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Limagrain says GMO protests could force R+D relocation

Jan. 17, 2018 at 5:11 pm CST

Paris | Reuters — Limagrain, the world’s fourth-largest seed maker, will consider moving its research activities out of France if field trials in its home market continue to be sabotaged by opponents of genetically modified crops. The French co-operative group was targeted last month by protestors who invaded test fields […]

USDA raises corn harvest view

Jan. 12, 2018 at 11:09 am CST

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Canada welcomes Trump suggestion of NAFTA deadline extension

Jan. 12, 2018 at 10:38 am CST

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[VIDEO] Chicken poo power as an alternative to coal?

Jan. 3, 2018 at 12:59 pm CST

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Dreyfus to sell Australian fertilizer unit to Agrium

Dec. 12, 2017 at 2:37 pm CST

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CanniMed asks regulators to step in on hostile bid

Dec. 11, 2017 at 7:41 pm CST

Reuters — Medical marijuana company CanniMed Therapeutics has asked federal regulators to intervene as it seeks to prevent a hostile takeover by bigger rival Aurora Cannabis Inc. Saskatoon-based CanniMed said Monday it asked the Financial and Consumer Affairs Authority of Saskatchewan and the Ontario Securities Commission to declare that Aurora’s […]

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Feds, provinces end dispute on how to split pot tax revenues

Dec. 11, 2017 at 6:54 pm CST

Ottawa | Reuters –– The Canadian government and the 10 provinces on Monday settled a disagreement on how to split the revenues from a proposed federal tax on the sale of marijuana once the drug is legalized, Finance Minister Bill Morneau said. Morneau told reporters that for an initial two […]

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Brazil police serving warrants linked to JBS tax probe

Dec. 11, 2017 at 6:09 pm CST

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Brazil’s federal police are serving 14 search warrants on Monday in connection with a bribery probe implicating meatpacker JBS SA and tax authorities, they said in a statement. The raids are based on plea bargain testimony by JBS executives who suggested that 160 million reais […]

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Russia to boost grain transport subsidies in 2018

Dec. 7, 2017 at 6:37 pm CST

Moscow | Reuters — Russia will spend two billion roubles (C$43 million) in grain transportation subsidies to help to speed exports in 2018, the deputy agriculture minister said on Thursday. Already among the world’s largest wheat exporters, Russia is trying to step up a gear after this year’s record crop, […]

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Ukraine’s parliament extends ban on farmland sales

Dec. 7, 2017 at 6:22 pm CST

Kiev | Reuters — The Ukrainian parliament voted on Thursday to extend a ban on the sale of agricultural land by one year, delaying what financial backers say is a key reform essential to Ukraine’s long-term economic growth. The bill was backed by 236 lawmakers, narrowly over the 226 required […]

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