Insights and Stories of Chris Prentice

Nov. 27, 2018 at 7:58 pm CST

New York/Ottawa | Reuters — Dairy remains a sticking point between the United States and Canada as the countries prepare to sign a new North American trade pact this week, according to four sources familiar with the matter. U.S. objections to Canada’s protected internal market for dairy products was a […]

By Chris Prentice, David Ljunggren

Jul. 6, 2018 at 8:27 pm CDT

New York | Reuters — Corn growers and biofuel producers cheered the resignation of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt in the hope that his successor may give them more access and fewer threats to reducing domestic requirements. Pruitt led U.S. President Donald Trump’s aggressive efforts to roll back […]

By Chris Prentice, Jarrett Renshaw

Jul. 3, 2018 at 9:40 pm CDT

New York | Reuters –– The world’s top food companies and farmers of crops such as beet sugar are pitted against each other as they lobby the U.S. government over plans to label genetically engineered ingredients. At the heart of the issue is transparency over ingredients used in food. Packaged […]

By Chris Prentice

Jun. 12, 2018 at 4:34 pm CDT

New York | Reuters — A week after the White House suspended its bid to reform the nation’s biofuels policy to aid oil refiners, the head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday dangled a tantalizing prospect to Midwest corn farmers, saying the agency has the power to expand […]

By Chris Prentice

Apr. 11, 2018 at 8:53 pm CDT

New York | Reuters — The Trump administration is considering allowing the sale of a higher-ethanol fuel blend in the summer, a source familiar with the issue said, a move that would placate corn growers worried about the future of U.S. biofuels policy. U.S. President Donald Trump recently met with […]

By Chris Prentice, Jarrett Renshaw