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June 10, 2007
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From Science to Sales, California Crops Create Abundance of Careers Advances in science, technology and marketing create new fields on and off the farm.   |
Job Journal
March 26, 2006
Julia Hollister |
Stanislaus County As the Bay Area sprawl marches eastward into the Central Valley, one-stop help centers can help jobseekers find out about jobs and new careers, get information, and use valuable technology to advance their search. |
National Defense
December 2009
Stew Magnuson |
National Guard Sends Agriculture Teams to Afghanistan National Guard members with agriculture and civil engineering degrees, or with practical skills are setting up demonstration farms, and helping Afghans go from subsistence farming to where they can earn extra money for their crops. |
HBS Working Knowledge
April 18, 2012
Maggie Starvish |
HBS Cases: Who Controls Water? As the planet's population grows, urbanizes, and is subjected to climate change, many experts foresee a global water crisis (and resulting food shortages and increasing prices) looming over the next 40 years. |
Job Journal
January 23, 2005
Rich Heintz |
Turn Over a New Leaf in Stockton Warehouse facilities and jobs are constantly expanding as shippers increasingly use Stockton as a point of storage. Farming and food-processing plants also account for a large helping of the city's employment. |
The Motley Fool
April 6, 2011
Selena Maranjian |
A Real Estate Boom You Haven't Totally Missed Growing demand could give these investments a rosy future. In addition to houses and condominiums, real estate involves plain old land -- and right now, American farmland is growing in value at a decent clip. |
Financial Advisor
June 2012
Eric Rasmussen |
Back To The Land Weird weather and supply/demand issues have made agriculture investing scary, but investors seeking diversity see gold in them thar fields. |
Reason
February 2006
Griswold, Slivinski & Preble |
Six Reasons to Kill Farm Subsidies and Trade Barriers The time is ripe for unilaterally removing America's distorting agricultural trade policies. Here's how: 1. Lower Food Prices for American Families... 2. Lower Costs and Increased Exports for American Companies... etc. |
Fast Company
May 2006
Charles Fishman |
A Farming Fairy Tale Imagine that you could wave a wand - and make all our food organic. |
Delicious Living
August 2007
Emily Courtney |
Organics: A better way to feed our changing world? Organic agriculture not only produces healthy products, but is environmentally and socially friendly. |
Salon.com
May 1, 2002
Damien Cave |
Old McDonald had a subsidy Congress is set to hand over $170 billion to farmers. But to one grower of fava beans in California's Central Valley, the money isn't just bad economics -- it's an outright insult... |
Finance & Development
March 2011
Helbling & Roache |
Rising Prices on the Menu Higher food prices may be here to stay. |
Food Engineering
January 14, 2009 |
Tech Flash Vol. 5 No. 1 Manufacturers hone their survival skills against increasing costs... General Mills Innovation Network... More crops, less environmental damage... Chinese promise food safety crackdown... |
BusinessWeek
April 28, 2011
Forsythe & Javier |
In China, Factories vs. Farms More farmland is giving way to manufacturing, and food supplies are threatened. |
The Motley Fool
September 29, 2011
Neha Chamaria |
This Booming Business Could Grow Your Portfolio Agriculture stocks have done well in their recent quarters. |
The Motley Fool
May 17, 2011
Jacob Roche |
Don't Miss This Opportunity to Invest in Agriculture Agriculture investments are on sale because of ... silver? A short-term sell-off in the silver markets does not change our need for more food and better farming technology |
Reason
March 2007
Katherine Mangu-Ward |
Subsidy Creep American produce growers should get the same treatment as corn and wheat farmers if our farm policy is to be equitable, predictable and beyond challenge. |
BusinessWeek
October 14, 2010
Fahy & Flynn |
Ireland's Unemployed Head Back to the Farm Ireland has a 13.8 percent jobless rate, but the food sector is thriving. |
Registered Rep.
