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World hunger easing but one in nine people undernourished, food agencies say

By GFM Network News September 17, 2014

Rome | Reuters — The number of hungry people in the world has fallen sharply over the past decade but 805 million, or one in nine of the global population, still do not have enough to eat, three U.N. food and agriculture agencies said on Tuesday. The number of chronically undernourished people dropped by more […] Read more

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FCC again extends loan plan for young farmers

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News August 28, 2014

Canada’s federal farm lending agency has held over its Young Farmer Loan program for a third year and again boosted the program’s budget commitment. Farm Credit Canada said Thursday it will continue the program, which grants loans to eligible producers under age 40 for up to $500,000 to buy or improve farmland and buildings. The […] Read more

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Burger King, Tim Hortons reach deal on marriage

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News August 26, 2014

Two days after confirming their talks on the idea, Canada’s biggest quick-service restaurant (QSR) chain and the world’s second-biggest burger chain have lined up their US$15.5 billion merger deal. Burger King Worldwide and Tim Hortons on Tuesday announced a “definitive agreement” to combine the world’s fourth- and eighth-biggest QSR firms into the No. 3 spot, […] Read more

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Burger King throne would move north in Timmy’s merger

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News August 25, 2014

The world’s second-biggest burger chain is in talks with Canada’s biggest quick-service chain on a merger into a new Canadian-based company. Burger King Worldwide and Tim Hortons confirmed their talks Sunday, following a report in that day’s Wall Street Journal. The U.S. paper reported the Miami-based burger firm plans a “tax inversion” deal to move […] Read more

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U.N. food body says Gaza farms devastated by fighting

By GFM Network News August 14, 2014

Rome | Reuters –– The conflict in Gaza has caused serious damage to crops, herds and fishing as well as greenhouses and irrigation systems, bringing food production to a halt and sending prices sharply higher, the United Nations food body said on Thursday. The Rome-based Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said in a statement that […] Read more

The Bear and the Arbutus, a statue at Madrid’s Puerta del Sol. Fruit, vegetable and meat producers in Spain and other EU countries are reported to be deeply worried about the effects of Russia’s ban on food imports from Western nations. (Cia.gov)

General, Markets, Reuters

European farmers feel Russian sanctions’ bite

By GFM Network News August 10, 2014

London | Reuters — European dairy firms halted production of cheese and butter destined for Russia and Norwegian salmon prices fell, as a wide array of small fresh food producers felt the first impact from Moscow’s tit-for-tat ban on their goods. Russia stopped imports of most food from the West on Thursday in retaliation for […] Read more

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Russia ban offers big opportunity for Brazil

By GFM Network News August 7, 2014

Sao Paulo/Brasilia | Reuters — Russia’s ban on many western food products presents a massive opportunity for meat and grain exports from agricultural powerhouse Brazil and a smaller one for its Latin American neighbours. Around 90 new meat plants in Brazil were immediately approved to export beef, chicken and pork to Russia and the South […] Read more

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U.S. forecaster lowers chance of El Nino in autumn

By GFM Network News August 7, 2014

Reuters — A U.S. weather forecaster scaled down its estimate for the chances of the El Nino weather phenomenon occurring during autumn and early winter in the Northern Hemisphere to 65 per cent, from an earlier estimate of 80 per cent. The Climate Prediction Center (CPC), an agency of the National Weather Service, had made […] Read more

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Cargill Q4 profit falls on exchange rate loss

By GFM Network News August 7, 2014

Reuters — Top global commodities trader Cargill said Thursday its quarterly earnings fell as drought limited farm services opportunities in the U.S. and due to a loss stemming from the drop in the value of Venezuela’s currency. Minneapolis-based Cargill was also stung by elevated rail shipping costs and railcar shortages in the northern U.S. Plains […] Read more

Officials meet Thursday at Moscow’s Government House to discuss the government’s planned retaliatory sanctions on Canada, the U.S., the EU and other nations. (Government.ru)

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Russia ‘completely’ blocks Canadian meat, fruit, vegetable imports

By GFM Network News August 7, 2014

Moscow/Kiev | Reuters — Moscow imposed a total ban on imports of foods from Canada and other Western nations on Thursday in retaliation against sanctions over Ukraine, a stronger than expected measure that isolates Russian consumers from world trade to a degree unseen since Soviet days. In eastern Ukraine, a Dutch recovery team called off […] Read more

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World hunger easing but one in nine people undernourished, food agencies say

FCC again extends loan plan for young farmers

Burger King, Tim Hortons reach deal on marriage

Burger King throne would move north in Timmy’s merger

U.N. food body says Gaza farms devastated by fighting

European farmers feel Russian sanctions’ bite

Russia ban offers big opportunity for Brazil

U.S. forecaster lowers chance of El Nino in autumn

Cargill Q4 profit falls on exchange rate loss

Russia ‘completely’ blocks Canadian meat, fruit, vegetable imports

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