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Britain to plug EU funding gap for farms, colleges

Aug. 15, 2016 at 6:28 pm CDT

London | Reuters — Britain will fill a gap of as much as 4.5 billion pounds (C$7.5 billion) in funding for agriculture, universities and its regions that will open up when Britain leaves the European Union, finance minister Philip Hammond said. Scientists, farmers and others who got EU funding were […]

JBS quarterly profits beat expectations

Aug. 11, 2016 at 7:52 pm CDT

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Canada to allow medical marijuana users to grow their own

Aug. 11, 2016 at 5:26 pm CDT

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China backs GMO soybeans in push for high-tech agriculture

Aug. 10, 2016 at 5:37 pm CDT

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Agrium’s Vanscoy potash operations suspended

Aug. 9, 2016 at 4:46 pm CDT

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New Zealand farm firm bans use of palm in feed

Aug. 8, 2016 at 2:29 am CDT

Wellington | Reuters — New Zealand farm company Landcorp said Monday it would ban its farmers from using palm kernel expeller (PKE), a feed supplement used for cows that environmentalists have linked to rainforest destruction. The state-owned company, which runs 140 farms, said it would end the use of the […]

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Egyptian prosecutor says millions in local wheat falsely claimed

Aug. 8, 2016 at 1:23 am CDT

Cairo | Reuters –– Egypt’s general prosecutor said on Sunday that local wheat suppliers worked with government employees to falsely claim 621 million Egyptian pounds (C$92.5 million) worth of grain that does not exist. Egypt has been embroiled in a controversy over its local wheat supplies, with grains industry officials […]

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Quarantined Washington wheat negative for GMO

Aug. 5, 2016 at 6:04 pm CDT

Reuters — No genetically modified (GMO) wheat has been found in a Washington state farm’s crop tested after an unapproved biotech variety was discovered growing there in June, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Friday. The quarantined grain will be allowed to enter the marketplace, USDA said. USDA’s Animal […]

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Korea reports no GMO in U.S. wheat imports

Aug. 5, 2016 at 3:04 pm CDT

Seoul | Reuters — South Korea has not detected any genetically modified wheat in tests on imports of wheat and flour from Washington state, after the discovery of unapproved GM wheat in the U.S. state prompted Japan and South Korea to suspend certain U.S. imports. South Korea, the fifth largest […]

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Kellogg’s sales miss analysts’ estimates

Aug. 4, 2016 at 2:03 pm CDT

Reuters — Kellogg Co.’s quarterly sales dropped 6.6 per cent, missing analysts’ estimates, as demand slid further for its breakfast foods and snacks, which include Corn Flakes and Froot Loops. Kellogg also said a strong dollar was expected to hurt sales this year more than it had anticipated, mainly due […]

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