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Industrial Robots: China To Surpass EU And North America By 2017

International Federation of Robotics (IFR)

China only has 30 industrial robots per 10,000 employees in manufacturing industries, where in North America robotic density is five times higher than in China, where the majority of industrial robots are used for handling operations and for welding.

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Local Food Sales Reach $12 Billion; To Nearly Double In Four Years

Market research publisher Package Facts estimates that local foods generated $12 billion in sales in 2014, accounting for 2 percent of total U.S. retail sales of foods and beverages.

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Homeland Security Seizes Illegal Honey In Houston

Since October the special agents have seized almost half a million pounds of illegally imported Chinese honey valued at $2.45 million destined for U.S. consumers.

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FTC Approves Albertsons and Safeway Merger; Chains To Divest 168 Stores

Albertsons Companies

Supermarket chains Albertsons and Safeway agreed to sell 168 stores in eight states to win U.S. antitrust approval for their $9.2 billion merger, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced Tuesday.

McKay TransCold LLC Files For Bankruptcy

Five months after launching its refrigerated rail service TransCold Logistics LLC, parent company McKay TransCold LLC closed up shop and filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation with debts of about $7 million.

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Rail & Intermodal

U.K.’s CDC To Invest $25M In Prime Logistics In India

Consolidated Distribution Corporation LLC (CDC)

Pristine Logistics is a growing Indian company that develops and operates vital infrastructure to transport and handle railway freight in rural and under-served parts of the country.

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Winter Storm Juno Pounds The Northeast

Several locations in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Long Island and Rhode Island have picked up over two feet of snow, while amounts in New York have ranged from 9.8 inches at Central Park in New York City to 30 inches on Long Island.

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United Nations Provides Food Seed To Flood-Ravaged Malawi Farms

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

More than 170,000 people have had to leave their homes, and an estimated 116,000 households have lost their crops and livestock.

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KeHE Distributors To Open DC In San Joaquin Valley

KeHE Distributors joins Walmart and Macy's in announcing they will have hundreds of job openings in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley area.

Tyson Foods Inc. To Upgrade Vienna, Ga. Poultry Plant, Add Over 500 Jobs

Tyson Foods purchased the Vienna plant in 1995. The facility currently employs about 700 people, generating an annual payroll of more than $15.6 million.

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Ocean Ports & Carriers

Snow Storm Closes Port Of New York And New Jersey Maritime Terminals

Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

Total snow accumulation is likely to exceed two feet throughout the port over a 36-hour period.

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Five Ways Drones Will Affect How We Get Our Food

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

This month, the Federal Aviation Administration issued the first permit for agricultural use of unmanned aerial vehicles, allowing Idaho-based ADAVSO to use a lightweight, fixed-wing drone to survey fields of crops.

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