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Danone wins antitrust approval to buy WhiteWave

By diane-bartz April 3, 2017

Washington | Reuters — French food group Danone has won U.S. antitrust approval to buy U.S. organic food producer WhiteWave Foods, the Justice Department said on Monday. To win approval for the US$10.4 billion deal, Danone agreed to sell its leading U.S. organic yogurt business Stonyfield Farms, the department said. Danone did not immediately reply […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Syrian agriculture faces US$16 billion bill from conflict

By Umberto Bacchi April 3, 2017

Rome | Thomson Reuters Foundation — Syria’s six-year conflict has caused at least US$16 billion in damage to agriculture — about a third of the country’s GDP — a U.N. agency said on Monday, calling for more funds to salvage local food production as millions go hungry. Fighting has led to extensive crop and livestock […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn at three-week high on U.S. area outlook

By Julie Ingwersen April 3, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures hit a three-week high on Monday while soybeans set multi-month lows as traders continued to respond to a plantings forecast released Friday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, analysts said. Wheat followed corn higher, supported by commodity funds covering short positions. “We’re still buying feed grains and selling […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Pasture, Reuters

JBS accused of violating rainforest protection laws

By Anthony Boadle April 1, 2017

Brasilia | Reuters –– The world’s largest meatpacker, Brazil’s JBS SA, has for years knowingly bought cattle that were raised on illegally deforested land, turning a blind eye to regulations meant to protect the Amazon rainforest, Brazil’s environmental regulator has alleged. The accusation comes even as JBS and other meatpackers in Brazil, the top global […] Read more

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FMC buying much of DuPont’s crop protection business

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff, GFM Network News March 31, 2017

FMC and DuPont have inked a deal that will see FMC pick up the portion of DuPont’s crop protection business the EU says must be divested for the DuPont-Dow merger to go ahead. In exchange DuPont will acquire FMC Health and Nutrition along with $1.2 billion (all figures U.S. funds) in cash. FMC will acquire […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soy futures crumble after U.S. predicts record plantings

By Tom Polansek March 31, 2017

Chicago/Reuters – U.S. soybean futures fell to fresh five-month lows on Friday after federal crop forecasters said spring plantings would reach an all-time high above traders’ expectations. Farmers in arid Plains states, the Midwest and south are shifting to plant soybeans, instead of corn and wheat, as the crop provides one of the few bright […] Read more

Crops, Markets

U.S. soy acreage forecast at all-time high despite plentiful stocks

By Mark Weinraub March 31, 2017

Reuters – U.S. farmers plan to seed a record amount of soybean acreage this spring, even with supplies trending near all-time highs, the government said Mar. 31. Growers will dial back their corn seedings this spring despite signs of firm demand as record stocks have cast a bearish tone over the futures and cash markets […] Read more

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Ukraine farmers examine Canadian agriculture co-ops

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff March 31, 2017

A delegation of Ukrainian farmers were visiting agriculture co-ops this week, looking to see if the approach can benefit their grain businesses in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. In Ontario they visited Agris Co-op and Great Lakes Grain in Chatham, Agrico fertilizer storage outside London, an Agromart retail operation in Wellburn, and the Donkers’ dairy goat farm […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans slip to five-month low ahead of USDA data

By Michael Hirtzer March 30, 2017

Chicago/Reuters – U.S. soybean futures fell to a five-month low on Thursday while corn and wheat weakened as traders adjusted positions ahead of U.S. Department of Agriculture data that was expected to show abundant supplies of each crop. Prices for all three commodities eased in relatively subdued trading before Friday’s USDA annual prospective plantings and […] Read more

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Reprieve granted in India pulse fumigation dispute

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff March 30, 2017

The federal government has negotiated a short reprieve in the ongoing dispute with India over its reluctance to receive pulse imports that have not been fumigated with methyl bromide after March 31. In a statement issued Thursday, Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and the François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of International Trade announced pulse exports […] Read more

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Danone wins antitrust approval to buy WhiteWave

Syrian agriculture faces US$16 billion bill from conflict

U.S. grains: Corn at three-week high on U.S. area outlook

JBS accused of violating rainforest protection laws

FMC buying much of DuPont’s crop protection business

U.S. grains: Soy futures crumble after U.S. predicts record plantings

U.S. soy acreage forecast at all-time high despite plentiful stocks

Ukraine farmers examine Canadian agriculture co-ops

U.S. grains: Soybeans slip to five-month low ahead of USDA data

Reprieve granted in India pulse fumigation dispute

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