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Nov. 25, 2011 at 11:59 pm CST

The European Union’s cereals management committee voted Thursday to extend the suspension of the bloc’s import duties on feed wheat and barley until June 30, 2012, the EU’s executive said in a statement. The EU in June suspended its import duties of 12 euros per tonne for low- and medium-quality […]

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Nov. 23, 2011 at 6:15 am CST

The European Union’s cereals management committee may vote Thursday to extend a suspension of the bloc’s import duties on feed wheat and barley until June 30 2012, a draft agenda of the meeting seen by Reuters showed. In June, the EU suspended its import duties of 12 euros per tonne […]

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Feb. 23, 2011 at 5:00 pm CST

A European Union committee voted Tuesday to allow traces of unapproved genetically modified (GM) material in animal feed imports, the European Commission said, in a bid to secure grain supplies to the import-dependent bloc.  EU governments and lawmakers now have three months to either approve or reject the committee’s decision, […]

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