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Bird flu outbreak in India caused by strain humans can contract

Nov. 27, 2014 at 5:04 pm CST

Paris | Reuters — A bird flu virus found in India this week is the H5N1 strain that can be transmitted to humans, the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) said Thursday. However, the organization said it was not concerned about the situation, because India had faced outbreaks of the […]

French farmers cry wolf over sheep killings

Nov. 27, 2014 at 5:00 pm CST

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Russia may consider floating tariff on grain exports as last resort

Nov. 27, 2014 at 4:51 pm CST

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India orders culling after new bird flu outbreaks

Nov. 25, 2014 at 7:44 pm CST

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Newly appointed Iraq grain board chief removed

Nov. 22, 2014 at 11:41 am CST

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JBS to buy Australia’s Primo for $1.4B

Nov. 21, 2014 at 5:31 pm CST

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Brazil’s JBS SA, the world’s largest beef exporter, has agreed to buy Australian processed foods producer Primo Smallgoods for A$1.45 billion (C$1.41 billion). The company will also buy food company Grupo Big Frango in Brazil for 430 million reais (C$192 million), stepping up the pace […]

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Argentina sees wheat harvest of 12 million tonnes

Nov. 20, 2014 at 4:22 pm CST

Buenos Aires | Reuters –– Argentine farmers will harvest 12 million tonnes of wheat in the 2014-15 crop year, the agriculture ministry said in its monthly report Thursday, issuing its first wheat crop estimate of the season. Argentina’s 2013-14 wheat harvest was 9.2 million tonnes, according to official data. “Losses […]

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Obama to offer deportation relief to 250,000 farm workers, union says

Nov. 20, 2014 at 1:44 am CST

Washington | Reuters — U.S. President Barack Obama’s immigration reforms would lift the threat of deportation for at least 250,000 undocumented people who work on U.S. farms, Arturo Rodriguez, president of the United Farm Workers union, said Wednesday after meeting with Obama. “We were pleased to learn from the president […]

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Germany to press EU for national right to ban GMOs before 2015 harvest

Nov. 14, 2014 at 10:09 am CST

Berlin | Reuters — Germany is pressing the European Commission to allow individual EU countries to ban cultivation of crops with genetically modified organisms (GMOs) before the 2015 harvest. German farm minister minister Christian Schmidt said “social-economic reasons” should be taken into account to allow a European Union country to […]

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WTO sees global trade pact within two weeks

Nov. 14, 2014 at 10:01 am CST

Brisbane | Reuters –– The World Trade Organization said Friday there was a “high probability” that a major deal on streamlining global customs rules will be implemented within two weeks after India and the U.S. overcame a key impasse. “I would say that we have a high probability that the […]

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