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Pioneer sold the shares in 1998. Pioneer becomes the number one brand of soybeans in North America. 1992 - Pioneer paid $450,000 to Monsanto for rights to genetically modified soybean seeds that are resistant to RoundUp herbicide. 1993 - Pioneer paid $38 million to Monsanto for rights to Bt corn that is resistant to European corn borers.
J. E. M. Ag Supply, Inc. v. Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., 534 U.S. 124 (2001), [1] was a decision of the United States Supreme Court holding for the first time that utility patents may be issued for crops and other flowering (sexually reproducing) plants under 35 U.S.C. § 101. [2]
A tow hitch (or tow bar or trailer hitch in North America [1]) is a device attached to the chassis of a vehicle for towing, or a towbar to an aircraft nose gear. It can take the form of a tow ball to allow swiveling and articulation of a trailer , or a tow pin, or a tow hook with a trailer loop, often used for large or agricultural vehicles ...
The organization's legal name is the Illinois Agricultural Association. The IFB was founded in 1916 by a group of farmers who met at the University of Illinois to discuss the need for agricultural education, better information for farmers, and more effective farming practices. Modernly, the IFB represents two out of three Illinois farmers.
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Pike County, Illinois was surveyed by the United States government in 1817–1819. [2]:43The site became known as Phillipsburg, then Griggsville Landing, then the landing for Valley City; [3] in 1906, the book Past and Present of Pike County, Illinois, giving this sequence of names, notes that "Valley City is the only town in the township and is on the Wabash Railroad."
The Illinois Department of Agriculture is the code department [1] [2] of the Illinois state government that regulates various facets of the agriculture industries of Illinois, oversees Illinois soil and water conservation, supervises the weights and measures of various commodity products, including gasoline, and supervises the Illinois State Fair. [3]
The killick hitch / ˈ k ɪ l ɪ k / is a type of hitch knot used to attach a rope to oddly shaped objects. [ 1 ] : 32 It is a combination of a timber hitch tied in conjunction with a half hitch [ 1 ] : 23 which is added to lend support and stability when pulling or hoisting the object.