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Burger King throne would move north in Timmy’s merger

Aug. 25, 2014 at 3:16 pm CDT

The world’s second-biggest burger chain is in talks with Canada’s biggest quick-service chain on a merger into a new Canadian-based company. Burger King Worldwide and Tim Hortons confirmed their talks Sunday, following a report in that day’s Wall Street Journal. The U.S. paper reported the Miami-based burger firm plans a […]

U.N. food body says Gaza farms devastated by fighting

Aug. 14, 2014 at 6:32 pm CDT

European farmers feel Russian sanctions’ bite

Aug. 10, 2014 at 11:12 am CDT

Russia ban offers big opportunity for Brazil

Aug. 7, 2014 at 4:05 pm CDT

By Caroline Stauffer Silvio Cascione

U.S. forecaster lowers chance of El Nino in autumn

Aug. 7, 2014 at 3:20 pm CDT

Cargill Q4 profit falls on exchange rate loss

Aug. 7, 2014 at 3:16 pm CDT

Reuters — Top global commodities trader Cargill said Thursday its quarterly earnings fell as drought limited farm services opportunities in the U.S. and due to a loss stemming from the drop in the value of Venezuela’s currency. Minneapolis-based Cargill was also stung by elevated rail shipping costs and railcar shortages […]

By Karl Plume

Russia ‘completely’ blocks Canadian meat, fruit, vegetable imports

Aug. 7, 2014 at 8:40 am CDT

Moscow/Kiev | Reuters — Moscow imposed a total ban on imports of foods from Canada and other Western nations on Thursday in retaliation against sanctions over Ukraine, a stronger than expected measure that isolates Russian consumers from world trade to a degree unseen since Soviet days. In eastern Ukraine, a […]

By Dmitry Zhdannikov Natalia Zinets

Russia promises ‘substantial’ U.S., EU food import bans

Aug. 6, 2014 at 2:36 pm CDT

Moscow | Reuters –– Russia will impose “quite substantial” bans on imports of foods from the U.S. and EU and has already decided to suspend U.S. poultry imports as part of President Vladimir Putin’s order to prepare a list of food import bans, its veterinary service said. Putin signed a […]

Putin orders ag import bans in sanction retaliation

Aug. 6, 2014 at 12:17 pm CDT

Reuters/Staff — Russia’s President Vladimir Putin signed a decree banning or limiting imports of agricultural products from countries which have imposed sanctions on Russia, the Kremlin’s press service said Wednesday. Putin ordered his government to come up with a list of goods to be banned for imports into Russia and […]

Food industry lobbying spikes amid GMO fight-report

Jul. 29, 2014 at 4:36 pm CDT

U.S. food companies spent almost as much lobbying Congress in the first quarter of 2014 as they did in the full year in 2013, a sign the industry may have intensified its fight against state labelling requirements for genetically engineered foods, according to a report released Tuesday. The Grocery Manufacturers […]

By Reuters