December 26, 2013
Debbie Carlson |
Land Grab The dynamics that have supported record-high farmland prices and rents are changing, and that may mean clients holding farmland for income may want to consider selling. |
The Motley Fool
July 9, 2010
Jordan DiPietro |
7 Ways to Play This Hot Sector 7 cheap ways to invest in Chinese and global agricultural. |
National Gardening
Suzanne DeJohn |
Organic or Local? Agribusinesses have realized that consumers are willing to pay more for organic produce. Large farms are converting to organic methods to take advantage of this trend and fill the demand. Is this a bad thing? |
The Motley Fool
March 13, 2009
Selena Maranjian |
Should You Be Buying Farmland? The investment grass isn't always greener elsewhere. Famous investor Jim Rogers has been investing in farmland in Brazil and Canada. But that doesn't mean you should be. |
BusinessWeek
June 6, 2005
Paul Magnusson |
Betting The Farm On Free Trade Bob Stallman is at the center of a storm over the future of American agriculture. |
Geotimes
November 2003
Rickman et al. |
Precision Agriculture: Changing the Face of Farming Commercial farms around the world are changing, and remote sensing is beginning to play a large role. A new suite of technologies promises to help farmers better manage their crops at the scale of individual fields. |
Finance & Development
December 2011
Rajan & Ramcharan |
Land for Sale Clues to whether easy credit causes booms and busts in asset prices can be found in U.S. farmland prices a century ago |
IndustryWeek
September 1, 2002
Jennie L. Phipps |
Farm Bill Gives Tractor Sales Traction China deal also sparks hope in troubled farm-equipment sector, which is adding new technologies to entice buyers. |
BusinessWeek
January 6, 2011
Alan Bjerga |
A Global Scare in Food Prices With drought and flood clobbering harvests, forecasters see significant food price increases in 2011 |
Delicious Living
April 2007
Kate Siber |
Walking the talk One agriculture company that's doing well by doing good |
Finance & Development
March 2008
William R. Cline |
Global Warming and Agriculture If steps are not taken to curb carbon emissions, agricultural productivity could fall dramatically, especially in developing countries. |
BusinessWeek
April 29, 2010
Kaskey & Ligi |
The Seed Makers Who Don't Pray for Rain Agricultural companies tweak crops to flourish with less. |
Job Journal
February 24, 2013 |
Jobwire Resignations a sign of improving job market... Silicon Valley job boom not just in IT... Panera Bread will open a bakery & cafe in August or September at a location in the El Monte Center in Mountain View... |
CFO
September 1, 2012
Vincent Ryan |
As Corn Stalks Shrivel, So May Earnings Will the drought in the Farm Belt dry up corporate earnings? |
Job Journal
March 23, 2008 |
Jobwire California Job Growth Bucks National Trend... State's Ag Economy is World-Class... On the Job Front... Hirings & Firings... |
Popular Mechanics
October 27, 2009
Adam Hadhazy |
How California's New Water Laws Inform the Coming National Crisis As California withers through a third year of drought, state lawmakers have been recalled to Sacramento for a special legislative session to try and squelch a decades-in-the-making water crisis. |
The Motley Fool
February 10, 2011
Nathan Parmelee |
Australia's Role in Feeding the World Agricultural commodities are in demand, and Australia has plenty. |
Geotimes
June 2007
Megan Sever |
Agriculture Consuming World's Water Land-use managers and legislators need to consider how decisions such as growing more corn for biofuels or sequestering carbon might affect the ability to meet the water supply needs of Earth's expanding population. |
BusinessWeek
October 21, 2010
Whitney McFerron et al. |
Those Amber Waves Are Fueling Exports Foreign demand for U.S. grain keeps rising, and farmers have cash to spare. |
HBS Working Knowledge
August 9, 2010
Julia Hanna |
How to Speed Up Energy Innovation In her book, Accelerating Innovation in Energy: Insights from Multiple Sectors, Rebecca Henderson explores the histories of innovation in four sectors of the U.S. economy |
The Motley Fool
May 20, 2011
Alex Pape |
I Wish I Could Buy This Stock Here's one way to invest in farmland. |
The Motley Fool
December 29, 2011
Rebecca Lipman |
Farmland: The Investing Opportunity of a Decade? 10 companies to help you profit from the increasing value of farmland. |
U.S. Banker
September 2009
Anthony Malakian |
Waving the Yellow Flag Agricultural loans are performing better than other credits, but signs of weakness are all around. Will the farm sector be the next shoe to drop? |
Geotimes
August 2007
Erin Saupe |
Climate Kick-Started Agriculture Researchers examined charcoal and plant microfossils in the Balsas Valley in southern Mexico to determine when agriculture began there. |
Food Engineering
August 2, 2007 |
Food safety across the pond In Europe, the Netherlands serves as a major logistics hub and R&D center for food, agriculture and the biosciences. |
The Motley Fool
February 17, 2004
Tim Beyers |
Deere Earnings Show Agri-Power Bumper crops boost the heavy-equipment maker's bottom line. Find out if the stock is considered a good buy. |
Registered Rep.
September 25, 2012
Jennifer Popovec |
Betting the Farm. Literally. Farmland prices rise, but could be headed for correction |
IndustryWeek
August 1, 2008 |
A Chocolate Assist The U.S. Department of Agricultural Research Service, confectionary maker Mars Inc. and IBM are pooling their resources to sequence and analyze the entire cocoa genome with the hope of one day creating better cocoa crops. |
Financial Advisor
August 2008
Marla Brill |
Harvest In Agricultural ETFs Although a sharp pullback could be coming, some advisors think commodities are good long-term plays. |
BusinessWeek
June 18, 2007
Emily Thornton |
Up On The Farm Investors looking to diversify are getting in on the land boom. But it's a risky. |
U.S. Banker
July 2010
Glen Fest |
Planting Diversity With a push from agricultural lenders, farmers are adding new crops and modernizing their financial statements. |
The Motley Fool
February 29, 2008
Jack Uldrich |
Agriculture Sector Looks Good in Genes Innovations in genomics and supercomputing will fuel the agriculture sector's future growth. |
