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Egypt to launch ag commodities bourse by year-end

Feb. 1, 2016 at 1:24 pm CST

Cairo | Reuters –– Egypt plans to launch an agricultural-focused commodities trading exchange, the first of its kind in the Middle East, by the end of 2016, Supplies Minister Khaled Hanafi said Monday. Egypt announced plans to set up a global commodities centre in 2014, but gave few details at […]

German regulator investigates possible tractor cartel

Jan. 29, 2016 at 12:30 pm CST

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Russia said considering export duties for corn, barley

Jan. 27, 2016 at 2:02 am CST

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Brazil prosecutors charge JBS board chairman

Jan. 27, 2016 at 1:11 am CST

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China to let market decide its corn prices

Jan. 25, 2016 at 5:58 pm CST

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Russia considering export duties on fertilizers

Jan. 25, 2016 at 2:19 pm CST

Stavropol | Reuters –– Russia’s government is looking into introducing duties on exports of mineral fertilizers to make them more affordable for the country’s farmers, President Vladimir Putin said Monday. Meeting his loyalists from the pro-Kremlin public movement, the All-Russia People’s Front, Putin heard compalints from a farmer saying that […]

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Vessel demand concerns extend Baltic index fall

Jan. 22, 2016 at 5:36 pm CST

Reuters — The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, which tracks rates for ships carrying industrial commodities, extended its record low run to a 14th straight session on Friday on persistent vessel glut and weak demand. The overall Baltic Dry Index, which gauges the cost of shipping dry bulk including […]

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Ardent’s Illinois flour mills reopened

Jan. 22, 2016 at 11:05 am CST

Chicago | Reuters –– Ardent Mills, the largest U.S. flour miller, said operations resumed on Thursday at its mill at Chester, Illinois, that had been closed since Dec. 29 due to near-record flooding on the Mississippi River. Mill staff “have gone ‘above and beyond’ to conduct extensive cleaning and sanitizing […]

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Argentine government to allow beef imports

Jan. 21, 2016 at 6:12 pm CST

Buenos Aires | Reuters –– Argentina will allow beef imports if the recent opening of the export market results in a domestic shortage of steaks and burgers, farm minister Ricardo Buryaile told local radio Thursday. The country lifted restrictions on beef exports after President Mauricio Macri, elected in November on […]

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Pamela Anderson causes stir in French parliament over foie gras

Jan. 19, 2016 at 3:23 pm CST

Paris | Reuters — Canadian actress Pamela Anderson triggered scenes of chaos in France’s parliament on Tuesday as journalists fought and shoved to hear her campaign for a ban on the force-feeding of ducks and geese for foie gras. A photographer and a cameraman came to blows as those in […]

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