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USDA takes first step to import fresh beef from Brazil, Argentina

Jun. 29, 2015 at 6:36 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is amending its regulations to allow fresh beef into the U.S. from Brazil and Argentina under specific conditions that mitigate risk of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), the agency said Monday. “This is the first step […]

Russian PM says can change list of banned imports

Jun. 25, 2015 at 4:52 pm CDT

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Putin adds another year to ban on Western food imports

Jun. 24, 2015 at 11:57 am CDT

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CME’s futures pit closures delayed to July 6 or later

Jun. 23, 2015 at 5:31 pm CDT

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Russia to extend ban on Western food imports to early 2016

Jun. 22, 2015 at 5:50 pm CDT

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Brazil’s grain ports seen facing record volumes

Jun. 12, 2015 at 4:44 pm CDT

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Brazil’s grain ports will endeavour to move the last of a record soybean crop just as a huge corn harvest starts competing for terminal space, testing the country’s export capacity, an analyst at local consultancy Agroconsult said. Brazil is exporting much of a record 96 […]

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Western states to get US$110M in drought aid

Jun. 12, 2015 at 4:24 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters — The White House said Friday it would spend an additional US$110 million to help farmers and communities in western states hit hard by drought and wildfires. The drought has affected a third of the western United States, and President Barack Obama was slated to discuss it […]

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California curtails some senior water rights due to drought

Jun. 12, 2015 at 3:59 pm CDT

Los Angeles | Reuters — California’s water board curtailed senior water rights on Friday in the state’s Delta, San Joaquin and Sacramento regions due to drought, in the first move of its kind during the current drought, officials said. The curtailment affects more than 100 senior water rights holders, with […]

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U.S. agency sees El Nino likely to last into 2016

Jun. 11, 2015 at 2:19 pm CDT

New York | Reuters — A U.S. weather forecaster warned on Thursday the El Nino weather pattern that can cause droughts in Asia and heavy rain in the Americas will likely last into next year, longer than previously expected and potentially roiling crops and commodity prices. The Climate Prediction Center […]

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Warming Pacific waters seen fuelling lengthy El Nino

Jun. 10, 2015 at 8:26 pm CDT

Sydney | Reuters –– Pacific Ocean temperatures continue to warm, supporting El Nino weather conditions for the rest of 2015, Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology said Tuesday. An El Nino can have devastating consequences for agriculture globally, causing heavy rains and floods in South America and scorching weather in Asia and […]

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