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Argentina to restrict wheat export permits if low prices paid

Jan. 31, 2015 at 2:28 pm CST

Buenos Aires | Reuters –– Wheat exporters who buy the grain from Argentina’s farmers will not be issued permits if they pay the growers significantly less than the international price for the crop, the government said Friday. The announcement, by Economy Minister Axel Kicillof, followed complaints by local producers that […]

Husband of B.C. woman with H7N9 also infected

Jan. 30, 2015 at 8:12 pm CST

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JBS expands Utah beef plant as cattle supply squeezes rivals

Jan. 29, 2015 at 6:25 pm CST

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Japan seen set to cut beef, pork tariffs in TPP talks

Jan. 29, 2015 at 5:33 pm CST

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Hershey to enter meat snacks business, cuts forecast

Jan. 29, 2015 at 1:04 pm CST

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France says EU orders repayment of $1.5B in ag subsidies

Jan. 27, 2015 at 12:31 pm CST

Paris | Reuters — The European Commission has asked France to repay 1.1 billion euros (C$1.54 billion) of farm subsidies dating back to 2008-2012, the French agriculture ministry said Tuesday. The Commission’s claim, which mainly relates to inaccurate declarations of farm area, initially amounted to around 3.5 billion euros before […]

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Molson Coors sells U.K. malting business to Soufflet

Jan. 26, 2015 at 7:33 pm CST

London | Reuters — Molson Coors UK has agreed to sell its U.K. maltings business Shobnall Maltings to French grain buyer Soufflet Group, the two companies said in a joint statement Monday. The deal will allow Soufflet to enter the British malt market, the second largest in the European Union, while […]

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U.S. hog farmers see ‘significant progress’ in Trans-Pacific talks

Jan. 26, 2015 at 7:23 pm CST

Washington | Reuters –– U.S. pork producers on Monday hailed “significant progress” in Asia-Pacific regional trade talks and urged lawmakers to give the White House authority to fast-track trade deals, a sign that a deadlock with Japan may be softening. An impasse between the U.S. and Japan, the two biggest […]

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Women players drop legal battle over World Cup turf

Jan. 22, 2015 at 12:05 pm CST

Reuters –– Players who had begun legal action over the use of artificial surfaces at this year’s Women’s World Cup have dropped their case, their lawyers said on Wednesday. A group of elite women’s players had sued FIFA and the Canadian Soccer Association (CSA), arguing that artificial turf surfaces for […]

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Syria air raid on cattle market kills at least 27, monitor says

Jan. 20, 2015 at 5:50 pm CST

Amman | Reuters –– At least 27 people were killed and dozens wounded on Tuesday by a Syrian air raid on a cattle market in territory controlled by the hard-line Islamic State, a monitoring group said. The raid hit the main livestock market in Khansaa, a village south of the […]

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