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		<title>Slippery facts</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2008 17:10:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[-Canola oil was derived from the rapeseed through conventional breeding.
-The word &#8220;rape&#8221; in rapeseed comes from the Latin word &#8220;rapum,&#8221; meaning turnip.
-Turnip and many other vegetables are related to the two canola species commonly grown.
-Negative connotations with the word &#8220;rape&#8221; in North America resulted in the marketing-friendly name of &#8220;Canola.&#8221;
-Genetically modified canola, which is resistant [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Doomsday vault should be only first step</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:49:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By now, you&#8217;ve probably heard of the doomsday vault that opened in Norway last Tuesday. It is a facility built to safely hold and protect the world&#8217;s supply of seeds. The vault was carved 364 feet deep into sandstone and limestone under the permafrost of a remote Arctic mountain only 620 miles from the North [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fuzzy math</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:13:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
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-China produces more cotton than any other country.
-Texas grows the most cotton of any state in the U.S.
-A bale of cotton weights about 500 pounds.
-Each bale is subjected to more than 800,000 pounds of force during wrapping.
-One bale can produce:
  1,217 men&#8217;s T-shirts
  313,600 $100 bills
  215 pairs of jeans
  3,085 diapers
  1,256 pillow cases
-There [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Corny math</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:40:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[-An ear of corn averages 800 kernels.
-800 kernels fill up about 16 rows of corn on an ear.
-1,300 kernels make up about one pound of corn.
-7,280,000 kernels make up about 100 bushels of corn.
-It takes about 910 bushels to fill one semi truck.
-It takes about 2,800 bushels to fill a &#8220;jumbo hopper&#8221; rail car.



In the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World Fertilizer Prices Soar, Corn is put on Notice</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2008 19:15:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2007, fertilizer prices rose more than 200%, according to the International Center for Soil Fertility and Agricultural Development, IFDC. Doctor Balu Bomb of IFDC says &#8220;reasons include new demands for food crops, especially corn (or maize), for ethanol and other biofuels, increased energy and freight prices, higher demand for grain-fed meat in the emerging [...]]]></description>
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