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Snack maker Mondelez plans for cage-free eggs by 2020

Jan. 15, 2016 at 3:28 pm CST

Reuters — Mondelez International, the maker of Cadbury chocolates and Oreo cookies, said it would stop using eggs laid by caged hens for its products sold in Canada and the U.S. by 2020. Formed in 2012 by Kraft Foods’ spinoff of its grocery business, including the Christie and Nabisco cookie […]

FAO seeks help for drought-ravaged Ethiopia

Jan. 15, 2016 at 3:10 pm CST

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EU to review use of last-resort antibiotic on farms

Jan. 14, 2016 at 8:25 pm CST

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U.S. forecaster sees El Nino conditions weakening

Jan. 14, 2016 at 2:01 pm CST

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Syngenta still looking at different tie-ups

Jan. 13, 2016 at 7:27 pm CST

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China and vessel glut drive Baltic index to fresh low

Jan. 12, 2016 at 7:45 pm CST

Reuters — The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, which tracks rates for ships carrying industrial commodities, slid to a fifth consecutive record low on Monday on economic worries about China and a surplus of vessels. The overall index, gauging the cost of shipping dry bulk cargoes including grain, iron […]

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Korea finds hogs infected with foot-and-mouth

Jan. 12, 2016 at 7:14 pm CST

Seoul | Reuters –– South Korea has detected foot-and-mouth in a southwestern hog farm, the first such discovery in nine months and a blow to authorities pushing to contain the disease. The case involved a type of the disease that animals are inoculated against in South Korea, with all 670 […]

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Switzerland asks voters not to ban farm derivatives trade

Jan. 12, 2016 at 6:16 pm CST

Zurich | Reuters –– Switzerland’s government on Tuesday urged voters to reject a campaign to ban trading in agricultural derivatives, saying the well-meaning attempt to alleviate world hunger would not succeed and only jeopardize Swiss jobs and tax revenue. The “No Speculation with Food” initiative is subject of a binding […]

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Saudi dairy firm buying California land for fodder

Jan. 11, 2016 at 12:45 am CST

Reuters –– Saudi Arabia’s Almarai, the largest dairy company in the Gulf, has spent C$45 million to buy land in California to supply its business with alfalfa hay, it said Sunday. The 1,790 acres of land at Blythe — in the state’s southeast corner, about 200 km east of Palm […]

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China says must change corn supports to clear stockpile

Jan. 11, 2016 at 12:27 am CST

Beijing | Reuters — China must lower corn prices to reduce its massive corn stockpile and curb imports of corn substitutes including barley, sorghum and distillers’ grain, state media quoted a senior agricultural official as saying. Chen Xiwen, deputy director of the Central Rural Work Leading Group, said China needed […]

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