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Debt and ageing combines limit Russia grain hopes 8 Apr 2012
Russia's grains harvest this year, and subsequent exports, could come in well below levels commentators believe, US farm officials say |
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Brazil's soybean output set for strong recovery 5 Apr 2012
US farm officials extend the run of downgrades to Brazil's ongoing soybean harvest, but say sowings for next year will expand by 1m hectares |
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Australia wheat exports hit nine-year high 4 Apr 2012
The southern hemisphere's top wheat exporter ships 2.4m tonnes in a month, despite concerns over logistics and crop quality |
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US export, China demand fears weaken cotton prices 2 Apr 2012
Cotton prices ease, despite ideas that a key US sowings estimates unveiled last week is an overestimate
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Mosaic unveils $300m bet on potash market rebound 29 Mar 2012
The fertilizer giant, unveiling a halving in profits, says it has hiked potash inventories to exploit a demand revival it forecasts is on the way |
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Paraguay soy farmers face hangover from drought 29 Mar 2012
Paraguay's soybean exports, hit this season by drought, are to remain restricted in 2012-13 too, in part down to weakened farm finances |
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Deep phosphate mining comes closer to US return 27 Mar 2012
Stonegate Agricom boss Mark Ashcroft heralds the - profitable - return of uunderground phosphate mining to the US, following study results |
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Continental Farmers lifts Ukraine sowings by 50% 27 Mar 2012
Shares in the farm operator soar 20% after it raises profits despite a potato market collapse, and says its winter crops escaped weather damage |
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Yara made 'unacceptable payments', inquiry finds 23 Mar 2012
The fertilizer giant, which last year highlighted a $1m transfer made in India, says an investigator has identified "further unacceptable payments" |
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Bumper returns fuel rise in Canada canola sowings 23 Mar 2012
... and, in the US, growth in peanut area too, besides cotton, PotashCorp data shows. However, prospects for wheat returns do not look so promising |
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Low premiums cast doubt on malting barley sowings 23 Mar 2012
The Canadian Wheat Board cautions over the impact of poor premiums for malting barley, and for durum wheat. But RMI reassures on European sowings |
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Glencore seals Can$6bn Viterra takeover 20 Mar 2012
Glencore, best known in oil and mining, flags its ambitions in farm commodities as it buys the grain group, in a deal involving Agrium and Richardson |
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