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Annam leaf turtle spotted in the wild for the first time in 65 years
Researchers with the Asian Turtle Program have announced that late last month, in a wild area of Quang Nam Province, Vietnam, they captured an Annam leaf turtle, a species listed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as one of the world's 25 most endangered turtles. It is said that the blood of the Annam leaf turtle can be used as a traditional medicine for treating heart disease. This year Vietnam passed a new law stating that it is illegal for anyone to keep or sell an Annam leaf turtle. The Asian Turtle Program is running an education and awareness campaign in Quang Nam Province, Vietnam, to guide people toward understanding the importance of protecting the Annam leaf turtle
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Bambusa siamensis blooms for the first time in 50 years; don't miss this rare spectacle at Shanping Park
Miss it and you'll have to wait a lifetime: Bambusa siamensis blooms for the first time in 50 years, a rare spectacle at Shanping Park
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Market conditions force first cut in corn temporary storage price in 7 years
The temporary corn purchase and storage policy, once rumored to be ending this year, has taken the stage again. Last Friday evening, the long-awaited 2015 temporary corn storage policy was finally announced. Liu Dong, a corn analyst at Zhuochuang Information, told the Daily Economic News that this year's temporary storage policy
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Corn temporary storage price cut for the first time in 7 years, many farmers holding onto their grain and waiting
In 2014, the state launched a pilot program of target price subsidies for soybeans in Northeast China and Inner Mongolia and for cotton in Xinjiang, abolishing the original temporary storage policy and letting the market determine the prices of these two types of agricultural products. Just one year after this policy was piloted, the
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China's Corn Stocks May Fall Next Year for the First Time in Six Years
Although Chinese farmers are still keen to plant corn, the growth momentum of China's corn stocks may come to an end. According to the latest attaché report released by the Foreign Agricultural Service of the US Department of Agriculture, China's ending corn stocks in 2016/17 may remain flat or begin to gradually decline.
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