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FIVE POINTS, Calif., April 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- S&W Seed Company (Nasdaq: SANW) today announced that it has strengthened its management team and Board of Directors by the addition of two alfalfa seed industry veterans. Dennis Jury, previously managing director of Seed Genetics International ("SGI") has been appointed Executive Vice President of Operations of S&W Seed Company. Mr. Jury will continue in his role of Chief Executive and General Manager of SGI. Mark Harvey,...
Acquisition creates the largest non-dormant alfalfa seed company in the world FIVE POINTS, Calif., March 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- S&W Seed Company (Nasdaq: SANW) announced, through a press release issued on Sunday, March 17(th), that it has agreed to purchase 100% of Seed Genetics International Pty Ltd ("SGI"), subject to due diligence and other customary conditions. The combination of S&W with Adelaide, Australia-based SGI will create the world 's largest non-dormant...
Acquisition creates the largest non-dormant alfalfa seed company in the world FIVE POINTS, Calif., March 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- S&W Seed Company (Nasdaq: SANW) today announced that it has agreed to purchase 100% of Seed Genetics International Pty Ltd ("SGI"), subject to due diligence and other customary conditions. The combination of S&W with Adelaide, Australia-based SGI will create the world 's largest non-dormant alfalfa seed company. The transaction, which is valued at...
FIVE POINTS, Calif., March 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- S&W Seed Company (Nasdaq: SANW) today announced the initiation of its dormant alfalfa seed expansion program. The company has selected a portion of its farmland surrounding its Five Points, California seed processing facility for the initial planting of its SW4328 dormant parent seed. Upon the successful harvest of "parent seed" in the fall of 2013, S&W will be able to begin producing commercial quantities of dormant alfalfa...
FIVE POINTS, Calif., Feb. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- S&W Seed Company (Nasdaq: SANW) today announced the extension of its 800 acre farmland lease in Kern County, located in California's San Joaquin Valley. The lease agreement was originally signed in July 2011, and the amendment extends the length of the lease from 2014 to 2024. Mark Grewal, president and chief executive officer of S&W Seed, commented, "I am very pleased that we came to a long-term agreement on this farmland...
FIVE POINTS, Calif., Feb. 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- S&W Seed Company (Nasdaq: SANW) announced today that it will acquire an additional 114 acres of producing farmland in Calipatria, California, located in the Imperial Valley. The purchase is being made to further expand production of S&W's proprietary alfalfa seed varieties and to effect synergies at its Imperial Valley farming operations, which were launched in 2012. The newly acquired farmland will be placed into S&W's...
HALSEY, Ore., Jan. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- With spring right around the corner, thoughts of planting should be on everyone's mind. The always present question is what to plant? Do you leave everything the same? If there was a lack of forage for your animals to graze on last fall, chances are you should renovate your pasture. You may be scratching your head what to do with your thinned alfalfa stand: establish a new field or stretch one more year with low yield? You may find...
FIVE POINTS, Calif., Jan. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- S&W Seed Company (Nasdaq: SANW) announced today that it acquired a one-half interest in an additional 182 acres of producing farmland in Calipatria, California, located in the Imperial Valley. The 182 acres are adjacent to 1,880 acres of farmland that S&W partly purchased and partly leased in July 2012. The newly acquired farmland will be used to expand S&W's production of alfalfa seed. Mark Grewal, chief executive...
FIVE POINTS, Calif., Nov. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- S&W Seed Company (Nasdaq: SANW), today announced that it has nominated Glen D. Bornt to its Board of Directors as part of the slate of nominees proposed for election at the Company's Annual Meeting of Shareholders, scheduled for December 8, 2012 in Reno, Nevada. Since 1987, Glen Bornt has been the president of Imperial Valley Milling Co., where he serves as Chief Executive Officer and on-site manager. Imperial Valley Milling,...
NAPOLEONVILLE, La., Oct. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Impact Fusion International, Inc. (IFUS) announced that the Company's wholly owned subsidiary, Supreme Energy Resources (www.supremeenergypark.com) has secured an open-ended opportunity to supply cattle ranchers with bagasse, an animal feed substitute for hay, alfalfa and corn. As a result of the well reported drought throughout the Continental United States there exists severe shortages of natural fiber for the feeding of cattle....
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Fodder is a term used in reference to the feed cut, sometimes prepared, and brought to domesticated farm animals such as cows, goats and pigs. Some fodder is prepared using oils and mixed rations that are mixed in with several different types of sprouted grain and legumes such as alfalfa, clover, corn, and several different types of grass. In the countries that allow it, fodder can also consist of animal origins such as ruminant meat and bone meal, typically found in cattle feed. The USDA,...
