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Indian regulator warns on Agrium-PotashCorp merger

Mar. 29, 2017 at 11:01 am CDT

New Delhi | Reuters — India’s competition regulator said the proposed merger between Agrium and PotashCorp was likely to hurt competition, a government statement said Wednesday. The two Canadian fertilizer producers agreed to merge last September to navigate a severe industry slump by boosting efficiency and cutting costs. Neither Agrium […]

U.S. agribusiness deal not a priority for Glencore

Mar. 28, 2017 at 3:08 pm CDT

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U.N. picks former U.S. governor to run World Food Programme

Mar. 28, 2017 at 2:49 pm CDT

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EU nations vote against GM crops, but not enough to block them

Mar. 27, 2017 at 2:23 pm CDT

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JBS weighs suspending U.S. IPO

Mar. 27, 2017 at 1:56 pm CDT

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Brazil fears lost market share for meat industry

Mar. 22, 2017 at 3:37 pm CDT

Brasilia | Reuters — Brazil’s meatpacking industry has been badly damaged by a police investigation into alleged unsanitary and corrupt practices, and could lose upward of 10 per cent of its global market share, Agriculture Minister Blairo Maggi said Wednesday. Maggi told a Senate committee that the main concern was […]

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Lactalis short of threshold to delist Parmalat

Mar. 21, 2017 at 4:33 pm CDT

Milan | Reuters — France’s Lactalis failed to reach the 90 per cent stake in Parmalat it required to proceed to delist the Italian food company in the last day of a buyout offer, a filing by the Milan bourse showed Tuesday. Lactalis, the world’s largest dairy firm, bought 15.11 […]

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Ameropa to shut malting barley trading firm Interbrau

Mar. 16, 2017 at 3:09 pm CDT

Hamburg | Reuters — Swiss-based grain trading group Ameropa AG said Thursday it will end its involvement in malting barley trading and close its Hamburg-based malting barley trading house Interbrau GmbH at the end of 2017. “This decision is mainly driven by the fact that the malting barley market did […]

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U.S. ag secretary nominee submits ethics disclosures

Mar. 13, 2017 at 6:04 pm CDT

Reuters — U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the U.S. Agriculture Department said in Senate ethics disclosure forms that he would place his assets, which include part ownership of a grain merchandising company, into a blind trust. Republican Sonny Perdue was tapped to head the department the day before […]

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Caterpillar says compliant with tax laws after IRS claim

Mar. 11, 2017 at 3:39 pm CST

Reuters — Caterpillar Inc. said Friday it was compliant with tax laws, a week after federal law enforcement officials raided three of the company’s buildings in connection with a probe into the heavy machinery manufacturer’s offshore tax practices. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has challenged the company’s taxes for the […]

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