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Agrium, PotashCorp shareholders vote on merger next month

Oct. 6, 2016 at 7:12 pm CDT

Reuters — Agrium and PotashCorp shareholders will hold separate meetings next month to vote on a merger agreement between the two fertilizer companies, they said in a filing on Thursday. The all-stock deal would combine Potash’s crop nutrient production capacity, the world’s largest, with Agrium’s farm retail network, North America’s […]

EU’s Juncker seeks to win over Austria on CETA

Oct. 5, 2016 at 11:28 am CDT

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Austria’s chancellor sees CETA on right track

Oct. 3, 2016 at 6:28 pm CDT

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Farm gate prices fall in August on meat, dairy

Sep. 30, 2016 at 9:39 am CDT

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China approves corn export permits to two companies

Sep. 30, 2016 at 9:32 am CDT

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China slaps more duties on U.S. DDGS

Sep. 28, 2016 at 2:50 pm CDT

Beijing | Reuters –– China will impose anti-subsidy duties of between 10 and 10.7 per cent on imports of U.S. animal feed ingredient known as distillers’ dried grains (DDGS), the Commerce Ministry said in a preliminary ruling on Wednesday. The move was widely expected after the government announced a similar […]

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U.S. farmer suits over Syngenta corn get class status

Sep. 27, 2016 at 6:40 pm CDT

Reuters — A U.S. district court judge in Kansas this week said lawsuits brought by U.S. farmers against seed company Syngenta over sales of biotech corn seeds not approved for import by China can proceed as a class action, according to a court filing. Farmers from the largest U.S. corn-producing […]

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Ontario to scale back renewable energy purchases

Sep. 27, 2016 at 5:35 pm CDT

Toronto | Reuters –– Ontario will scale back its purchase of renewable power in a move expected to result in savings of up to $3.8 billion from a 2013 forecast, the provincial government said on Tuesday. It’s not clear consumers will benefit directly, though the province’s Energy Minister Glenn Thibeault […]

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German chemical firm Lanxess to buy Chemtura

Sep. 26, 2016 at 9:55 am CDT

Reuters — Lanxess AG said on Sunday it would buy specialty chemical company Chemtura Corp. for about US$2.5 billion, to improve the German company’s additives business. Lanxess’s offer of US$33.50 for each Chemtura share represents a premium of about 19 per cent to the Philadelphia-based company’s close on Friday. The […]

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China slaps anti-dumping duties on U.S. DDGS

Sep. 23, 2016 at 4:11 pm CDT

Chicago/Beijing | Reuters — China on Friday slapped anti-dumping duties on a U.S. animal feed ingredient known as distillers’ dried grains (DDGS) amid an intensifying spat between the world’s two largest economies over agricultural trade which totaled over US$20 billion last year. Beijing’s preliminary decision calls for duties of 33.8 […]

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