CMT, a global business forum organizer, brings together the most influential speakers in the sugar industry to discuss a multibillion-dollar business. Leading the discussion is Frank Jenkins, President of Jenkins Sugar Group, Inc who will speak on NAFTA 2008 & Impact Of Market Integration On Sugar/Sweetener Trade whilst Manuel Enriquez Poy, Director, Central Motzorongo Sugar/ Vice President Mexican Sugar Technologists Association will give an analysis of Ethanol In Mexico - A Way To...

The new site provides users with a comprehensive overview of the department, and features improved navigation, industry and consumer resources and agriculture education. The USDA programs are designed to provide benefits to producers who have suffered losses caused by natural disasters such as droughts, wildfires and blizzards in recent years. The Web site redesign was carried out to more effectively communicate important agricultural issues with Colorado residents. The department is made...

The company develops, manufactures and markets electronic radio frequency and visual identification devices for the companion animal, fish and wildlife and livestock markets. Each LifeChip microchip about the size of a grain of rice contains a passive transponder programmed with a unique 15 digit number that can be read by any ISO-compliant reader. Once administered, microchip numbers can be recorded in breed and discipline registries or kept in farm/ranch files for future reference....

BY FRED GRAY, NEWS-REVIEW STAFF WRITER EAST JORDAN - Greg Niewendorp of East Jordan, like growing numbers of small farmers across Northern Michigan and the rest of the nation, is challenging state and federal agencies and the big downstate cattle industry to back off their Big Brother policies and allow farmers like him to carry on with their way of life. BY FRED GRAY, NEWS-REVIEW STAFF WRITER EAST JORDAN - Greg Niewendorp of East Jordan, like growing numbers of small farmers across...

Agricultural experts estimate the costs for growers at as much as 30 percent higher during the transition, and growers rarely get a higher return for the fruit during that time. But Stemilt Growers inc., a bit player in the stone fruit industry but one of the nation's leading apple suppliers, isn't waiting two years to capitalize on the switch. The company has created a new label Artisan Naturals to sell its naturally farmed fruit, an effort to get a higher price for the fruit even if it...