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U.S. regulators revise proposal on commodity position limits

Sep. 22, 2015 at 6:03 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. derivatives regulators are revising their proposal to limit the positions that traders can hold in commodity markets to make it easier for some hedge funds and banks to keep large trades. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission wants to allow financial firms to count their market […]

Iran cancels import duties on wheat, barley

Sep. 22, 2015 at 5:45 pm CDT

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Mosaic cuts potash output as demand slumps

Sep. 21, 2015 at 7:46 pm CDT

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Deal would let southern California buy surplus water from Nevada

Sep. 20, 2015 at 1:38 pm CDT

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JBS to expand in processed foods, eyes Europe

Sep. 20, 2015 at 10:46 am CDT

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China to stockpile corn during 2015-16 at lower price

Sep. 20, 2015 at 9:54 am CDT

Beijing | Reuters — The Chinese government will continue its controversial corn stockpile policy during 2015-16 and will start to stock the grain from farmers at a lower price compared with last year, government bodies said in a statement late Friday. Beijing will pay 2,000 yuan (C$414) per tonne to […]

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Russia defends crop data reliability

Sep. 18, 2015 at 1:56 am CDT

Moscow | Reuters –– Russia’s agriculture ministry defended the reliability of its crop data on Thursday, after a farmers’ lobby said regional officials were pressuring farmers to report bigger grain crops to the ministry than they actually harvested this year. The ministry said its numbers, compiled by its regional departments […]

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France bolsters ban on genetically modified crops

Sep. 17, 2015 at 6:45 pm CDT

Paris | Reuters — France is to use a new European opt-out scheme to ensure a ban on the cultivation of genetically modified crops in the country remains in place, it said on Thursday. The European Union’s largest grain grower and exporter has asked the European Commission for France to […]

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Russian farm lobby says crop reports artificially high

Sep. 16, 2015 at 10:08 am CDT

Moscow | Reuters — Russian regional officials are pressuring farmers to report more grain crop than they actually harvest this year, the head of farmers’ lobby the Grain Union said on Tuesday. Arkady Zlochevsky said the difference between the actual harvest and the declared figures was not significant. However, his […]

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Experts call for less waste and less meat

Sep. 11, 2015 at 10:43 am CDT

Rome — In trendy, hipster London or New York, it’s all about juicing, vegan diets and snacking on kale crisps. Thousands of miles away, in Nairobi or Bogota, the middle classes are more likely to reach for roasted goat or a juicy steak. Later this month, world leaders are set […]

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