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Posted on February 9, 2010
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Lisa's Salsa Co., which made its debut nearly two decades ago at a farmers' market in Minneapolis, has been acquired by a California food company called Calavo Growers Inc.
Posted on February 9, 2010
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St. Louis biotech firm Divergence Inc. said Tuesday it received two Small Business Innovation Research grants totaling $500,000, along with renewed funding from the National Corn Growers Association, to support its work to prevent crop damage from parasites.
Posted on February 9, 2010
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Timber company Potlatch Corp. reported fourth-quarter net income rose to $2.9 million, or 7 cents per share, from a loss of $4.3 million, or a loss of 11 cents per share a year earlier. (PCH)
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The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center and EnviroLogix Inc., a company that develops and manufactures lab-based agricultural diagnostics, said Tuesday they will partner to create technologies that increase nutrients in local crops as one of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's Grand Challenges in Global Health.
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Two regional agricultural cooperatives have combined forces and will soon begin looking for a new headquarters, possibly in Troy.
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Novus International said it completed its previously announced purchase of the Albion Laboratories Inc.'s animal nutrition division for an undisclosed amount.
Posted on February 8, 2010
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Michael Brill, the entrepreneur behind San Francisco's Crushpad Inc. urban winery, where individual consumers and small wine producers can make their own custom-crush wine, says the company is moving "from its San Francisco warehouse into a true winery on Napa's Silverado trail."
Posted on February 8, 2010
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Gov. Bev Perdue on Monday suspended some vehicle regulations to help poultry farmers in the northwestern part of the state, including Surry and Yadkin counties.
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A federal jury in St. Louis has ordered Bayer Cropscience to pay $1.5 million to two Arkansas farmers and one Mississippi farmer because the Germany company hurt the farmers and their livelihood with its genetically modified rice.
Posted on February 8, 2010
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Oregon's farmers and ranchers grossed $4.1 billion in sales last year, a 14.8 percent plunge from the prior year as prices weakened in key commodities, according to estimates in an Oregon State University report.