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AutoNation profit up 14% on growing car sales
2013-04-19 09:26:07| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
AutoNation's first-quarter net income rose 14 percent as the country's largest auto dealership chain reaped benefits from a U.S. car and truck sales recovery that is gaining strength.
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Growing Degree Day Variability Affects Corn Emergence
2013-04-17 20:29:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Source: University of Illinois Only 1% of the Illinois corn crop was planted by April 14, compared to 38% on that date in 2012. With soils still cool, more rain falling this week, and a forecasted drop in temperatures later in the week, corn planting is unlikely to be early in 2013, according to University of Illinois Crop Sciences Professor Emerson Nafziger. read more
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The growing climate change threat to world food supplies
2013-04-13 22:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: When the Tunisian street vendor, Mohamed Bouazizi, set himself on fire on 17 December 2010, it was in protest at heavy-handed treatment and harassment in the province where he lived. But a host of new studies suggest that a major factor in the subsequent uprisings, which became known as the Arab spring, was food insecurity. Drought, rocketing bread prices, food and water shortages have all blighted parts of the Middle East. Analysts at the Centre for American Progress in Washington say a combination...
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GFFC: Role of Agriculture in Feeding a Growing Population
2013-04-11 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
SOUTH AFRICA - Novus International, Inc. has sponsored Dr Marty Matlock, Professor of Ecological Engineering, University of Arkansas (UA) and Executive Director, UA Office for Sustainability, at the 4th Global Feed & Food Congress (GFFC), which began on 10 April at the Sun City Resort in Sun City, South Africa.
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My Little Pony gains growing legion of fans from left field
2013-04-06 00:39:05| Toys - Topix.net
Daniel Fackrell and Alex Ketley from Umina Beach are both Bronies meaning they are enthusiasts of the My Little Pony franchise.
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