INDUSTRY DIRECTORY
October 31, 2016
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The season of sugar has arrived

Halloween marks the start of what I call the season of sugar.
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October 31, 2016
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Woman, child injured when car strikes cane truck

A woman and one of her children were seriously hurt after the car they were in struck an 18-wheeler in Iberia Parish Saturday, State Police said.
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October 31, 2016
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Over 50 percent of Omani adults overweight

More than half of Omani adults are overweight or obese.
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October 31, 2016
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Hoarding sugar in Egypt can lead to a sticky mess

There’s a new type of criminal in Egypt.
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October 28, 2016
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Beet industry increases GMO education

The Michigan Sugar Company says it’s educating buyers about the benefits of biotechnology.
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October 27, 2016
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Thirsty Land documentary raises water-conservation awareness

Thirsty Land is the story about extreme drought, agriculture and the water crisis in the Western United States and how these challenges impact farmers, communities and the environment.
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October 26, 2016
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Preserving the sweet life in Minnesota

Rep. Collin Peterson’s office in the U.S. Capitol’s Rayburn Building is more homey rural western Minnesota than D.C. neoclassical grandeur.
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October 25, 2016
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New $700,000 beet harvester makes job easier

It's a warm fall morning that followed enough rain to make fields slimy and prone to deep tractor-tire ruts, but a bright yellow behemoth of a machine is having no trouble gliding across a sugarbeet field near Priam, Minn.
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October 24, 2016
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Pepsi releasing plans to slash sugar in its drinks

PepsiCo Inc has set a target for reducing the amount of sugar in its soft drinks around the world as part of a suite of goals aimed at tackling problems ranging from obesity to climate change.
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October 23, 2016
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Diet soda health hazard?

Diet cola, as thirst-quenching as it may be, is not really a healthy beverage choice.
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October 22, 2016
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A beet harvest to remember in N.D.

With November approaching, farmers are harvesting one of their most prized crops: Sugarbeets.
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October 22, 2016
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Labor board rejects union complaint American Crystal Sugar threatened lockout

Federal labor officials have rejected a union's accusation that American Crystal Sugar Co. illegally threatened to lock out employees if they fail to negotiate early on a labor contract that expires July 31, 2017.
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October 21, 2016
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Chemists accidentally turn carbon dioxide to ethanol

Researchers in Tennessee have turned carbon dioxide into ethanol in what they’re calling a "new twist to waste-to-fuel technology."
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October 20, 2016
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AHA recommendations on sugar and kids

Studies on the effects of sugars and sugar substitutes (aspartame and saccharin) have shown no substantive evidence to support the claims that sugar causes hyperactivity.
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October 20, 2016
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Learning opportunities at 2016 Irrigation Show and Education Conference

The Irrigation Association offers the chance to improve irrigation knowledge at the 2016 Irrigation Show and Education Conference Dec. 5-9 in Las Vegas.
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October 19, 2016
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Idaho ag groups protest Clif Bar foundation’s "Mr. Seed" video

While Idaho’s agricultural community welcomes Clif Bar into its fold, Food Producers of Idaho wants the Clif Bar Family Foundation to know it is not happy with its “Mr. Seed” video that bashes conventional agriculture.
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October 18, 2016
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Advocate: Idaho has urgent need to preserve farmland

A national expert on farmland preservation told Idaho residents that the need to save farm ground is probably more urgent than they realize.
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October 17, 2016
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Seed company mergers provide opportunity

The president of an independent seed company says consolidation within the industry is providing opportunities for companies like his.
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October 16, 2016
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Analyst predicts farm equipment sales turnaround

The future of Deere & Co. looks better after a financial analyst said the equipment industry’s demand cycle will bottom out in the next year to 18 months.
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October 15, 2016
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Invasive Plants Conference in Boise includes focus on rush skeletonweed

One of Idaho’s toughest weed invaders will be a focus for the The Northern Rockies Invasive Plants Council when it meets in Boise, Oct. 17-20.
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October 15, 2016
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Environmentalist discusses about-face on GMOs

A former anti-GMO activist says his opposition to GMOs was a “huge mistake."
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October 15, 2016
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EPA postpones glyphosate meetings

