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Vineland shows Canadian leadership with response to G20

Vineland Research and Innovation Centre leads the way in harnessing private sector for agricultural innovation

VINELAND, ON, June 30 /PRNewswire/ – Dr. Jim Brandle, CEO, Vineland Research and Innovation Centre today issued a response to the G20’s Communiqué to “Harness the private sector for a

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Irish Dairy Board Realises Cost Savings on Cross Border Invoicing With Sterling e-Invoicing

LONDON, June 30, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Irish Dairy Board (IDB),
a major international exporter of Irish dairy products with an annual
turnover of over EUR1.8 billion, has implemented Sterling e-Invoicing [
http://www.sterlingcommerce.co.uk/products/business-integration/e-invoicing/]
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Ritchie Bros. St. Louis Grand Opening auction sets multiple area records

June 29 auction breaks Company’s St. Louis area record for gross auction proceeds, number of bidder registrations and lots sold after 17 years of holding auctions in the area

ST. LOUIS, MO, June 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers (NYSE and TSX: RBA), the world’s largest industria

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FMC Corporation Announces Dates for Second Quarter 2010 Earnings Release and Webcast Conference Call

PHILADELPHIA, June 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — FMC Corporation (NYSE: FMC) today announced the following schedule for its second quarter 2010 earnings release and webcast conference call:
Earnings Release: Wednesday, July 28, 2010, after the stock market close via PR Newswire and FMC Corporation’s

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Thomas H. Lee Partners Completes Sale of Michael Foods to GS Capital Partners for $1.7 Billion

MINNETONKA, Minn., June 29 /PRNewswire/ — Michael Foods, Inc. announced today that its parent, Michael Foods Group, Inc. (formerly M-Foods Holdings, Inc.) closed a previously announced transaction under which its owners, affiliates of Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P. (”THL”) and certain current and for

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Agriculture Secretary: Reforms Needed to Improve PA Dairy Farms’ Financial Stability

Changes at State Level Needed to Bolster Diary Industry, Restore Lost Equity
HARRISBURG, Pa., June 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Agriculture Secretary Russell C. Redding today told the state Senate Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee that while significant work by the Rendell administration has

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RIPE! Food & Garden Festival Coming to Cleveland Botanical Garden September 24 – 26

Special “Harvest Moon” Preview Dinner Thursday, September 23
CLEVELAND, June 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Ohio locavores should bring their appetites to Cleveland Botanical Garden’s new RIPE! Food & Garden Festival, which celebrates both the edible gardening revolution and Northeast Ohio’s thri

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Monsanto Seeks U.S. EPA registration for Refuge-in-the-bag Option for Genuity(R) VT Double PRO(TM) Corn

ST. LOUIS, June 29, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Responding to U.S. corn farmers’ requests to simplify insect resistance management, Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) announced today that it has submitted for registration  to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency a 5 percent refuge-in-the-bag (

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Industrias Bachoco Announces Form 20-F Filing with the SEC

CELAYA, Mexico, June 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Industrias Bachoco S.A.B. de C.V. (”Bachoco” or “the Company”) (NYSE: IBA; BMV: Bachoco B) today filed its Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2009 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (”SEC”). The 2009 Form 20-F include

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Reportlinker Adds Global Farm Equipment Market: BRIC Countries to Drive Growth

NEW YORK, June 29 /PRNewswire/ — Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue:
Global Farm Equipment Market: BRIC Countries to Drive Growth
http://www.reportlinker.com/p0211057/Global-Farm-Equipment-Market-BRIC-Countries-to-Drive-Growth.html
The global

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