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Super Bowl Promo Boosted Papa John’s Online Ordering

Food Dude — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 14:15:52 +0000

Papa John's announced last week in its fourth-quarter earnings call that its "Super Bowl XLVI Coin Toss Experience” resulted in a sizeable uptick in online orders.

The promotion offered a free large one-topping pizza and two-liter of Pepsi MAX to Papa Rewards members if online voters correctly “called” the Super Bowl coin toss.

Though executives declined to disclose numbers, they said the rise in online orders this year, helped by the Super Bowl promotion, has been significant.

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New Roundup Ready® Xtend Crop System To Extend Weed Control and Maximize Yield

Food Dude — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 14:12:42 +0000

ST. LOUIS, March 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) today unveiled its new Roundup Ready® Xtend Crop System, which is designed to provide farmers with more consistent, flexible control of weeds, especially tough-to-manage and glyphosate-resistant weeds…

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AgriCharts Brings Advanced Interactive Weather to Agribusiness Websites

Food Dude — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 14:12:39 +0000

CHICAGO and NORMAN, Okla., March 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – AgriCharts, the agricultural division of Barchart.com, Inc., which provides market data, agribusiness website hosting and technology solutions to the agricultural industry, announces a new relationship with Weather…

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CME Group and MGEX Announce the Launch of MGEX-CBOT Wheat Spread Options

Food Dude — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 14:12:39 +0000

CHICAGO and MINNEAPOLIS, March 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – CME Group, the world’s leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace and MGEX, a Designated Contract Market and Derivatives Clearing Organization, today announced the launch of MGEX-CBOT Wheat Spread Options to begin trading…

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Nutrition Information for Fresh Meat and Poultry Products Will Showcase High Nutrient Value in Meat & Poultry Products

Food Dude — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 14:12:38 +0000

WASHINGTON, March 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – ”On March 1, nutrition labels will be required on ground meat and poultry packages and on or near major cuts of meat and poultry sold in supermarkets. This nutrition information will confirm for consumers what the latest U.S. Dietary…

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Deere Plans to Expand Manufacturing Capacity for Large Tractors

Food Dude — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 14:12:37 +0000

MOLINE, Ill., March 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Deere & Company said today it will invest $70 million to expand the manufacturing capacity in its Waterloo, Iowa operations, where the company builds large farm tractors that are used around the world. Deere has previously reported strong…

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Harvest of First Farmed Fish in U.S. Waters Shows Promise of Eco-Friendly Aquaculture

Food Dude — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 14:12:35 +0000

KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii, Feb. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – Marine biologists at Kampachi Farms announced today the successful final harvest from the “Velella” Research Project, which raised fish for the first time in U.S. Federal waters. This harvest completes the grow-out cycle…

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Tractor Supply Company to Participate in Two March Conferences

Food Dude — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 14:12:34 +0000

BRENTWOOD, Tenn., Feb. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – Tractor Supply Company (NASDAQ: TSCO), the largest retail farm and ranch store chain in the United States, today announced its participation in two conferences to be held in March.

Raymond James 33rd Annual Institutional Investors…

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Bunge Limited Declares Dividends on Common and Preference Shares

Food Dude — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 14:12:34 +0000

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., Feb. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Bunge Limited (NYSE: BG), a global agribusiness and food company, today declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.25 per common share. The dividend is payable on June 4, 2012 to shareholders of record on May 21, 2012.

The company…

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IDFA: Policy Reform Proposals Will Not Stop U.S. Dairy Farm Consolidation Trend

Food Dude — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 14:12:33 +0000

Proposed Supply Management Program Will Hurt Small Dairy Farms the Most

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ – The largest 1,750 dairy farms now supply more than 50 percent of the U.S. milk supply, according to a new report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture….

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