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Pettigrew tapped to help push through EU trade deal

Aug. 24, 2016 at 6:54 pm CDT

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada has named a former politician with experience in trade and foreign affairs as the government’s new envoy to help complete its long-negotiated free trade agreement with the European Union, a spokeswoman said Wednesday. Pierre Pettigrew, who served as both minister of foreign affairs and minister […]

U.S. Senate judiciary committee to hold hearing on ag chem deals

Aug. 23, 2016 at 7:26 pm CDT

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Couche-Tard to buy Corner Store owner in US$4.4B deal

Aug. 22, 2016 at 6:39 pm CDT

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U.S. watchdog clears ChemChina’s takeover of Syngenta

Aug. 22, 2016 at 6:06 pm CDT

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Tisdale drops ‘Land of Rape and Honey’ slogan

Aug. 22, 2016 at 4:49 pm CDT

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Monsanto reported giving Bayer limited access to its books

Aug. 17, 2016 at 4:26 pm CDT

Frankfurt | Reuters — U.S. seed company Monsanto has given German suitor Bayer limited access to its books after turning down a sweetened US$64 billion takeover offer last month, two sources familiar with the situation told Reuters. The parties have not yet signed a non-disclosure agreement, which would allow Bayer […]

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Lack of grain storage seen as record Russian crop looms

Aug. 16, 2016 at 4:49 pm CDT

Moscow | Reuters — Russia is facing a lack of grain storage as it remains on track to produce the largest cereals crop in post-Soviet history, the head of Russia’s Grain Union, a non-government farmers’ lobby group, said Tuesday. Arkady Zlochevsky, the head of the union, told a briefing in […]

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Trump names six U.S. governors as ag advisors

Aug. 16, 2016 at 4:39 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump named 64 agriculture policy advisors on Tuesday, including the governors of Iowa and five other farm states and a former federal agriculture secretary. The announcement came as Trump, a New York businessman seeking his first elected office, looks to improve his […]

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Egypt tightens import quarantine rules on grains

Aug. 16, 2016 at 12:34 pm CDT

Cairo | Reuters — Egypt has tightened its agriculture quarantine regulations, imposing a rule that will prevent grain shipments suspected of contamination from being offloaded until they receive test results, according to a letter sent to traders Monday. The rule comes just one month after the world’s biggest wheat buyer […]

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Egypt public prosecutor orders 13 arrested in wheat corruption case

Aug. 15, 2016 at 6:34 pm CDT

Cairo | Reuters — Egypt’s public prosecutor has ordered the arrest of 13 people for 15 days pending an investigation into their role in a wheat procurement corruption scandal, judicial sources said on Saturday. Egypt, the world’s largest wheat importer, has been mired in controversy over its wheat supplies, with […]

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