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Govt Moves to Produce Sugar Alternative from Plant
Allafrica | 2nd September 2021
The Nigerian government recently said that the country will soon begin producing thaumatin sweetener as a sugar alternative. The sweetener is said to be a healthier alternative that will help minimize the risk of getting medical conditions such as diabetes and obesity.
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10 Countries Britain Will Secure Deals with Next – TWO Key Priorities
Express | 1st September 2021
Britain left the European Union officially in 2020, enabling it to make trade deals freely with other countries. Australia and New Zealand are among the top priorities on the list with some deals already underway.
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Ukraine Expects 2021/22 Beet Sugar Output to Rise 27% to 1.4 mln T
Nasdaq | 1st September 2021
The economy ministry said that Ukraine, which has already started 2021 sugar beet processing, also has 422,000 tonnes of white sugar in stocks while local needs are below 1.25 million tonnes for the whole 2021/22 season. Although the economy ministry did not explain the higher output, the agriculture ministry said that farmers increased the area under beet to 227,100 hectares in 2021 from 201,600 hectares last year.
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Sugar Can Be Sold at Rs.90 Per Kilo
Msn | 31st August 2021
UNP Deputy Leader Ruwan Wijewardene, during a virtual meeting with a group of UNP activists yesterday, said that the price of a kilo of sugar has really hiked. He says when the government had good governance, the price of a kilo of sugar was around Rs. 85 and 75 compared to the current Rs.130.
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CAA Cracks Down on Three Warehouses Storing 5,400 Tonnes Sugar
Daily Mirror | 30th August 2021
State Minister Lasantha Alagiyawanna said that the Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) recently cracked down on three warehouses with unlawfully stored 5,400 tonnes of sugar in Gampaha and Seeduwa. The Minister told a news conference that his office had talks with the Attorney General regarding steps to be taken to institute legal action against the operators of these warehouses.
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Policy In Place to Promote Ethanol
Times of India | 2nd September 2021
The Bengal government recently adopted an ethanol promotion policy. The government says that more Ethanol could be produced from broken rice and rice bran, which could help create more job opportunities and even attract investors.
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New Cleaner Petrol Rolled Out in UK But Quarter of Drivers Unaware of It
Yahoo | 1st September 2021
The UK government is now encouraging people to use E10 to help tackle climate change. E10 petrol contains up to 10 per cent ethanol compared with the 5 per cent in the petrol already in use across the country. However, many drivers are still unaware of this new petrol and a good percentage of those who do, aren’t sure whether it’s compatible with their vehicles.
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Groups Urge Congress to Pass the Next Generation Fuels Act
Kfgo | 30th August 2021
The Next Generation Fuels Act will represent a clear roadmap for turbo-charging the country’s progress against climate change while offering drivers cleaner, more affordable options at the pump. The high octane ethanol blends will also increase engine and vehicle efficiency, providing greater GHG emission reductions.
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RFA Concerned Low RVO Would Cripple Ethanol
Brownfiled | 1st September 2021
The Renewable Fuels Association’s Robert White says that some Ethanol plants are producing limited amounts while others still experiencing slowdowns because of demand loss from the pandemic. This has caused the production to be about 3.5 billion gallons under what it could be. Ethanol leaders are now worried that potentially low RenewableVolume Obligations could cripple the ethanol market.
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Ethanol Group Requests Ida Fuel Waiver
Dtnpf | 30th August 2021
The wake of Hurricane Ida has forced many oil refineries to either shut down or reduce capacity in the Gulf of Mexico. This might cause many gasoline stations in the area to be short of fuel supplies. The Renewable Fuels Association has asked EPA to allow more ethanol to be sold in Louisiana and other states reeling from the storm.
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Grain Harvesting 63% Completed in Russia by Late August
Apk | 2nd September 2021
The Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) reported that Russia harvested grains and pulses throughout 29.9 mln ha (63.6% of the plan) as of August 23, 2021. This is up by 13.5% compared to the same date last year. Production volume totaled 84.7 mln tonnes of grains and pulses (in initial weight), down 3.2%, including 62.2 mln tonnes of wheat, down 5%.
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Algeria Bought About 390,000 To 400,000 Tonnes Wheat on Tuesday
Hellenicshippingnews |1st September 2021
European traders said that Algeria’s state grains agency OAIC purchased around 390,000 to 400,000 tonnes of optional-origin milling wheat in an international tender. Estimates of volumes bought on Tuesday evening started around 270,000 tonnes but trader assessments on Wednesday were generally higher at between 390,000 to 400,000 tonnes.
