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Date:2014/05/03
The long, hard winter weeded out weak colonies with few exceptions. Proper spring management will aid overwintered hives and new colonies alike.
Posted on May 1, 2014 by Ben Phillips, Michigan State University Extension, and Walt Pett, Michigan ...
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Date:2014/05/03
The cold and damp weather continues to plague East Central Michigan. Farmers anxiously wait for opportunities to get into the fields.
Posted on May 1, 2014 by Dan Rossman, Michigan State University Extension
Wheat showing improvement after a...
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Date:2014/05/03
The potential for European brown rot infection is high this season in orchards with carryover shoot strikes from last year. Applications of Indar will be required for effective control if we experience cold, wet weather.
Posted on May 1, 2014 by...
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Date:2014/05/04
Three new sites featuring unique farming systems in China were officially designated as Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) sites at GIAHS Scientific and Steering Committee Meeting held during April 28-29, 2014.
Chinese d...
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Date:2014/05/04
Updated: 2014-05-04 07:54 By Erik Nilsson (China Daily)
Increased government and nonprofit investment is transforming the lives of nomadic yak herders i...
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Date:2014/05/04
Updated: 2014-05-02 11:14
By Zheng Jinran in Handan, Hebei ( China Daily)
Seniors cook at an elderly care center in Feixiang county in Handan, Hebei province.
[Photo by Hao Qunying / For China Daily]
On a sunny afternoon, Guo Jiuj...
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Date:2014/05/04
Updated: 2014-05-02 07:50
By Hu Yongqi ( China Daily Africa)
Yunnan is one of the three best places in the world to grow flowers, based on climate that keeps costs low and ensures year-round yields. Photos by Hu yongqi / China Daily
Yun...
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Date:2014/05/04
A farmer checks the quality of wheat crops at his field in Yanqiao Village, Linyi, east China's Shandong Province, May 3, 2014. (Xinhua/Zhang Chunlei)
A farmer checks the quality of wheat crops at his field in Yanqiao Village, Linyi, e...
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Date:2014/05/04
URUMQI, May 2 (Xinhua) -- Regional government subsides for poor families in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region increased 6.6 percent to reach 4.16 billion yuan (676 million U.S. dollars) in 2014.
As a key program to improve peo...
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Date:2014/05/04
Chinese President Xi Jinping (C front) visits a mosque in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, April 30, 2014. Xi made an inspection tour in Xinjiang from April 27 to 30. (Xinhua/Lan Hongguang)
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Date:2014/05/04
Photo taken on May 1, 2014 shows an overhead view of paddy fields in Lingui County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Wang Cuirong) (wf)
Photo taken on May 1, 2014 shows an overhead view of paddy fields in Lingui...
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Date:2014/05/05
Higher living costs in cities, lack of skills major obstacles: survey
Experts have urged the government to pay more attention to the livelihoods of farmers who have lost their land.
The call comes as a research report released on Frida...
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Date:2014/05/05
Guangdong's education authorities will create a detailed plan to recruit high school graduates from impoverished rural areas across the country into key universities in the province.
The move is part of an expanded program under the Ministry ...
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Date:2014/05/05
Hukeng village is home to the Hakka Tulou building and boasts many intangible cultural relics such as some ancient villages and ancient buildings. The village was also recognized as a national historical village by the Ministry of Housing and Urban-R...
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Date:2014/05/04
Enterprises
Projects
Proceeding
XiaJinzhou Dongfang Yuhong Building Materials Co., Ltd.
Production base with polyurethane (50,000 t/a), polyurea coating (50,...
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Date:2014/05/04
Additive
Permitted in or Upon
Maximum use level
Saccharin
Breath freshener products
0.15%
Unstandardized canned fruit
0.01%
Chewing gum
0.25%
Unstandardized frozen des...
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Date:2014/04/30
Product
Sales volume, tonne
Average sales price, USD/t
2013
YoY change
2013
YoY change
Small-packaged corn oil
117,500
-4.70%
2,07...
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Date:2014/05/06
The 46th Session of Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues (CCPR)opened in Nanjing on May 5, 2014.
There are a total of 15 agenda items, including over 600 draft Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) for diquat and other 42 pesticides in foods ...
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Date:2014/05/06
Global carbon emissions from agriculture can be reduced by 50 to 90 percent by 2030 using strategies including eating less beef, reducing food waste and managing soil nutrients better, according to a report released Friday by Climate Focus and Califo...
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Date:2014/05/07
New grant funding supports launch of an incubator farm in the food insecure region of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
Posted on May 5, 2014 by Ashley McFarland, Michigan State University Extension
Demand for local food has grown throughout th...