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This corny looking toy is actually the world’s first bio-degradable USB storage device designed by Honk Kong based electronics company Hoshino. The entire device in itself is not bio-degradable, just the plastic used to make it’s outer shell. It’s...
Corn and wheat prices dipped on Tuesday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture lifted its production estimates for those grains.
Corn and soybean prices fell sharply Friday as forecasts for rainfall in the steamy Midwest boosted expectations of good crop development and lessened supply concerns.
Corn prices sank to a seven-week low Monday as crops continued their rebound from last month’s flooding, promising some relief at the grocery store for consumers who had faced higher prices for meat, dairy and other foods.Other commodities traded mixed,...
Corn prices fell to a one-month low Monday as more favorable weather in the Midwest boosted confidence that crops will bounce back from devastating flooding last month. Soybeans also dropped.Other commodities traded mixed, with crude oil fluctuating...
Soybeans shot up Thursday, hurtling back toward $16 a bushel on concerns that last month’s flooding in the Midwest will hurt yields and strain already tight U.S. stockpiles. Corn fell to a one-month low.Other commodities traded mostly higher, with crude...
Corn futures fell for a fourth day Wednesday on expectations that record-high prices for the grain will cut into demand for animal feed and ethanol. Soybeans rose sharply.Other commodities traded mostly higher, with crude oil rebounding after a big...
Corn and soybean prices tumbled Monday, falling the maximum allowed limit on expectations that warm, dry weather in the Midwest will help crops recover from last month’s floods and ease supply concerns.Other commodities traded sharply lower in a...
Corn prices fell for the second straight session Tuesday on relief over news that farmers planted more corn this year than traders expected.Soybeans, however, reached another record high. Monday’s crop report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture...
Corn and other grain prices retreated from record levels Monday after the government said Midwest farmers planted more corn than expected to make up for crops lost to flooding.The U.S. Department of Agriculture said farmers expect to harvest 78.9 million...
Corn and soybean prices pushed deeper into record territory before easing Friday as rain again soaked the Midwest and traders locked in profits ahead of a planting report next week.The early gains followed a sharp run-up in commodities prices over the...
This corny looking toy is actually the world’s first bio-degradable USB storage device designed by Honk Kong based electronics company Hoshino. The entire device in itself is not bio-degradable, just the plastic used to make it’s outer shell. It’s...
It has been sometime now and we have constantly come across many alternate sources or the alternate fuel, Ethanol. But till date we have not been able to actually produce the fuel on a commercial basis and that is a huge disappointment. While no one...
Let me introduce you all to the incredibly smart toddler Elizabeth Barrett, who has already started reading at the mere age of 17 months! Yes, it is unbelievably true. This cute, blonde Texan baby read her first word ‘corn’ written on a cereal...
Humanity is being forced to pay a heavy price for advancement of civilization and consequent economic development. To sustain the burgeoning global population and its rising demand for commodities the price paid is destruction of the ecosystem....
Growing world economies, rising food demand and expansion of corn based ethanol production has caused the rate of US food inflation to reach a 25-year peak. Bill Lapp, president of Advanced Economic Solutions released a study on Thursday that...
Yes, I know the world is getting weirder with each passing minute. It seems the world is making all kinds of stuff out of food substances, which I say are best suited down your throat. But then, who am I to judge. This little idea is worth it though....
Spreading awareness about environmental hazards, resorting to eco-friendly alternatives are certainly good news. But there seems to be a hitch somewhere. May be we are getting all perverse in our mad rush to make the world a greener place.
In...
According to United Nation’s Food and Agriculture organization, global food import bills are bloating, partly due to the rising demands for biofuels.
The global expenditure on food imports is likely to surpass US$400 billion in 2007, about 5 per...
The soaring prices of U.S ethanol corn has made Mexican farmers to set their fields ablaze which were planted with blue agave, a cactus-like plant used to make tequila, and replant it with corn.
Farmers have abandoned agave and accepted corn as...
Our future cellphones or other electronics devices will use the latest unveiled plastic developed from corn. Yes, this is not a prank or any kind of science fiction because now, NEC has developed a new type of plastic made from plant material that...
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In this June 21, 2008 file photo, flood damaged corn plants are shown on Bill Talsma’s farm near Colfax, Iowa. Farmers will harvest nearly 9 percent fewer acres of corn this year than last year, in part because of Midwest flooding which has damaged a...