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Loading Of New Harvest Grain Starts in The Port of Riga
Portnews | 1st September 2021
The new grain season in the port of Riga has been launched with about 190 thousand tons of grain products being handled at the port terminals within the past week. In August, the first 7 vessels have been loaded with about 90 thousand tons of local wheat, peas and rapeseed of the new harvest.
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Belarus Harvested 6.3 Mln Tonnes of Grain
Apk | 31st August 2021
The Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Belarus reported that Belarusian agrarians harvested grains and pulses (excluding corn) throughout 2.056 mln ha or 97% of the plan (2.12 mln ha). The production volumes reached 6.324 mln tonnes with the average yield of 3.08 t/ha.
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Bangladesh To Import Of 1.7 Million Tons of Rice
Dhaka Tribune | 30th August 2021
The government has permitted 428 business people and firms to import 1,720,000 tons of rice at a lower duty rate to help stabilize the rice market in Bangladesh. The permission was given from August 17 to 30.
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Swedish Recycling Facility to Double in Capacity
PIP | 2nd September 2021
Site Zero, a world-leading plastics recycling facility in Motala, Sweden plans on doubling its capacity as part of a planned SEK 1 billion ($116 million) investment. This will enable the facility to recycle 12 types of plastics packaging once the upgrade is completed in 2023. Doubling its capacity to handle 200,000 tonnes of plastics packaging per year will create the conditions needed for receiving and eventually recycling all types plastics packaging from Swedish households, said SPR chief executive Mattias Philipsson.
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Rumpke is Using AI-Based Sorting Robots at its St. Bernard, OH Facility
Waste Advantage | 1st September 2021
Rumpke Waste & Recycling has invested over $2 million in artificial intelligence robots that can recover specific objects from the plant line. The new robots installed at their Saint Bernard recycling center are dedicated to pulling No. 5 plastics off the plant line.
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How AI Is Creating Higher Quality PET Bales
Recycling today | 1st September
AMP Robotics’ artificial intelligence (AI) platform, AMP Neuron, encompasses the largest known real-world dataset of recyclable materials. The platform can classify over 50 different categories of recyclables across single-stream recycling, e-scrap and construction and demolition debris with an object recognition run rate of more than 10 billion items annually. Its scalable accuracy and classification creates a step-level solution for data collection and measurement that material recovery facilities can use to optimize their operations.
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Kolon Industries Signs MOU with Swiss Plastic Recycling Company
Business Korea | 31st August 2021
Kolon Industries signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with gr3n of Switzerland to forge a partnership in PET waste recycling business. The Swiss company has a technology to drastically reduce the energy and time required to convert PET waste into high-purity raw materials using microwave.
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Braskem and Vartega Co-Launches 3D Printing Filament Recycling Program
Power Technology | 31st August 2021
The US-based polyolefins and biopolymer producing company Braskem has partnered with Vartega to launch a 3D printing filament recycling program. The two believe leveraging recycling capabilities and plastic waste elimination will help to provide an end-to-end solution for 3D printing.
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Dairy Farmers Hard Hit by Centre’s Taxation Plan
EMC | 3rd September 2021
The Central government will soon start taxing dairy cooperatives receiving more than 400 litres of milk a day, which will likely affect the earnings of most dairy farmers. This will force an individual dairy farmer with the cooperative, to compromise their earnings in lieu of cooperative’s tax return. The bonus amount to be received by the farmer from the cooperative’s profit will be used up for the payment of the returns.
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Dairygold Looks Stateside to Tap into US ‘Naturally Sourced’ Dairy Demand
Agriland | 2nd September 2021
Dairygold is set to look stateside to export a premium range of cheese under its Pastureland brand, focusing on the pasture-fed appeal of its product. The company says this move will help to take advantage of the new demand for naturally sourced dairy products in the market.
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Uganda to Export Powdered Milk to Zambia
Newvision | 30th August 2021
Uganda has signed an agreement with the Zambian government to export at least 700metric tons of powder milk to Zambia. The agreement has left many Ugandan dairy farmers happy as the expect higher earnings from their hard work.
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Tasmanian Dairy Celebrates Record Milk Production
Mirage news | 1st September 2021
The Tasmanian Liberal Government will join the dairy industry in celebrating a new annual record for milk production in Tasmania, which reached 961 million litres. This latest record exceeds the previous 2019-20 record for milk production, which saw 950 million litres of milk produced.
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Processors Called on to Pay Milk Price ‘That Reflects Ornua Returns’
Agriland | 2ndSeptember 2021
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) said that milk processors must pay more for August milk. IFA National Dairy Committee chairman Stephen Arthur said that milk prices are now stable, so milk processors should also step up to the mark.
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