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As Farmers' Markets Grow, So Should Management, Indicates OSU Study
Jul 23, 2008 |
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Farmers' markets are rapidly growing in number in Oregon and throughout the United States and a key to their potential success can be found in how they approach growth and management, according to new research at Oregon State ...
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Farmers' markets harvest new business
Nov 05, 2009 |
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Something fresh is growing in Indiana. The number of farmers' markets in the state has increased at double the rate of other U.S. states; between 1994 and 2004 the number of farmers' markets in Indiana increased by an impressive ...
China's food economy benefits small, poor farmers
Jan 07, 2009 |
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Beijing, China - January 7, 2009 - One of the most significant changes in China's agricultural economy over the past fifteen years has been the rise of horticulture. During this same time period, modern supply chains have ...
Average shoppers are willing to pay a premium for locally produced food
Jun 03, 2008 |
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New research suggests that the average supermarket shopper is willing to pay a premium price for locally produced foods, providing some farmers an attractive option to enter a niche market that could boost their revenues.
Study predicts crop-production costs will jump dramatically in 2009
Jul 23, 2008 |
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Soaring energy prices will yield sharp increases for corn and soybean production next year, cutting into farmers' profits and stretching already high food costs, according to a new University of Illinois study.
Ethanol will curb farm income until economy rebounds, economist says
Nov 10, 2008 |
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Ethanol helped drive two years of record profits for grain farmers, but also will hold income down during a looming recession that has already sliced crop prices in half, a University of Illinois economist says.
Limits on futures trading could boost gas prices, expert says
Jul 25, 2008 |
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Proposals to reign in wallet-draining gasoline prices by curbing speculation in oil markets would likely increase costs at the pump instead of trimming them, a University of Illinois economist says.
Mobile phones ring in growth in emerging markets
Oct 07, 2009 |
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Once just a simple telecommunications tool, the mobile telephone has in recent years become a driver of economic growth in emerging countries, experts said at one of the industry's biggest fairs.
Legalizing the production of opium for medical use is neither viable or necessary
Medicine & Health / Medications
May 02, 2008 |
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Proposals to legalise the production of opium in Afghanistan for medical use are unworkable and unnecessary, says the Minister of State for Africa, Asia, and the United Nations in an editorial in this week’s BMJ.
NM farmers work to preserve native chile varieties
May 11, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Gene Lopez has just finished planting his chile field in the same way he's planted his heat-packed crop for three decades. But as the years pass, there seems to be more immediacy behind each seed he places in the ...
Study: Price gap threatens Chicago Board of Trade's wheat futures market
Apr 15, 2009 |
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A commodity market that has long helped wheat growers and processors manage price risks could lose its relevance unless the Chicago Board of Trade bridges a wide gap between futures and cash prices, a new University of Illinois ...
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