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Guayule: Then & Now »

By Julie on Oct 15th, 2009 in Green Products, Guayule, Rubber history | Comment Now

In a Salinas, Calif. newspaper we recently came across a great column chronicling the guayule industry in that region before and after the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941.
With trade from Southeast Asia cut off and rubber essential to the U.S. war effort, the guayule rubber produced in Salinas became a national security issue overnight.
A key difference between guayule [...]

Governor’s Innovation Award finalist seeks growers »

By Julie on Sep 4th, 2009 in Guayule News | 1 Comment

Named a finalist in the Arizona Tech Council’s prestigious Governor’s Celebration of Innovation, Yulex Corporation is inviting farmers and agriculture leaders to learn about cultivating guayule and partnering with Yulex as the company expands in Arizona.
Meetings are scheduled for September 12, 15, and 23 from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the University of Arizona’s [...]

Guayule natural rubber offers a greener option in condoms »

By Amanda on Mar 17th, 2009 in Guayule News | 1 Comment

Last year, 437 million condoms were sold in the United States alone. Yes, it’s true; condoms are a very popular birth control option preferred by both men and women. Currently, a majority of condoms are manufactured in Southeast Asia and imported into the US. However, that could soon change thanks to Yulex. With the help [...]

EU funds €7.7 million program to produce rubber from guayule and other crops »

By Julie on Oct 9th, 2008 in Guayule News | 2 Comments

Known as the EU-PEARLS project, it is being coordinated by Wageningen University in the Netherlands with the involvement of the University of Lausanne in Switzerland and the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Spain, and Kazakhstan.  Yulex Corporation is providing support on behalf of the U.S.

The project aims to develop new crops for the production and [...]

Yuma, Arizona names Guayule its Crop of the Week »

By Julie on Aug 25th, 2008 in Guayule | Comment Now

Kurt Nolte, an agriculture agent and Yuma County Cooperative Extension director, picked guayule to spotlight in the Yuma Sun as his Crop of the Week. He writes:
“Clean new technologies make it possible to extract natural rubber, latex, ethanol, non-toxic adhesives and other specialty chemicals from guayule….
Yulex Corp. has been positioning Arizona as the epicenter of a [...]

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