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U.S. farm law expires again with lawmakers split on new bill

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Overshadowed by the government shutdown, the U.S. farm subsidy law expired for the second time on Tuesday with lawmakers still deadlocked over how to confront cuts in food assistance programs for low-income Americans. Analysts say Congress is more likely to revive the farm law for another year or two — the path it took when […] Read more
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USDA will mostly ‘go dark’ in case of federal shutdown

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Reading Time: 2 minutes The U.S. Department of Agriculture will shut off its gusher of statistical reports in the event of a federal government shutdown, leaving traders and food producers in the dark about most activities in the world’s largest farm exporter. But inspections of meat are considered among essential services that will continue even if most workers are […] Read more
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Deal to trim biggest payouts completes EU farm policy reform

Reading Time: 2 minutes European Union negotiators have agreed on a five per cent minimum reduction in subsidy payments above 150,000 euros a year to individual farms, in a deal which finalizes sweeping reforms to the EU’s common agricultural policy (CAP). Under the deal struck late Tuesday, EU governments will have the option of capping individual payouts at 300,000 […] Read more
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U.S. House backs $40B cut in food stamps over 10 years

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Reading Time: < 1 minute The Republican-run U.S. House of Representatives voted to cut spending on food stamps for the poor by US$40 billion over 10 years on Thursday, defying a veto threat from the White House in the name of fiscal reform. House majority leader Eric Cantor, the driving force behind the legislation, said it was “wrong for working, […] Read more
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Video series: This Country Called Agriculture

Reading Time: < 1 minute An online agribusiness show for Canadian farmers is available now through AGCanada.com. In This Country Called Agriculture, show host Rob Eirich interviews industry leaders on topics such as new technology impacting agriculture; current legal policy and issues; consumer perceptions and the food industry; renewable energy in agriculture; food safety; and best practices in farm management […] Read more
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Cargill picks new CEO

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Agribusiness Cargill Inc. on Wednesday said its CEO will step down on Dec. 1 in the latest management shuffle among the world’s top agricultural trading houses. Gregory Page, 62, will be replaced by David MacLennan, Cargill’s president and chief operating officer, as part of the company’s ongoing succession plans, the company said. MacLennan told Reuters […] Read more
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A third of food is wasted, making it third-biggest carbon emitter: UN

Reading Time: 2 minutes The food the world wastes accounts for more greenhouse gas emissions than any country except for China and the U.S., the United Nations said in a report on Wednesday. Every year about a third of all food for human consumption, around 1.3 billion tonnes, is wasted, along with all the energy, water and chemicals needed […] Read more
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Global food prices fall in August, FAO ups crop forecasts

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Global food prices fell in August for the fourth month running, according to the United Nations’ food agency, which again raised its 2013-14 forecast for grain production. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Thursday that cheaper food last month reflected declines in corn, wheat and edible oils prices. Food prices surged during the […] Read more
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Russia/Belarus dispute escalates after potash CEO’s arrest

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Russia banned pork imports from Belarus on Friday, stepping up a diplomatic and trade war over the arrest of a Russian businessman and threatening to deepen the isolation of its former Soviet ally. Russia is one of Belarus’ few diplomatic backers after 19 years of authoritarian rule by President Alexander Lukashenko but has responded furiously […] Read more
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Colombian farmer protests reach Bogota

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Thousands of Colombian farmers and state workers marched through Bogota on Thursday, banging pots and pans as they converged on the capital after 11 days of increasingly violent protests against agricultural and trade policies they say have left them impoverished. Students wearing balaclavas pelted shop windows with rocks near the capital’s main square and clashed […] Read more

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