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German chemical firm Lanxess to buy Chemtura

Sep. 26, 2016 at 9:55 am CDT

Reuters — Lanxess AG said on Sunday it would buy specialty chemical company Chemtura Corp. for about US$2.5 billion, to improve the German company’s additives business. Lanxess’s offer of US$33.50 for each Chemtura share represents a premium of about 19 per cent to the Philadelphia-based company’s close on Friday. The […]

China slaps anti-dumping duties on U.S. DDGS

Sep. 23, 2016 at 4:11 pm CDT

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Iran now self-sufficient in wheat, president says

Sep. 22, 2016 at 7:16 pm CDT

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China to conditionally lift ban on some U.S. beef

Sep. 22, 2016 at 7:48 am CDT

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EU, Canada seek to win over CETA doubters with declaration

Sep. 21, 2016 at 12:19 pm CDT

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Egypt cancels zero-ergot wheat policy amid mounting pressure

Sep. 21, 2016 at 12:03 pm CDT

Cairo | Reuters — Egypt has reversed its controversial zero-tolerance policy on the common grains fungus ergot, the government said on Wednesday, backtracking on an import regulation that had all but blocked its access to global wheat. Egypt, the world’s largest buyer of wheat, has seen its imports grind to […]

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Z Tags owner Datamars reportedly up for sale

Sep. 19, 2016 at 4:24 pm CDT

Frankfurt | Reuters — Buyout group Columna Capital is preparing its Swiss animal tagging group Datamars for a sale in a potential deal that could be worth as much as over 300 million Swiss francs (C$404 million), two people close to the deal said. The private equity investor has asked […]

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Austrian government split on opposition to CETA

Sep. 14, 2016 at 11:59 am CDT

Vienna | Reuters –– Austrian Chancellor Christian Kern’s opposition to a free trade agreement between the European Union and Canada was countered by fervent praise for the deal from his deputy at a special parliamentary session on the issue on Wednesday. The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada, […]

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Chinese pesticide firm to buy Adama Agricultural

Sep. 13, 2016 at 3:09 pm CDT

Hong Kong | Reuters — China’s Hubei Sanonda will acquire Israel’s Adama Agricultural Solutions for about 18.6 billion yuan (C$3.67 billion), Sanonda said on Tuesday. Pesticide firm Sanonda, based in China’s central Hubei province, also said it aimed to raise up to 2.5 billion yuan (C$493 million) in a private […]

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California first state to promise overtime to farmworkers

Sep. 12, 2016 at 3:56 pm CDT

Sacramento | Reuters — California will become the first U.S. state to require farmers to pay overtime to field workers and fruit pickers under a bill signed Monday by Democratic Governor Jerry Brown. The bill would phase in overtime pay for farmworkers from 2019 to 2022. In an industry where […]

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