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Subway to switch to cage-free eggs by 2025

Dec. 28, 2015 at 8:41 pm CST

Reuters — Sandwich chain Subway said it would stop using eggs laid by caged hens in its North American outlets by 2025, joining a number of companies that are going cage-free amid pressure from consumers and animal-rights groups. Subway, which already serves eggs laid by free-range hens at its outlets […]

Saudi’s SALIC looking for land in Sudan for fodder

Dec. 24, 2015 at 3:53 pm CST

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Noble exits ag markets with unit sale to China’s COFCO

Dec. 23, 2015 at 2:25 am CST

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Syngenta said talking to Monsanto, ChemChina, others

Dec. 22, 2015 at 5:24 pm CST

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Russian ministry proposes reducing wheat export tax

Dec. 21, 2015 at 6:25 pm CST

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Saskatchewan farmland off limits for pension plans next month

Dec. 21, 2015 at 6:14 pm CST

Reuters/Staff — New rules for buying farmland in Saskatchewan, Canada’s biggest wheat- and canola-growing province, will take effect Jan. 4, and toughen its ban on pension plans investing, the provincial government said Monday. The changes make more explicit an existing ban on pension plans and trusts from buying land and […]

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Mexico halts bid for COOL retaliation

Dec. 20, 2015 at 1:27 am CST

Mexico City | Reuters — Mexico has halted a bid to impose retaliatory trade measures on the U.S. over meat labeling rules after U.S. lawmakers repealed them this week, a Mexican government official said. Mexico had announced earlier this month it would start internal procedures to strip benefits from some […]

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ChemChina to sweeten bid for Syngenta to $44B

Dec. 18, 2015 at 8:54 pm CST

Reuters — State-owned China National Chemical Corp. has raised its offer to buy Syngenta by about $2 billion, to US$44 billion, proposing a two-stage takeover of the agrochemical company, Bloomberg reported, citing sources. ChemChina has offered 470 Swiss francs (C$661) per share to buy 70 per cent of Syngenta with […]

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Louis Dreyfus said seeking buyers for juice, fertilizer units

Dec. 18, 2015 at 8:23 pm CST

Reuters — Louis Dreyfus Commodities is seeking buyers for its orange juice and fertilizer units as the global merchant focuses on higher-margin activities, sources said, the latest firm to take steps to weather weak commodity markets. The company had been actively marketing the orange juice and fertilizer businesses for some […]

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Canada not yet pulling trade trigger on COOL

Dec. 16, 2015 at 2:41 pm CST

Canada remains “cautiously optimistic” that the U.S. government will repeal its country-of-origin labelling (COOL) law before the Canadian and Mexican governments impose retaliatory tariffs. Federal Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland, speaking Wednesday from Nairobi on a conference call with reporters, said she was “not going to go into hypotheticals” about Canada’s […]

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