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Campbell Soup to label U.S. products for GMOs

Jan. 8, 2016 at 11:15 am CST

Reuters — Campbell Soup said it will label all its U.S. products for the presence of ingredients derived from genetically modified organisms, becoming the first major food company to respond to growing calls for more transparency about ingredients. The world’s largest soup maker also said it supports the enactment of […]

Global dairy prices unexpectedly fall in overnight auction

Jan. 5, 2016 at 6:41 pm CST

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Argentine soy sales after tax cut disappoint government

Jan. 5, 2016 at 1:02 am CST

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Force majeure declared for CBOT soy shipping stations

Jan. 4, 2016 at 7:08 pm CST

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Dreyfus owner pregnant, plans maternity leave

Jan. 4, 2016 at 6:56 pm CST

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Floods close two Ardent flour mills

Dec. 30, 2015 at 5:48 pm CST

Reuters — Two Illinois flour mills near the Mississippi River and operated by Ardent Mills were shuttered because of flooding this week, the company told Reuters on Wednesday. Ardent, the largest U.S. flour miller, operated jointly by Cargill, ConAgra Foods and CHS Inc., said the mills in Chester and Alton […]

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DuPont cuts jobs in Delaware ahead of Dow merger

Dec. 29, 2015 at 7:37 pm CST

Reuters — Chemical maker DuPont said it would cut 1,700 jobs in Delaware, as part of a previously announced plan to reduce its workforce before combining with Dow Chemical in a US$130 billion megamerger. The job cuts in the state, which has been its home for more than 213 years, […]

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Chinese group eyes indirect stake in Chile’s SQM

Dec. 29, 2015 at 12:37 am CST

Santiago | Reuters — China’s CITIC CLSA Capital Markets will participate in the process to buy an indirect stake in Chilean crop nutrition and industrial chemical firm SQM, one of the world’s top lithium producers, the holding company selling the stake said Monday. Holding company Oro Blanco said in a […]

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Subway to switch to cage-free eggs by 2025

Dec. 28, 2015 at 8:41 pm CST

Reuters — Sandwich chain Subway said it would stop using eggs laid by caged hens in its North American outlets by 2025, joining a number of companies that are going cage-free amid pressure from consumers and animal-rights groups. Subway, which already serves eggs laid by free-range hens at its outlets […]

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Saudi’s SALIC looking for land in Sudan for fodder

Dec. 24, 2015 at 3:53 pm CST

Dubai | Reuters — Saudi Agriculture and Livestock Co. (SALIC), an arm of the state-owned Public Investment Fund, is looking to buy land in Sudan to grow fodder, chief executive Abdullah Aldubaikhi said in an interview on Saudi-owned Al Arabiya TV on Thursday. He was speaking the day after the […]

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