The EPA has postponed its scheduled meetings next week with a Scientific Advisory Panel on the cancer causing potential of the weed killer glyphosate.
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October 15, 2016
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China accelerating use of biotechnology

The CEO of a China-based seed company says this has been “a watershed year” for China’s position on biotechnology.
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October 14, 2016
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Chinese seed company opens U.S. office

A Chinese seed company called Origin Agritech has opened an office in Des Moines, Iowa, its first location outside of China.
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October 13, 2016
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National FFA announces record membership

The National FFA organization has announced a record-high student membership for 2016, with Ohio and Missouri among the top states.
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October 12, 2016
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Glyphosate round table next week

An EPA scientific advisory panel is meeting next week to discuss carcinogenic concerns about the weed-killer glyphosate.
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October 12, 2016
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Official: China "ready to pounce" if TPP fails

The chairman of the U.S. Export-Import Bank, Fred Hochberg, warns that China is ready to “pounce in” if the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement falls through.
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October 11, 2016

USDA celebrates National School Lunch Week and Farm to School Month

The USDA joins youth, parents, schools, communities, and partners across the country in honoring National School Lunch Week 2016.
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October 11, 2016
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Many young farmers operate with limited experience, resources

Most young farmers today are beginning careers in agriculture without much background or experience from growing up on family farms.
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October 10, 2016
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USDA announces increased support to expand and diversify U.S. agriculture workforce

The USDA announced increased federal and private-sector support to expand and diversify the U.S. agricultural workforce by increasing opportunities in education, research and outreach.
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October 09, 2016
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New EPA web portal helps communities prepare for climate change

The EPA launched a new online portal that will provide local leaders in the nation’s 40,000 communities with information and tools to increase resilience to climate change.
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October 08, 2016
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Growers need to use GPS locators

A farm safety specialist says activating the GPS locator on cell phones is the most important safety measure during harvest regardless of cell service.
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October 07, 2016
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0 percent interest disaster loans available for Minn. farmers

Financial assistance is available for Minnesota farmers affected by recent floods.
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October 07, 2016
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Millennial parents largest organic buyers

A new survey by the Organic Trade Association says millennial parents are the largest group of organic buyers.
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October 06, 2016
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Cargill announces Non-GMO Project Verified ingredients

As demand for non-GMO food rises, Cargill has for the first time taken the step to gain Non-GMO Project Verification for three of its food ingredients.
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October 06, 2016
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Dyer Memorial Award Goes to Berg

David Berg, retired president and CEO of American Crystal Sugar Company, is the 2016 Sugar Man of the Year.
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October 06, 2016
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Aging farmers will turn over two-thirds of Oregon’s ag land

A new report estimates 64 percent of Oregon’s farmland, nearly 10.5 million acres, could change hands in the next 20 years.
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October 05, 2016
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Saturated buffers do reduce nitrates from subsurface field drainage systems

The Agricultural Drainage Management Coalition (ADMC), Agricultural Drainage Management Systems Task Force and Dr. Dan Jaynes with the National Laboratory for Agricultural & The Environment collaborated to demonstrate and evaluate saturated buffers at fie
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October 04, 2016
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Idaho Irrigation Equipment Show set for Jan. 12

The Idaho Irrigation Equipment Show & Conference will be held in Burley, Idaho.
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October 04, 2016
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Sugarbeets: A classic case of "good news, bad news"

The headlines vary widely.
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October 03, 2016
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Big sugar, bad policies led to big people

In the 1960s, the sugar industry paid researchers to distort scientific findings that might have halted the nation’s love affair with the refined white version.
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October 02, 2016
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Syngenta develops Enogen corn for exclusive use in ethanol plants

Between 35 to 40 percent of the corn grown in the United States is currently going through an ethanol plant, according to, Mark Rinke, district sales manager for Syngenta, who spoke to ag media recently at their Grow More Experience site near Glyndon, Min
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October 01, 2016
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Hard work in the sugarbeet business

Throughout the long, hot summers, workers tended the fields where sugarbeets grew—fields prepared, for decades, by horse-drawn plows; tractors were expensive and needed gasoline.
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