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Date:2014/04/23
Can I use the Tree Assistance Program (TAP) for my rodent-damaged fruit trees?
Posted on April 15, 2014 by Amy Irish-Brown, and Phil Schwallier, Michigan State University Extension
With the new Farm Bill, the USDA Michigan Farm Service Age...
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Date:2014/04/23
Despite summer-like storms, tree fruit development continues to be delayed in the West Michigan region.
Posted on April 15, 2014 by Amy Irish-Brown, and Phil Schwallier, Michigan State University Extension
Spring continues to be slow to ar...
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Date:2014/04/23
Fruit is off to a slow start as temperatures warm slowly in the southwest region.
Posted on April 15, 2014 by Mark Longstroth, and Bill Shane, Michigan State University Extension
Weather
April has been seasonal in that the highs have been ...
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Date:2014/04/23
We finally started to see some signs of spring over the weekend with good growing degree day accumulations.
Posted on April 15, 2014 by Bob Tritten, Michigan State University Extension
Weather
With warm temperatures over the weekend, Apri...
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Date:2014/04/23
Sap is flowing, but trees and vines remain dormant in this cool weather.
Posted on April 15, 2014 by Emily Pochubay, Nikki Rothwell and Duke Elsner, Michigan State University Extension
Weather report
Growing degree days (GDDs) are continui...
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Date:2014/04/23
A hands-on workshop on bridge grafting tree fruit is being offered April 22.
Posted on April 15, 2014 by Phil Schwallier, Michigan State University Extension
Heavy and prolonged snow cover this recent winter has led to very high levels of ...
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Date:2014/04/23
Considerations for effective and safe use of dormant oil on San Jose scale in apples.
Posted on April 15, 2014 by Amy Irish-Brown, and Phil Schwallier, Michigan State University Extension
Michigan State University Extension educators and g...
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Date:2014/04/23
Staying current on commodity markets requires regular updates on changes which is the focus of a webcast scheduled for April 29, 2014.
Posted on April 15, 2014 by Dennis Stein, Michigan State University Extension
Trying to keep current inf...
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Date:2014/04/22
On 30 March, 2014, Zong Qinhou, CEO of Hangzhou Wahaha Group Co., Ltd. (Wahaha) decided to invest USD81.3 million (RMB500 million)in building three dairy farms, with 3,000 head of each farm, in Hulin City, Heilongjiang Province, after a visit for the...
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Date:2014/04/22
In Q1 2014, the price of yellow phosphorus in China increased obviously, from USD2,517/t in Jan. to USD2,570/t in Mar, up by 2.1%. With the coming of high-flow period, the main producers of yellow phosphorus in China like Yunnan Province will put bac...
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Date:2014/04/21
In Apr. 2014, the pilot plant using yellow phosphorus tail gas to prepare ethylene glycol and ethanol passed the on-site inspections from China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation (CPCIF). It is a project jointly established by Tianjin Univers...
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Date:2014/04/18
In the third week of April, 2014, the supply of paraquat in the domestic market still keeps stable. The slight increase of pyridine price this week has not influenced the price of paraquat deeply. As paraquat has a lucrative market at present, most o...
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Date:2014/04/18
In the third week of April, 2014, the price of pyridine increased slightly due to the tight supply of pyridine.
Reasons for the tight supply of pyridine are as follow:
Firstly, most enterprises are trying to complete their previous orders at pres...
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Date:2014/04/18
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Date:2014/04/17
In 2013, Global Bio-chem exports reached USD325.8 million, accounting for 26.1% of the company’s total revenue. In 2013, a cooling in global markets reduced the company's income from overseas market by 16.1% YoY. Global Bio-chem&n...
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Date:2014/04/17
Global Bio-chem has 3 divisions: amino acids, corn sweeteners and polyol chemicals.
The amino acids division includes lysine, protein lysine, threonine, glutamic acid, modified starches, among others. In 2013, in the face of a depressed breeding ...
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Date:2014/04/17
The decline in Global Bio-chem's financial performance was attributed to the following reasons:
- A decline in sales volume and average sales prices of Global Bio-chem’s products, particularly lysine. Affected by the recent emergence of...
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Date:2014/04/17
On 1 April, 2014, Global Bio-chem Technology Group Co., Ltd. (Global Bio-chem) released its 2013 annual report. The document shows that the company suffered gross losses of about USD116.1 million in 2013, while it had brought in gross profi...
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Date:2014/04/10
The release of the new standard indicates that the government has a positive attitude towards food safety.
The author thinks that the implementation of the new standard can facilitate the healthy and sustainable development of the pesticide indus...
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Date:2014/04/10
As of the end of March, 2014, the Ministry of Agriculture of the People's Republic of China (MOA) released a new standard of maximum residue limits for pesticides (MRLs), the Maximum Residue Limits for Pesticides in Food (GB2763-2014) (...