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Senators worried U.S.-EU trade talks may not address agriculture
Four Republican farm state U.S. senators on Thursday expressed concern that possible free trade talks between the United States and European Union may not dismantle longstanding EU barriers to U.S. pork, beef, poultry and other farm products.
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Soy ships head to Brazil early, expect to pay heavy delay costs
Big trading houses are dispatching an armada of ships to Brazil hoping for a good spot in line to load up a record soybean crop that will largely not hit local ports for a few more weeks.
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Russia may block some North American meat over ractopamine
Ractopamine is used as a feed additive by livestock producers in the United States and Canada and elsewhere. But countries such as China have banned its use amid concerns that traces of the additive could persist, despite scientific evidence stating that it is safe.
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EU meat tax proposed
The Swedish government is pushing for a meat tax to help curb the environmental impact of meat production, but officials don’t want to stop there. They would like to see the meat tax enacted throughout all of the European Union.
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Australia heat wave scorches wheat belt, stokes supply fears
Australia's worst heatwave on record is scorching the grain belt, potentially hurting wheat sowing prospects in the world's second biggest exporter this year and deepening concerns over global supplies amid a relentless U.S. drought.
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November pork exports lower than a year ago
According to the USDA's latest Livestock, Dairy and Poultry report, almost 467 million pounds of U.S. pork were exported in November, a quantity 7.5 percent below November 2011.
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Rain needed by month's end for Argentina to hit corn target
Argentina needs rain by the end of the month to maximize corn yields and to realize forecasts that the global supplier will have a record harvest of 28 million tons, farmers and agronomists say.
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USMEF: U.S. 2012 pork exports to eclipse $6 billion
U.S. pork exports to Japan have rebounded nicely and could exceed $2 billion for the first time in a single year, according to the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF). The performance of U.S. pork exports also has been very strong in Mexico, Central America and South America.
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U.S. COOL rules cost Canadian hog farmers $2 billion
U.S. country-of-origin meat-labeling rules have directly cost Canada's hog and pork industry more than $2 billion, according to a report that could help determine retaliation against U.S. exports if Washington does not change its requirements.
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Argentine floods recede, farmers move fast to plant soy
Argentine soy planting advanced quickly in the last week to cover more than 90 percent of the targeted area, easing fears of a crop shortfall that could keep world food prices high, a key grains exchange said on Thursday.
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Food prices to stay high in 2013, low stocks pose risk
Food prices will stay at high levels in 2013 and low stocks pose the risk of sharp price increases if crops fail, the United Nations' food agency said on Thursday, after its index showed prices fell for the third month running in December.
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- Oil falls as Fed minutes send U.S. equities down
- Ag markets diverged widely Wednesday afternoon
- Cold Storage: Frozen pork supplies up from March
- Tyson sends disaster-assistance truck to Oklahoma
- University workshops address workforce management issues
- Mexico says U.S. not respecting WTO ruling on meat labeling
