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DuPont, Dow set home towns for merged spinoff units

Feb. 19, 2016 at 2:17 pm CST

Reuters — DuPont and Dow Chemical said two of the three units to be created and spun off following the companies’ mega-merger will be based in DuPont’s home town, and one in Dow’s home town. The two chemical companies agreed to combine in an all-stock merger in December, valued at […]

Farm incomes set to fall from record high

Feb. 19, 2016 at 1:46 pm CST

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Egypt writes to wheat suppliers on ergot, hoping to win confidence

Feb. 17, 2016 at 5:25 pm CST

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Ex-Iraq grain board chief to be investigated in graft case

Feb. 15, 2016 at 8:06 pm CST

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Agrium’s forecast disappoints

Feb. 9, 2016 at 4:44 pm CST

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China clears Xtend soybean variety for import

Feb. 7, 2016 at 7:20 pm CST

Reuters — Monsanto said on Feb. 3 it received import approval from China for its new genetically modified Roundup Ready 2 Xtend soybeans and will sell the seeds in the U.S. and Canada for the 2016 growing season. China, the world’s biggest soybean importer, does not allow imports of new […]

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Mosaic cuts phosphate production

Feb. 5, 2016 at 3:16 pm CST

Reuters –– U.S.-based fertilizer producer Mosaic Co. said Wednesday it would cut output of phosphates by up to 400,000 tonnes with rotating plant shutdowns in the first quarter, due to weak demand. Fertilizer producers have seen profits hit by falling prices, triggered in part by weak currencies in importing countries […]

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Egypt to accept wheat with 0.05 per cent ergot

Feb. 5, 2016 at 2:42 pm CST

Cairo | Reuters — Egypt’s agriculture ministry will allow wheat imports with up to 0.05 percent levels of ergot, a common grains fungus, it said on Feb. 3, reversing a zero tolerance policy that prompted traders to boycott the state’s wheat tender this week. The supply ministry and the General […]

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New further-month live cattle futures, options to resume

Feb. 4, 2016 at 7:06 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — CME Group plans to resume its listing schedule for live cattle futures and options contracts, effective Feb. 18, the exchange said in a statement Wednesday. CME said it will post the June 2017 live cattle futures and options contract that was originally scheduled to be listed […]

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Saputo earnings up with weaker loonie

Feb. 4, 2016 at 6:40 pm CST

Reuters — Saputo, one of Canada’s largest dairy producers, reported higher than expected adjusted earnings on Thursday, helped by weakness in the Canadian dollar. For its fiscal third quarter, adjusted net income rose 13.5 per cent to $175.4 million, or 44 cents a share. Revenue during the quarter, which ended […]

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