Articles filed under Agriculture
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AGI to deliver 2,000th grain dryer
Mar 22, 2023 3:23 PM - Ag Growth International Inc. marked a "milestone moment" at its Omaha, Nebraska, manufacturing facility recently as it shipped its 2,000th NECO mixed flow grain dryer. The Canadian company, which opened its new U.S. headquarters in Naperville in November, delivered its 1,000 dryer in 2014. -
Russia: 60-day extension of wartime grain deal acceptable
Mar 13, 2023 2:14 PM - A Russian delegation at talks with senior U.N. officials said Monday that Moscow is ready to accept an extension to a grain export deal that has helped bring down global food prices amid the war with Ukraine -- but only for 60 days as the Kremlin holds out for changes to how the arrangement is working.
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U.S., states weigh farmland restrictions after Chinese balloon
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Valent BioSciences acquires FBSciencesJan 30, 2023 2:46 PM - Libertyville-based Valent BioSciences LLC has expanded its agriculture business with the acquisition of FBSciences Holdings Inc.
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Are backyard chickens the solution for shellshocked egg shoppers?
Jan 23, 2023 5:30 AM - With the price of eggs soaring due to the worst avian flu outbreak in U.S. history, many suburbanites are looking to backyard chicken farming as an answer. But some folks with experience say you shouldn't count your savings before they've hatched. -
Fresh? Frozen? Free range? What to know about buying your turkey -- and how much more will it cost
Nov 20, 2022 8:14 AM - Oh for those days of yore when the central Thanksgiving quandary was fresh or frozen turkey. Come 2022, the turkey angst is whether there will be enough birds and why are they more expensive? And really, should it be organic or frozen? -
Russia-Ukraine grain deal extended in win for food prices
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Decade-low water levels on Mississippi River slow barges, disrupt food supply chain
Nov 4, 2022 1:07 PM - The traffic jam on the Mississippi River caused by some of the lowest water levels in a decade will likely continue near term. -
Halloween will never be the same: Didier Farms near Lincolnshire is closing
Nov 3, 2022 6:47 AM - A Halloween tradition in the Northwest suburbs has come to an end. And for families who picked out their pumpkins at Didier Farms near Lincolnshire and enjoyed its annual Pumpkinfest, fall will never be the same. -
'We're going to do OK': Collar-county crops rebound from late start as harvest gets into gear
Oct 21, 2022 4:40 PM - Despite a rough start with weather and higher prices for fertilizer and other supplies, farmers appear to be doing OK this season as a late harvest gets into full swing.
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