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IGC sees smaller global wheat, corn crops in 2015-16

Feb. 26, 2015 at 9:46 am CST

London | Reuters –– Global corn production is expected to fall by five per cent in 2015-16 from this season’s record level and the world wheat crop to decline by a more modest two per cent, the International Grains Council (IGC) forecast on Thursday. The intergovernmental body, in a monthly […]

Canada says only three per cent of beef trade hurt by ban

Feb. 24, 2015 at 9:15 pm CST

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Agrium profit beats Street, helped by higher grain prices

Feb. 23, 2015 at 8:00 pm CST

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Peru, Taiwan, Belarus ban Canadian beef over BSE case

Feb. 23, 2015 at 4:17 pm CST

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Pacific trade pact negotiators to meet in March

Feb. 20, 2015 at 7:44 pm CST

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Deere cuts profit forecast as farm equipment sales decline

Feb. 20, 2015 at 7:27 pm CST

Reuters — Farm equipment maker Deere and Co. posted a 43 per cent fall in first-quarter profit and cut its full-year profit forecast as lower corn prices and weak farm income weighed on demand for agricultural machinery. The company, which gets nearly two-thirds of its revenue from farm and turf […]

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Ireland says China agrees to lift ban on Irish beef

Feb. 20, 2015 at 7:18 pm CST

Dublin | Reuters –– China has agreed to lift its ban on Irish beef, Ireland’s Prime Minister Enda Kenny said Friday, making it the only European country to be allowed to export beef to both the U.S. and China. Ireland last month became the first European Union country to regain […]

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U.S. EPA to propose biofuels standards this spring

Feb. 19, 2015 at 10:48 am CST

Grapevine, Tex. | Reuters — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plans to put out a proposal that will address Renewable Fuels Standards for 2014, 2015 and 2016 this spring, an agency official at an industry conference in Grapevine, Tex., said Thursday. The agency will address all three years at once […]

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USDA sees reduced U.S. plantings of corn, soy, wheat in 2015-16

Feb. 19, 2015 at 10:43 am CST

Washington | Reuters –– U.S. farmers will plant fewer acres of soybeans, corn, wheat and cotton in the 2015-16 marketing year in response to falling prices, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Thursday. At its annual Agricultural Outlook conference, USDA forecast lower prices for most major U.S. crops following […]

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U.S. pork production seen at record high in 2015, beef lower

Feb. 19, 2015 at 10:28 am CST

Washington | Reuters –– U.S. meat and poultry production will rise to a record 95.13 million pounds in 2015, with gains in pork and poultry output more than offsetting a slight drop in beef production, the U.S. Department of Agriculture forecast on Thursday. Total U.S. pork production was seen up […]

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