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Japan lifts block on B.C. poultry

Aug. 28, 2015 at 4:49 pm CDT

Tokyo | Reuters –– Japan’s farm ministry on Friday partially lifted a ban on imports of live poultry and poultry meat from Canada and the U.S. following an outbreak of bird flu. Imports from British Columbia and from eight U.S. states — Oregon, Washington, Idaho, California, Kansas, Arkansas, Montana and […]

U.S. ends avian flu-related limits on Ont. poultry

Aug. 25, 2015 at 6:19 pm CDT

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K+S says Legacy supply deal highlights independence

Aug. 18, 2015 at 7:46 pm CDT

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U.K. grocers Morrisons, Aldi give ground in milk dispute

Aug. 14, 2015 at 7:49 pm CDT

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Tyson cuts beef production due to cattle shortage

Aug. 14, 2015 at 5:54 pm CDT

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JBS doesn’t see Brazil beef exports to U.S. before 2016

Aug. 14, 2015 at 5:45 pm CDT

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Meatpacker JBS expects fresh beef exports from Brazil to the U.S. to begin no earlier than 2016, later than the Brazilian government predicted, CEO Wesley Batista said Friday. An agreement between the two countries was signed in June, when Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff visited Washington, […]

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El Nino now seen more likely to last into spring

Aug. 13, 2015 at 8:33 pm CDT

New York | Reuters — A U.S. government weather forecaster on Thursday raised the likelihood that El Nino conditions would last into the Northern Hemisphere’s early spring to 85 per cent, boosting the probability that drought-stricken California could see increased rains. The Climate Prediction Center, a U.S. National Weather Service […]

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CHS locks in fertilizer supply, scraps plan for N.D. plant

Aug. 12, 2015 at 5:23 pm CDT

Reuters — U.S.-based agribusiness CHS Inc. said it would invest US$2.8 billion in a unit of fertilizer producer CF Industries to secure nitrogen fertilizer supplies. This is the third deal in a week in the highly fragmented global fertilizer industry, which is trying to cope with weak prices caused by […]

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Kraft Heinz to cut 2,500 jobs in Canada, U.S.

Aug. 12, 2015 at 2:57 pm CDT

Reuters — Kraft Heinz Co. said it will eliminate 2,500 jobs in the U.S. and Canada, including about 700 at its Chicago-area headquarters. Heinz, backed by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway and Brazilian private equity firm 3G Capital — known as an aggressive cost-cutter — combined with Kraft in March in […]

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Japan anxious at lull in Trans-Pacific trade talks

Aug. 11, 2015 at 7:13 pm CDT

Tokyo | Reuters — Japan has expressed concern about a loss of momentum in talks on a pan-Pacific trade pact, after participants failed to agree to meet again this month to try to clinch a deal that would cover 40 per cent of the global economy. Ministers from the 12 […]

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