maui County, Hawaii, have won a ballot initiative to temporarily halt genetically engineered crops in the county. The effort against the companies was not only the first of its kind for Maui residents but resulted in Monsanto and Dow AgroSciences spending $7.9 million in an effort to bring down the bill, an amount that made history in Hawaii as the most ever spent on a campaign in the state.

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VIDEO: Taiwan's city dwellers go to farming

2014-11-26 03:22:42| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

Taiwan's focus on developing high-tech and manufacturing industries saw many people migrate from its farms to its cities. Now, there is a reversal.

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Teagasc and Glanbia Ingredients Ireland launch initiative for sustainable farming

2014-11-24 01:00:00| Food Processing Technology

Teagasc and Glanbia Ingredients Ireland (GII) have unveiled the new Kildalton open source sustainable farm initiative at the National Dairy Conference, which will demonstrate best practices to ensure sustainable farming systems in the future.

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