News - cotton-seed
Warsaw welcomes 3 new businesses
23 May 2012, 10:52 am
The 300 block of Main Street in Warsaw is seeing increased activity this spring with three new businesses opening. Garretson's Bar and Grill, opened on March 17 by Matt Cameron, is just next door to Scoops, an ice cream, bistro and dessert shop owned by Matt's sister, Jennifer Cameron.
Celina 50 Years Ago Today
23 May 2012, 1:43 am
This is a selection of stories, classified ads and commercial ads from the Celina Record first published Thursday, April 12, 1962.
OFFSTAGE: Tim McGraw: "By God, That's Country"
16 May 2012, 11:05 am
( CMT Offstage keeps a 24/7 watch on everything that's happening with country music artists behind the scenes and out of the spotlight.) Tim McGraw started his country music education when was only 5. His stepdad drove an 18-wheeler, and one summer, McGraw went with him to haul cotton seed.
Crop field day set at AgCenter in Bossier
13 May 2012, 5:01 pm
The LSU AgCenter Red River Research Station has scheduled a crop production field day for June 6 at the station near Bossier City. Registration will begin at 8:30 a.m. with the field tour beginning at 9, according to Regional Director Pat Colyer. Topics to be discussed by LSU AgCenter Research faculty include cotton seed treatment trials, control of musk thistle, research on soybeans, tomatoes ...
Cotton futures to witness pressure in short term
13 May 2012, 10:42 am
There is a downside pressure on futures contract of kapas (cotton seed). Concerns over global economic growth and the recent US Department of Agriculture (USDA) report that pointed to a record-high inventory in cotton for 2012-13 are weighing on sentiments.
Ivory Coast's Sifca looks to central Africa
11 May 2012, 9:54 am
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ivory Coast agro-industry group Sifca is looking to set up rubber and palm oil plantations in central Africa to boost output and is also eyeing rice production at home, the company's chairman said on Friday Sifca, one of the biggest companies in the West African country, is part-owned by Singapore's Olam International and Wilmar International. Sifca produces palm oil ...
Furniture maker Steelcase uses what seems useless
29 April 2012, 3:08 am
Using what others find useless seems to be a trend at Steelcase. The Grand Rapids furniture manufacturer helps its customers find new lives for their old office furniture and transforms agricultural byproducts, such as cotton seed hulls and mushroom roots, into packaging.
Farm unit helps Bayer's Q1 profit jump 53 percent
26 April 2012, 1:59 am
Bayer AG, the maker of pharmaceuticals, farm chemicals and industrial materials, saw net profit jump 53 percent to €1.05 billion ($1.39 billion) from the same quarter a year ago as an early start to the growing season boosted its farm business.
