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Argentine soy exports flat despite Mississippi River woes
Grains powerhouse Argentina lacks the soybean reserves needed to compensate for potential U.S. supply bottlenecks cause by low Mississippi River levels, putting the spotlight on neighboring Brazil, where harvesting has already begun.
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Worst drought in decades hits Brazil's Northeast
Brazil's Northeast is suffering its worst drought in decades, threatening hydro-power supplies in an area prone to blackouts and potentially slowing economic growth in one of the country's emerging agricultural frontiers.
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USMEF: 30-day port contract extension great news for meat exports
For the past several months, a potential longshoremen’s strike at major East Coast and Gulf Coast ports has created a cloud of uncertainty for exporters of U.S. beef and pork.
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Rains ruin Christmas for water-weary Argentine soy farmers
Christmas rainstorms in Argentina further delayed soy and corn planting, keeping markets guessing about whether the grains powerhouse can produce enough this season to help bring high-flying global food prices down to earth.
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Canada hopes for COOL resolution
Earlier this month a World Trade Organization (WTO) arbitrator gave the United States until May 23 to bring the labeling measure into compliance or face the prospects of retaliatory tariffs.
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Rabobank: China will continue to drive ag commodity demand
China's continued influence on agricultural commodity demand and global economic growth, along with increasing weather extremes, stand out as key issues for North American food, beverage and agribusiness in 2013, a recent poll of Rabobank clients shows.
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Wet Argentine weather keeps markets guessing about soy crop
Argentina's soy output hinges on whether waterlogged fields get enough sun in the weeks ahead to make them plantable, allowing the grains powerhouse to provide the supply jolt needed to cap soaring world food prices.
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October pork exports set new monthly record
U.S. pork exports set new monthly records in October, according to statistics released by USDA and compiled by the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF), reaching 218,132 metric tons (mt) valued at $607 million.
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Better grain export infrastructure an urgent need
Major agricultural exporters urgently need to upgrade their networks of road, rail and waterways to prepare to feed a world population forecast to grow by one-third by mid-century, the head of global agribusiness company Bunge Ltd said this week.
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Argentine crushers low on soybeans, new supply months away
Argentina's soy crushers are running low on beans, causing plants to suspend operations and worry about losing clients, as a December-January drought has slowed supply of raw soybeans to a trickle.
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USDA, USTR ask Russia to suspend new testing for meat
USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack and U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Ron Kirk have issued a statement in response to Russia's new requirements that U.S. beef and pork exports to Russia be tested and certified free of the feed additive ractopamine.
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