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For patients with moderate to severe chronic kidney disease (CKD), treatment with activated vitamin D may reduce the risk of death by approximately one-fourth, suggests a study in the August Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.Many patients with advanced CKD take the drug calcitriol, an oral form of activated vitamin D, to treat elevated levels of parathyroid hormone.

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In order to boost the domestic supply, state-run trading company PEC Ltd has invited bids to import 24,000 tons of crude degummed soyabean oil to be delivered in June.

Higher procurement of wheat during the ongoing rabi marketing season has also fattened the Punjab exchequer, with the revenue from the purchase to state government doubling to Rs 1,250 crore.

With wheat procurement crossing 18 million tons mark this season, the government may procure another 2 million tons by the end of the season, experts said.

Noted agriculture scientist M S Swaminathan has said that futures trading could affect farmers "favourably" if we have the infrastructure.

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) -- Craig Heinrich and other South Plains cotton producers no longer have to look to the sky and pray - widespread rain arrived just in time for planting.

The Wheat Quality Council estimated the Kansas 2008 hard red winter wheat crop will yield 43.3 bushels an acre, 2.3 bushels an acre more than the 2007 estimate, the Kansas City Board of Trade said.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- Eight Western states Thursday rejected a company's plan to ship tons of radioactive Italian waste to Utah by declaring that rules don't allow for foreign loads.

KAMLOOPS - Sixteen post-secondary students from across the province will get hands-on experience in the field of agriculture this summer, participating in the 2008 Summer Extension Assistance Program, announced Pat Bell, Minister of Agriculture and Lands.