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...absurdist iconography: plaster death masks for the abolitionist John Brown and the fictional pancake syrup spokesperson Aunt Jemima; Russian president Vladimir Putin reimagined as a child’s doll holding a sunflower...
...The company says: “For over 35 years, the Sompo Museum of Fine Art in Tokyo has proudly displayed ‘Sunflowers’....
...A collaboration between traceable knitwear brand Sheep Inc and the Yawanawá people themselves, the collection uses fine merino wool and geometric patterns inspired by traditional drawings. sheepinc.com...
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on July 2022. ©2022 Nikkei Inc....
...Among the relocated fare is David Hockney’s bright “30 Sunflowers” (1996), estimated to sell for at least US$10m. But Wong remains confident that China, and its art market, will bounce back....
...Ateh Jewel, beauty journalist, diversity advocate and author Nails Inc, Naked in Neon Quad, £22, lookfantastic.com I love colour and bright nails are the quickest way to inject some fun into your summer...
...When BP unveiled the makeover that produced its “exploding sunflower” logo nearly 20 years ago, the FT coolly reported the oil company had “spent $7m on research and design, and plans to increase its advertising...
...The price for the painting of wheat fields and a horse and ploughman in sunflower yellows, lilac and azure blues was well beyond the $50m estimate....
...His kitchen also smokes its own salmon, makes its own ice-cream, bakes its own bread — and grows its own sunflower sprouts in a micro-grower. I sample one and it is crisp and delightful....
...“There is no GMO sugarcane, and there is no GMO sunflower,” said Peter Golbitz of Agromeris, a consultant to the natural food industry....
...Two decades later, he was in the rostrum selling Van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” for £24.75m, establishing a sensational new level for the most expensive pictures....
...Allergan, known for its Botox wrinkle treatment, also sells a version of Prozac for women with a severe form of premenstrual syndrome, under the Sarafem brand, which is dyed pink and comes in a box with sunflowers...
...New York-listed SunOpta says it handles more than half the organic soyabeans grown in North America as well as corn, sunflower, cocoa, sugar, fruits, nuts, seeds and ancient grains....
...The company was affected by the conflict in Ukraine, where a sunflower-seed processing plant in Donetsk was evacuated and subjected to armed occupation....
...It was also popular in Taiwan during the “sunflower movement”, when student activists stormed the country’s legislature to protest a trade deal with China....
...In June, Cargill halted operations at its sunflower seed processing plant in Donetsk, the separatist rebel stronghold in east Ukraine....
...But the price of palm oil – a key ingredient in shampoo and also in many processed foods – has tumbled to five-year lows in part because of a bumper crop of sunflower oil in Ukraine and neighbouring Russia...
...Lemon trees give way to fields of sunflowers, then groves of olives. When we reach the motorway to Seville, the central reservation is a riot of pink and red oleander bushes....
...In Volgograd, southern Russia, Cargill has broken ground on a $200m sunflower oil crushing plant....
...“If Magnit sees that a store needs a lot of sunflower seeds, they try to figure out where that demand comes from and what it means for the other stores,” explains Mr Vilidnitsky of Barclays....
...In recent years it has acquired or built grain silos, sunflower seed processing capacity and an animal feed mill in the country....
...The company said it was hurt by tight sunflower and rapeseed supplies in Europe, poor crops in the Black Sea, weak US grain exports and Argentine farmers who have been reluctant to give up stocks to merchants...
...Due to be completed in time for the 2013 season, Dupont Pioneer’s new facility will support the increased customer demand for Pioneer brand maize, sunflower and oilseed rape hybrids in Ukraine, Russia and...
...It is one of the top producers and exporters of sunflower seed and oil, barley, wheat and corn....
...global agriculture superpower with its proximity to China, Middle East and North Africa resulting in it taking a leading role in the export of key agricultural commodities such as wheat, barley, corn and sunflower...
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