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French court upholds Monsanto poisoning ruling

Sep. 10, 2015 at 8:12 pm CDT

Lyon/Paris|Reuters — A French court upheld on Thursday a 2012 ruling in which Monsanto was found liable in the chemical poisoning of a French farmer, who says he suffered neurological problems after inhaling the U.S. company’s Lasso herbicide. The decision by an appeal court in Lyon confirmed the initial judgment, the first […]

McDonald’s en route to ‘cage-free’ eggs in Canada, U.S.

Sep. 9, 2015 at 10:58 am CDT

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PotashCorp reported preparing to make hostile K+S bid

Sep. 8, 2015 at 6:45 pm CDT

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PotashCorp reported hiring third bank in battle for K+S

Sep. 8, 2015 at 12:58 am CDT

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Bayer issues fungicide warning for wine grape growers

Sep. 7, 2015 at 11:56 pm CDT

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Syngenta to sell vegetable seeds operations

Sep. 4, 2015 at 2:07 am CDT

Zurich | Reuters — Swiss agrichemicals group Syngenta plans to sell its vegetable seeds business and buy back more than US$2 billion worth of stock in a campaign to boost shareholder returns after it rejected a takeover approach from Monsanto. “The board and management are determined to accelerate shareholder value […]

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Australian sheep unofficially world’s woolliest

Sep. 3, 2015 at 11:58 am CDT

Sydney | Reuters — Around 40 kilograms (88 lbs.) of wool has been sheared from a sheep found near Australia’s capital, the RSPCA said Thursday, making him unofficially the world’s woolliest. The animal, named Chris by his rescuers, was discovered on the northern outskirts of Canberra on Wednesday and was […]

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Chipotle sued over GMO-free menu claims

Sep. 1, 2015 at 3:08 pm CDT

Reuters — Chipotle Mexican Grill’s new GMO-free menu claims have lured diners and boosted the burrito chain’s stock price, but it has some consumers crying foul. A California woman has accused the popular chain in a lawsuit of false advertising after it trumpeted on April 27 that it was the […]

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Syngenta may seek partners, j.v. after product review

Aug. 31, 2015 at 8:25 pm CDT

Zurich | Reuters — Syngenta may seek partners to help improve its product lineup after a thorough review in the wake of a rebuffed takeover approach from Monsanto, the agrichemicals group’s chairman told a Swiss newspaper. Syngenta’s board is under pressure from shareholders to show how it plans to generate […]

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Japan lifts block on B.C. poultry

Aug. 28, 2015 at 4:49 pm CDT

Tokyo | Reuters –– Japan’s farm ministry on Friday partially lifted a ban on imports of live poultry and poultry meat from Canada and the U.S. following an outbreak of bird flu. Imports from British Columbia and from eight U.S. states — Oregon, Washington, Idaho, California, Kansas, Arkansas, Montana and […]

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