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Germany looks set to abstain in EU glyphosate vote

May. 12, 2016 at 6:22 pm CDT

Reuters — Germany looks set to abstain in a European Union vote next week on the continued use of glyphosate in weed killers because ministries run by different parties remain at odds over the chemical which some experts say could be carcinogenic. Glyphosate is used in many herbicides including Monsanto’s […]

JBS posts large loss, announces reorganization

May. 12, 2016 at 11:17 am CDT

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Kazakh president meets farmland protests with reshuffle

May. 6, 2016 at 7:38 pm CDT

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Beijing to release frozen pork to temper price rise

May. 5, 2016 at 5:10 pm CDT

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World food prices edge up in April

May. 5, 2016 at 5:05 pm CDT

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Maple Leaf dishes up first-quarter profit

May. 4, 2016 at 2:07 pm CDT

Reuters — Canadian meat processor Maple Leaf Foods reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit, helped by higher earnings in its prepared meats business. Adjusted operating earnings in the meat products segment rose nearly eight-fold to $61.3 million in the Toronto company’s first quarter, helped by lower operating costs and price increases. […]

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Kazakh leader evokes Ukraine as land protests spread

May. 2, 2016 at 6:09 pm CDT

Almaty | Reuters –– Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, facing a growing wave of protests against planned changes to land ownership, evoked the image of war-torn Ukraine on Sunday as he called for national unity. Speaking at an event in Almaty to mark the annual May 1 Unity Day celebrations, Nazarbayev […]

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Russia seen extending wheat export tax for 2016-17

Apr. 28, 2016 at 4:28 pm CDT

Moscow | Reuters — Russia is likely to extend its wheat export tax for the 2016-17 marketing year, which starts on July 1, because the levy is at a minimum level under current market conditions, traders and analysts said. The government has also indicated it is unlikely to change the […]

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Kazakhstan land protests widen in challenge to leader

Apr. 27, 2016 at 6:12 pm CDT

Almaty | Reuters — Hundreds of people staged street protests in two cities in Kazakhstan on Wednesday over land reform, Kazakh media and local activists reported, a rare act of defiance that could pose a challenge to the leadership of President Nursultan Nazarbayev. The protests, a continuation of demonstrations that […]

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DuPont expects U.S. review of Dow deal to end by June 30

Apr. 26, 2016 at 3:00 pm CDT

Reuters — DuPont said Tuesday it expected the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s review of its proposed merger with Dow Chemical to be completed by the end of June. The two chemical companies agreed to combine in an all-stock merger in December, valued at US$130 billion at the time, in […]

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