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Brazil regulator lifts suspension of JBS Foods’ IPO

Dec. 2, 2014 at 7:35 pm CST

Sao Paulo | Reuters –– Brazil securities regulator CVM on Tuesday lifted its suspension of the initial public offering for JBS SA’s processed food unit, JBS Foods, as long as the company holds off taking orders for investment until after Christmas. CVM suspended the share offering Nov. 24, after the […]

Dry spell to create ideal conditions for Argentine grains

Dec. 1, 2014 at 5:40 pm CST

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IGC raises forecast for 2014-15 global corn crop

Nov. 27, 2014 at 5:08 pm CST

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Bird flu outbreak in India caused by strain humans can contract

Nov. 27, 2014 at 5:04 pm CST

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French farmers cry wolf over sheep killings

Nov. 27, 2014 at 5:00 pm CST

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Russia may consider floating tariff on grain exports as last resort

Nov. 27, 2014 at 4:51 pm CST

Moscow | Reuters — Russia, a key wheat exporter to North Africa and the Middle East, may consider imposing a floating tariff on grain exports as a measure of last resort to defend the domestic market in 2015, its deputy agriculture minister said Thursday. Russia shocked grain markets in 2010 […]

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India orders culling after new bird flu outbreaks

Nov. 25, 2014 at 7:44 pm CST

Paris | Reuters –– India has found two outbreaks of a highly contagious bird flu virus in the southern state of Kerala, prompting the authorities to cull more than 200,000 birds, the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) said on Tuesday. The virus itself killed about 15,000 infected ducks in […]

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Newly appointed Iraq grain board chief removed

Nov. 22, 2014 at 11:41 am CST

London | Reuters — Iraq’s newly appointed Grain Board chief has been removed from his post after less than a week, three sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Thursday, in another sign of turmoil in the body responsible for state imports of vital commodities. Muthanna Jabbar, appointed […]

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JBS to buy Australia’s Primo for $1.4B

Nov. 21, 2014 at 5:31 pm CST

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Brazil’s JBS SA, the world’s largest beef exporter, has agreed to buy Australian processed foods producer Primo Smallgoods for A$1.45 billion (C$1.41 billion). The company will also buy food company Grupo Big Frango in Brazil for 430 million reais (C$192 million), stepping up the pace […]

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Argentina sees wheat harvest of 12 million tonnes

Nov. 20, 2014 at 4:22 pm CST

Buenos Aires | Reuters –– Argentine farmers will harvest 12 million tonnes of wheat in the 2014-15 crop year, the agriculture ministry said in its monthly report Thursday, issuing its first wheat crop estimate of the season. Argentina’s 2013-14 wheat harvest was 9.2 million tonnes, according to official data. “Losses […]

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