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Egypt to allow trace ergot in wheat

Mar. 7, 2016 at 5:58 pm CST

Cairo | Reuters –– Egypt will allow wheat imports with trace levels of the ergot fungus of up to 0.05 per cent, the agriculture ministry said Monday, a day after the head of its agriculture quarantine authority was changed. Former quarantine head Saad Moussa’s zero tolerance policy on ergot had […]

World food prices stable in February near seven-year low

Mar. 6, 2016 at 1:40 am CST

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China’s canola meal supply may fall under tighter standards

Mar. 6, 2016 at 1:28 am CST

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Fertilizer maker Yara to cut costs, raise investments

Mar. 1, 2016 at 7:04 pm CST

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Maple Leaf profit beats as margins improve

Mar. 1, 2016 at 6:46 pm CST

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PotashCorp to curb two Sask. mines’ production

Feb. 25, 2016 at 5:26 pm CST

Reuters — PotashCorp said Thursday that it will curtail production at two Saskatchewan potash mines for four weeks, as excessive supplies pressure prices. The company said it would curtail output at its Allan and Lanigan mines, about 50 and 110 km southeast of Saskatoon respectively, for four weeks starting March […]

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BASF to cut half the jobs in plant biotech unit

Feb. 25, 2016 at 5:03 pm CST

Leverkusen, Germany | Reuters –– BASF, the world’s largest chemicals group by sales, will cut half of the 700 jobs at its plant biotechnology business, slashing some early development projects in yield improvement and stress tolerance and all of its rice yield and corn fungal resistance projects. BASF’s plant biotechnology […]

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China tightens dockage rules on Canadian canola

Feb. 24, 2016 at 6:51 pm CST

Reuters — The Canadian government confirmed Wednesday that China has toughened its standard for canola shipments, an action that traders say may discourage sales to the country. China, Canada’s top canola export market, notified Ottawa on Tuesday of the new measures, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) spokeswoman Tammy Jarbeau said […]

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Cargill joint venture to build grain terminal in Ukraine

Feb. 24, 2016 at 6:41 pm CST

Kiev | Reuters — U.S. agriculture giant Cargill and Ukraine’s MV Cargo said they would build and operate a grain terminal at Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Yuzhny under a US$100 million joint venture agreement signed Wednesday. The terminal, near Ukraine’s biggest port city of Odessa, will have an annual […]

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Smaller vessels bump up ocean freight index

Feb. 19, 2016 at 2:49 pm CST

Reuters — The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, tracking rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, marginally rose on Friday on improved rates for smaller vessels. The overall Baltic Dry Index (BDI), which gauges the cost of shipping resources including iron ore, cement, grain, coal and fertilizer, rose for […]

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