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Bidder emerges as favourite for Viterra takeover 19 Mar 2012
The grain handler enters exclusive talks with a single bidder, amid reports that a joint bid by Agrium, Glencore and Richardson is close to a deal |
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Rubber market needs extra 1m hectares in plantings 19 Mar 2012
World area planted with rubber trees needs to grow by 10% over the next five years, Olam International says, as it unveils a West African tie-up |
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Fertilizer fears switch to phosphate from potash 16 Mar 2012
North America has cut its bloated potash inventories, against the historic trend. But phosphate are rising, with prices under pressure |
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K+S dodges potash blows, sending shares soaring 15 Mar 2012
The group forecasts a relatively small drop in industry potash demand this year, and says its own operations will avoid even that decline |
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Unrest, bad weather lift Syrian grain import needs 14 Mar 2012
Syrian cereal imports are to jump 30% this season, with disruption caused by civil strife cutting hopes for domestic food output in 2012-13 too |
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Talk of Cargill, Glencore bids lifts Viterra anew 12 Mar 2012
Viterra shares rise again, taking to more than Can$1.3bn the gain in the grain handler's stockmarket value since it on Friday revealed bid interest |
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Viterra shares soar after it reveals bid interest 9 Mar 2012
Viterra stock hits its highest since 2008 after the Canada-based group, best known as an acquirer itself, reveals "expressions of interest" |
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Origin profits trip over slip in fertilizer demand 8 Mar 2012
The foods-to-agronomy group sees profits halve, despite a boost to its UK advisory operations from a jump in farmers' winter crop sowings |
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Canada sowings rise lifts Viterra fertilizer hopes 8 Mar 2012
Viterra forecasts a jump in Canadian crop sowings, with canola area to hit a record, increases which are already supporting fertilizer demand |
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Europe's cold snap puts fertilizer revival on ice 7 Mar 2012
Yara, the world's top nitrogen group, says it is being less aggressive on pricing after freezing weather cools farmers' appetite for nutrients |
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Aussies cut wheat export hopes amid port concerns 6 Mar 2012
Officials cut their forecast for Australian wheat shipments in 2011-12, as they forecast weaker domestic and world harvests, and prices, ahead |
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China hikes farm science budget amid $195bn spree 5 Mar 2012
Premier Web Jiabao lifts China's farm spending by 18%, with the science budget to rise 50%, in a bid to stem a reliance on agricultural imports |
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