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World food prices edge up in April, 10 percent lower year/year
May 05, 2016 by Retuers
World food prices rose slightly in April, up for the third month in a row but they remained almost 10 percent lower than a year earlier, the United Nations food agency said on Thursday.
Venezuela ordered to pay British cattle company for ranch takeovers
Apr 22, 2016 by Retuers
An international arbitration center has ordered Venezuela to pay British cattle company Vestey Group nearly $100 million for the nationalization of cattle ranches, pilling fresh pressure on the cash-strapped leftist gov
French court hands symbolic win to GMO maize supporters
Apr 18, 2016 by Retuers
France's top administrative court overturned a 2014 ban on a type of genetically modified (GMO) maize in a symbolic victory for GMO supporters that will not allow such crops to be grown in France because of subsequent l
U.S. senator seeks to strip 'loophole' from commodities bill
Apr 14, 2016 by Retuers
A U.S. senator who advocates for stronger financial regulation on Thursday sought to strip the key part of a bill authorizing the work of the country's commodities and swaps regulator, the Commodity Futures Trading Comm
EU promises protesting farmers more help, no new money
Mar 15, 2016 by Retuers
The European Commission announced more help for the agriculture sector on Monday, following protests by farmers who say they have been hit hard by a Russian ban on Western food imports.