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EU moves to stop spread of ‘olive tree leprosy’

Apr. 28, 2015 at 7:18 pm CDT

Brussels | Reuters –– EU governments backed on Tuesday new measures to stop the spread of a bacterial disease that has attacked Italy’s olive oil production, the European Commission said. The new measures mean EU countries must reveal all outbreaks in the European Union, carry out official surveys and destroy […]

EU lifts wheat, barley, rapeseed yield outlook

Apr. 27, 2015 at 6:40 pm CDT

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Owner of Tim Hortons, Burger King posts strong Q1

Apr. 27, 2015 at 6:33 pm CDT

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Canada to set new speed limits on dangerous goods trains

Apr. 23, 2015 at 6:25 pm CDT

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Daily price limits revised for CBOT grains futures

Apr. 23, 2015 at 6:11 pm CDT

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Russia’s ag ministry proposes to cancel wheat export tax

Apr. 17, 2015 at 11:41 am CDT

Moscow | Reuters — Russia’s agriculture ministry has proposed to the government to cancel a tax on wheat exports from July 1 when the 2015-16 marketing year starts, a source at the ministry told Reuters. Russia imposed the duty on wheat exports between Feb. 1 and June 30 in an […]

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Fast-track avoids ‘mistakes from our past’ on trade: Obama

Apr. 16, 2015 at 5:09 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters –– U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday praised a bipartisan bill that would fast-track trade deals through Congress, urging lawmakers to pass it quickly so his administration can advance a trade pact with Pacific nations. “The bill put forward today would help us write those rules in […]

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Brazil’s Rural Society contests limits on foreign land purchases

Apr. 16, 2015 at 4:55 pm CDT

Sao Paulo | Reuters –– Brazil’s Rural Society, a group representing large- and medium-scale farmers, filed a case with the country’s Supreme Court on Thursday seeking to overturn restrictions on the amount of land foreigners can purchase. The attorney general’s office tightened restrictions on foreign land ownership in Brazil in […]

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More U.S. turkey flocks hit with bird flu

Apr. 14, 2015 at 6:43 pm CDT

Reuters — The number of U.S. poultry flocks infected with a deadly strain of bird flu rose on Tuesday as Iowa identified its first case and Minnesota confirmed eight more cases, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Iowa became the 12th state this year to find poultry infected with […]

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U.S. EPA strikes deal on biofuel blending targets with oil groups

Apr. 10, 2015 at 8:07 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters –– Oil refiners who have complained that U.S. federal regulators missed deadlines to issue rules on blending renewable fuels into the nation’s supply of gasoline and diesel fuel are set to get long-awaited targets from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Under a deal the EPA announced Friday […]

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