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Rotting meat smell sparks protest at Mexico's screwworm sterile-fly plant reuters.com/business/environ…

Rotting meat smell sparks protest at Mexico's screwworm sterile-fly plant

A rotten smell hanging over a town in Mexico's southern Chiapas state ‌drove residents into the streets on Thursday to demand the removal of a sterile-fly plant at the center of the US-Mexican fight...

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India customs scrutiny diverts Niger soybeans to Asia at steep discounts, sources say reuters.com/world/india/indi…

EXCLUSIVE: India customs scrutiny diverts Niger soybeans to Asia at steep discounts, sources say

Around 11,000 metric tons of Niger-origin soybeans bound for India were diverted to ​other Asian markets and sold at steep discounts as a widening customs probe into suspected import tax ‌evasion...

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Canada's farmers, crop quality assessors confront damage after wet harvest reuters.com/world/canadas-fa…

Canada's farmers, crop quality assessors confront damage after wet harvest

Canada's farmers struggled to harvest this year's crops due to an unseasonably wet September, and farmers and crop quality assessors reported damage to pulse crops and spring wheat in one ​of the...

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This Chinese export boom really has legs – and wings reuters.com/world/china/this…

This Chinese export boom really has legs – and wings

Overproduction at home is pushing cheap Chinese protein onto global supermarket shelves, undercutting established producers.

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China buys 8-10 US soybean cargoes in first deals since Trump-Xi summit, sources say - reuters.com/world/china/chin…

EXCLUSIVE: China buys 8-10 US soybean cargoes in first deals since Trump-Xi summit, sources say

Chinese state buyers purchased 8-10 Panamax cargoes of US soybeans this ​week, the first such deals since the September summit between ‌Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping in Washington, three...

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Federal judge blocks planned US farm agency reorganization reuters.com/legal/litigation…

Federal judge blocks planned US farm agency reorganization

A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the US Department of Agriculture from proceeding with ​its planned agency reorganization, in a blow to President ‌Donald Trump's sweeping overhaul of the executive...

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Eleven sailors missing after drone sinks ship off Bulgaria reuters.com/world/europe/dro…

Drone sinks Ukrainian-owned ship off Bulgaria's Black Sea coast, prime minister says

Two ships were hit by drones off Bulgaria's Black ​Sea coast and one of them sank, ‌in the second such incident in a week, Prime Minister Rumen Radev said on Tuesday.

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EPA proposes full reallocation of refinery biofuel exemptions reuters.com/business/energy/…

EPA proposes full reallocation of refinery biofuel exemptions

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday ​proposed to make larger ‌refiners blend more biofuels over the next two years, seeking to ​appeal to farm-state voters ​ahead of November's...

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Bigger US corn stocks fuel doubts about USDA livestock feeding data reuters.com/business/retail-…

Bigger US corn stocks fuel doubts about USDA livestock feeding data

The US Department of Agriculture on Friday is expected to lower its estimate of how much of last year's corn harvest was fed to ​livestock after it reported a bigger-than-anticipated jump in grain...

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US farm debt is at a record. Official data might be undercounting it reuters.com/business/finance…

EXCLUSIVE: US farm debt is at a record. Official data might be undercounting it

American farmers are borrowing more money than ever before to operate — but the rise in non-traditional and vendor credit has created some gaps in the federal government's current ability to ​measure...

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Tropical Storm Isaias forecast to hit US Gulf coast as hurricane early Saturday reuters.com/business/environ…

Tropical Storm Isaias forecast to hit US Gulf coast as hurricane early Saturday

Tropical Storm Isaias formed in the ​Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday and is forecast to strengthen into a hurricane before slamming into the southern US coast early on ‌Saturday, bringing heavy rains,...

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India-bound sunflower oil cargoes face cancellation, delays as war disrupts Russian shipments reuters.com/business/energy/…

EXCLUSIVE: India-bound sunflower oil cargoes face cancellation, delays as war disrupts Russian...

A shipment of Russian sunflower oil bound for India was cancelled ‌and other cargoes have been delayed after attacks on Black Sea ports disrupted exports from India's top supplier, an industry...

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North Dakota rides soy boom, fueled by biofuels and China reuters.com/world/china/nort…

North Dakota rides soy boom, fueled by biofuels and China

In a small outdoor plot in Fargo, North Dakota, plant breeder Carrie Dottey crouched over a tiny flower on a leafy green soybean plant, conducting research that could help convert the state, known...

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Trump to issue order expanding access to tax-exempt diesel fuel, sources say reuters.com/business/energy/…

Trump expands access to tax-exempt diesel fuel

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday to expand access to tax-exempt diesel that he unveiled from a rally stage in Nebraska.

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Niger or Nigeria? India probes soybean imports over suspected tax evasion, sources say reuters.com/world/india/nige…

EXCLUSIVE: Niger or Nigeria? India probes soybean imports over suspected tax evasion, sources say

Indian customs authorities are investigating a surge in soybean imports declared as originating in ​Niger, suspecting the cargoes came from Nigeria and were mislabelled to evade import tariffs,...

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World food prices near four-year high in September, UN says reuters.com/markets/us/world…

World food prices near four-year high in September, UN says

World food prices rose in September to their highest in nearly four years as logistics disruptions and weather concerns affected crop markets, the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization...

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Japan opens its market to Argentine beef after 20 years, minister says reuters.com/world/asia-pacif…

Japan opens its market to Argentine beef after 20 years, minister says

Japan has opened its ​market to ‌Argentine beef after 20 years, ​Argentina's economy ​minister Luis Caputo ⁠said on ​Wednesday.

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Ukraine farm union warns oilseed export priority would hit grain farmers reuters.com/business/retail-…

Ukraine farm union warns oilseed export priority would hit grain farmers

Ukraine's largest farming union, UAC, warned on Wednesday that ‌plans to give export preference to oilseeds and processed products could leave farmers with excessive grain stocks and sharply lower...

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China adds 55% tariff to Brazil beef as imports hit quota reuters.com/world/china/chin…

China adds 55% tariff to Brazil beef as imports hit quota

China will start collecting an additional 55% tariff on Brazil's beef shipments ​on October 1 after the South American country reached its annual ‌quota of 1.1 million metric tons, the commerce...

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China's weak soybean demand dims prospects for US cargoes after tariff snub reuters.com/world/china/chin…

China's weak soybean demand dims prospects for US cargoes after tariff snub

China's soybean buying is ​likely to decline in the months ahead due to weak animal feed demand and negative crush margins, leaving little room for US ‌cargoes as they were excluded from proposed...

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