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Saputo profit jumps 17 pct on higher cheese, butter prices

Nov. 6, 2014 at 4:02 pm CST

Reuters – Canada’s largest dairy producer Saputo Inc reported a 17 per cent jump in quarterly earnings on Thursday, boosted by higher U.S. cheese and butter prices and recent acquisitions. The Montreal-based company, whose brands include Dairyland and 1/2 Moon cakes, said it intends to buy back 5 per cent […]

Merck takes steps to return Zilmax to cattle market

Nov. 5, 2014 at 4:17 pm CST

By P.J. Huffstutter

India toughs it out in WTO food-stockpiling dispute

Nov. 5, 2014 at 4:01 pm CST

By Manoj Kumar Tom Miles

Put buyers bet CBOT wheat’s strength won’t last

Nov. 5, 2014 at 3:52 pm CST

By gavin-maguire

China 2014 canola imports seen at record

Nov. 4, 2014 at 8:22 am CST

No frost but excess rain for Argentina wheat

Nov. 4, 2014 at 8:04 am CST

Buenos Aires / Reuters — Argentina’s wheat plants were not hit by frost over the weekend as feared but strong rainfall since Saturday has generated excess humidity that could cause an outbreak of disease in the crop, a meteorologist said on Monday. Weather experts last week warned of the possibility […]

Canadian wheat lowest in Iraq tender — trade

Nov. 3, 2014 at 4:14 pm CST

Hamburg / Reuters — Canadian wheat was offered lowest at $323.40 a tonne c&f free out (ciffo) in the tender from Iraq’s state grains board to buy at least 50,000 tonnes of hard wheat, European traders said on Monday. The tender closed on Sunday and offers must remain valid up […]

EU rapeseed crop forecast at new record

Nov. 3, 2014 at 9:24 am CST

Reuters — Crop consultancy Strategie Grains has raised its estimate of the 2014 rapeseed harvest in the European Union to a record 24.0 million tonnes, from 23.8 million last month, mainly due to a rise in yields in Germany, the UK and the Czech Republic. It is the fifth time […]

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Strike averted on St. Lawrence Seaway

Nov. 3, 2014 at 9:20 am CST

Reuters — The union that represents workers along the St. Lawrence Seaway has agreed to take a contract dispute to arbitration, avoiding a strike that would have shut the waterway linking the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean. The union, Unifor, announced the news in a statement on Sunday evening. […]

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Louis Dreyfus plant may resume canola crushing in 3-7 weeks

Oct. 31, 2014 at 11:27 am CDT

Winnipeg / Reuters – Louis Dreyfus Corp’s Canadian canola plant may resume receiving and crushing the oilseed in three to seven weeks, following last week’s explosion and fire, the president of the company’s Canadian unit said on Friday. Brant Randles, president of Louis Dreyfus Commodities Canada Ltd, said the company is working with […]

By Rod Nickel