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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 […]

S. Africa’s proposed ban on foreign land ownership aimed at farms

Feb. 17, 2015 at 11:41 am CST

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S. Korea blocks Canadian beef again over BSE case

Feb. 15, 2015 at 8:18 pm CST

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Labour minister says CP, engineers urged to bargain

Feb. 11, 2015 at 5:59 pm CST

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U.S. may lower cholesterol’s level of threat to health

Feb. 10, 2015 at 6:55 pm CST

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Brazil’s grain traders fear monopoly if rail merger allowed

Feb. 9, 2015 at 5:00 pm CST

Sao Paulo | Reuters –– Brazil’s grain industry association, Abiove, said on Monday the takeover of the main railway operator America Latina Logistica (ALL) by Rumo, the logistic arm of the biggest sugar and ethanol producer Cosan, could create a monopoly and hurt competition. Cade, Brazil’s antitrust agency, is due […]

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CME expects US$10M savings per year closing futures pits

Feb. 6, 2015 at 3:22 am CST

New York | Reuters –– CME Group will save US$10 million (C$12.4 million) per year after it shuts nearly all of its futures pits in New York and Chicago, a spokesman said Thursday, as the world’s biggest futures exchange pushes ahead with cost-cutting measures. While that may be a significant […]

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U.S. lawmaker says Canada, Japan must cut farm tariffs

Feb. 5, 2015 at 6:16 pm CST

Washington | Reuters — Canada and Japan must open their markets to farm imports under a Pacific trade pact, the chairman of a congressional committee responsible for trade said on Thursday, adding that any country that cannot meet the deal’s ambitious goals should drop out. In prepared remarks, House ways […]

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Scoular reported hit by $17M fraud

Feb. 4, 2015 at 7:17 pm CST

Reuters — Scoular Co., a U.S. grain trading and handling firm, was swindled out of more than US$17 million through an international email scheme, a company official confirmed on Wednesday. The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is probing the fraud, which took place in June, a company spokesperson said […]

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Australian trade minister sees TPP deal just weeks away

Feb. 4, 2015 at 7:11 pm CST

Sydney | Reuters –– Australian Trade Minister Andrew Robb said an ambitious Pacific trade pact could be reached within weeks after years of contentious negotiations. The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement includes 12 countries covering 40 per cent of the world economy, among them the U.S., Canada, Australia and Japan. […]

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