Martin Arnold reported earlier this week at The Financial Times that, “Britain’s financial technology industry shrugged off the Brexit vote, attracting more than double the amount of venture capital investment last year than in 2016, according to new data published on Wednesday. “Fintech companies, such as TransferWise and OakNorth, raised $1.8bn of venture capital investment… Continue Reading
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VC Investment in Britain’s Fintech Industry More Than Doubles
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Ohio Dairy Loses Lawsuit Challenging Wisconsin Butter Law
Bruce Vielmetti reported yesterday at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Online that, “Wisconsin’s ban on the sale of ungraded butter does not violate the rights of an Ohio dairy, a federal judge has ruled. “U.S. District Judge James Peterson on Monday found the law ‘rationally related to Wisconsin’s legitimate interest in helping its citizens make informed butter… Continue Reading
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GOP Lawmakers Threatening to cut off U.S. funding for WHO over Roundup ingredient
Associated Press writer Michael Biesecker reported yesterday that, “Republican lawmakers are threatening to cut off U.S. funding for the World Health Organization’s cancer research program over its finding that the active ingredient in the herbicide Roundup is probably carcinogenic to humans. “House Science Committee Chairman Lamar Smith said Tuesday that the 2015 conclusion by the… Continue Reading
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Dicamba Cases Consolidated in St. Louis
DTN writer Todd Neeley reported last week that, “Dicamba-related off-target crop damage complaints will be consolidated in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri in St. Louis, according to an order issued Thursday by the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (MDL). “Multiple lawsuits have been filed by farmers alleging off-target dicamba… Continue Reading
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Nebraska Ag Groups Seek to Expand Livestock Production in the State
Barbara Soderlin reported earlier this week at the Omaha World-Herald Online that, “The Doerrs’ hog business is part of a new wave of expansion in Nebraska’s livestock industry. Melissa, 31, and Justin, 36, are among a growing number of Nebraska farmers looking into raising livestock at a time when low crop prices have made it… Continue Reading
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Running Tap: A Delivery Startup That Connects Microbrewers With Customers
Neal St. Anthony indicated in a column that was posted yesterday at the Minneapolis Star Tribune Online that, “In a way, it took an African refugee from war-torn South Sudan to add something new to the Twin Cities microbrewery boom. “Isaac Tut, who quit an $80,000-plus technology job in 2016, after earning degrees in math,… Continue Reading
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Goldman Sachs Invests in Pea Milk Startup
Bloomberg writer Olivia Zaleski reported last week that, “Goldman Sachs Group Inc. participated in a $65 million investment in Ripple Foods Inc., a little-known beverage company that makes a milk-like drink from yellow peas. “The investment, which was led by Euclidean Capital, includes funding from Khosla Ventures, Fall Line Capital and S2G Ventures, a food and agriculture investment… Continue Reading
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Start-Ups in China Aim to Copy Tesla’s Success
Financial Times writers Charles Clover and Sherry Fei Ju reported yesterday that, “From Alibaba in e-commerce to Didi Chuxing in ride-hailing, Chinese start-ups have changed the landscape of the global tech industry. And now they are coming for cars. “A handful of China-based fledgling companies have raised hundreds of millions of dollars in venture funding and launched… Continue Reading
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EPA Has Until May 1 to Address Livestock Emissions Reporting Rule
DTN writer Todd Neeley reported yesterday that, “Livestock producers will have until at least May 1 before they are required to report certain emissions to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, a federal appeals court ruled on Thursday. “The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit granted a request the EPA made on Jan. 19… Continue Reading
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USDA Launches Farmers.gov Webpage for Producers
A news release today from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) noted that, “U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today unveiled Farmers.gov, the new interactive one-stop website for producers maintained by the [USDA]. Farmers.gov is now live but will have multiple features added over the coming months to allow agricultural producers to make appointments with… Continue Reading
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