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InVivo pursues co-op alliances to vie with grain, chemical giants

Oct. 26, 2016 at 3:32 pm CDT

Paris | Reuters — France’s InVivo wants to expand international partnerships with other co-operatives, including in joint buying of crop supplies and shipping fixtures, as it tries to compete with global grain trading and chemical firms, its CEO said on Wednesday. InVivo, a grouping of 220 agricultural co-operatives and one […]

Ukrlandfarming owner in talks to sell stake

Oct. 24, 2016 at 2:08 pm CDT

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China busts gang selling expired dairy products

Oct. 24, 2016 at 1:59 pm CDT

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World wine output seen at four-year low

Oct. 21, 2016 at 7:15 pm CDT

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Canada’s Onex to buy U.S. grocery chain Save-A-Lot

Oct. 17, 2016 at 4:04 pm CDT

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ChemChina, Syngenta ready to offer EU remedies over merger

Oct. 14, 2016 at 4:49 pm CDT

Florence | Reuters — Chinese state-owned chemical company ChemChina and Swiss pesticides and seeds group Syngenta are prepared to offer concessions to EU antitrust regulators to ease concerns over their US$43 billion deal, a person familiar with the matter said Friday. The companies will meet European Commission officials on Monday […]

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U.S. forecaster sees La Nina likely in coming months

Oct. 14, 2016 at 3:31 pm CDT

New York | Reuters — A U.S. government forecaster on Thursday said the chance has increased for weather phenomenon La Nina developing in the coming months in the Northern Hemisphere fall and persist into winter 2016-17. The Climate Prediction Center (CPC), an agency of the National Weather Service, in a […]

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U.S. biodiesel executives plead guilty over fraud scheme

Oct. 12, 2016 at 10:28 pm CDT

New York | Reuters — Two men pleaded guilty in a U.S. court on Wednesday to conspiracy, fraud and making false statements related to the U.S. government’s controversial policy designed to boost use of renewable fuels, according to court documents. The case comes in the last four weeks of a […]

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Germany’s top court hears CETA challenge

Oct. 12, 2016 at 6:02 pm CDT

Karlsruhe, Germany | Reuters — Germany’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday began hearing a legal challenge to a planned EU-Canada free trade deal that could paralyze the accord. Three German activist groups handed in 125,000 signatures to the court in August in opposition to the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), […]

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EU anti-globalization politician allowed to stay in Canada

Oct. 12, 2016 at 4:56 pm CDT

Ottawa | Reuters — European Parliament member and anti-globalization activist Jose Bove will be allowed to stay in Canada after earlier being told to leave the country, according to organizers of an event where he had been scheduled to speak. The Council of Canadians, a social justice non-profit, said on […]

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