| 1. | Agribusiness profit rose 23 percent to 42.4 million pounds.
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| 2. | That would benefit agribusiness suppliers and food processors with cheaper supplies.
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| 3. | Other growth fields include communications, transportation, agribusiness and manufacturing.
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| 4. | Novartis'agribusiness is its second-largest division after pharmaceuticals.
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| 5. | Agribusinesses also gain, with more plentiful supplies at lower costs.
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| 6. | Agribusiness is one of the biggest providers of foreign exchange earnings.
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| 7. | Agribusinesses already make genetically altered seeds resistant to insects and herbicides.
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| 8. | Agribusiness dominates the local economy, with poultry production particularly important.
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| 9. | Childress remains an agribusiness center with cotton gins and grain elevators.
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| 10. | Many agribusinesses and food processors source raw materials from smallholder farmers.
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