Third of world's fish catch ends up as animal feed.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Third of world's fish catch ends up as animal feed: More than a third of the wild fish caught around the world each year are used to make feed for farmed animals, and could be better managed to benefit human food security as well as...

FDA Approves Camelina for Broiler Chickens.
Great Plains Oil & Exploration ready to ship meal CINCINNATI, Feb. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Great Plains - The Camelina Company announces that camelina meal will be available for use as broiler chicken feed. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today approved camelina in rations for broiler chickens...

VIASPACE CEO Issues Strategy Update.
DISCUSSES RECENT PROFITABLE BUSINESS ACQUISITION PASADENA, Calif., Jan. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- VIASPACE Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: VSPC) CEO, Dr. Carl Kukkonen today provided an overview of the recently acquired profitable subsidiary Inter-Pacific Arts and how it fits into the overall VIASPACE business plans. Dr. Kukkonen...

CHS Distributes Record Returns to Owners.
ST. PAUL, Minn., Feb. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CHS Inc. owners in 48 states are sharing in an unprecedented up to $343 million disbursement as a result of the leading energy and grain-based foods company's record fiscal 2008 earnings. It marks the fifth consecutive record return to owners by CHS...

CHS Acquires Winona River & Rail.
ST. PAUL, Minn., Jan. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CHS Inc., a leading energy and grain-based foods company, has completed its acquisition of Winona River & Rail, Inc., a subsidiary of Rosen's Diversified, Inc., Fairmont, Minn. The acquisition will strengthen the company's Midwest and upper Mississippi River crop nutrients position through...

CHS Reports Earnings of $137.3 Million for 1st Quarter 2009.
ST. PAUL, Minn., Jan. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CHS Inc. , a leading energy and grain-based foods company, today reported earnings of $137.3 million for the first quarter of its 2009 fiscal year. Net income for the quarter (Sept. 1 - Nov. 30, 2008) compared with $300.9 million...

CHS Foundation Now Accepting Scholarship Applications.
ST. PAUL, Minn., Jan. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- High school and two-year college students are invited to apply for a $1,000 scholarship from the CHS Foundation, the major giving entity of CHS Inc., an energy, grains and foods Fortune 200 company. The CHS Foundation will award 25 $1,000...

Everyone Prints Black... Now We Can Print 'Green'.
Maine company begins shipping first soy-based toner cartridges for offices and schools STANDISH, Maine, Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- PRC Technologies is now shipping SoyPrint cartridges, the first laser printer cartridges using toner powder derived from soybeans. Cartridges for the most popular laser printers are available under the...

Effect of feeding head lettuce, water spinach, Ruzi grass or Mimosa pigra on feed intake, digestibility and growth in rabbits.
ABSTRACT : The performance of growing rabbits fed Ruzi grass (Brachiaria ruziziensis), head lettuce (Lactuca sativa) residue, Mimosa pigra and water spinach (Ipomoea aquatica) was studied in an experiment using 64 rabbits (4 males and 4 females per treatment) of 2 breeds, New Zealand White and a crossbred between...

VIASPACE Plants Biofuel & Animal Feed Grass and Signs Land Lease in China.
PASADENA, Calif., Dec. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- VIASPACE Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: VSPC) announced today that it has planted 1.2 million seedlings of its proprietary fast-growing China Giant King Grass near the IPA factory in Guangdong province in China. Giant King Grass is a natural hybrid perennial grass which is...