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Investors Are Mining for Water, the Next Hot Commodity

(NewYorkTimes) Gazing out of a turboprop high above his company’s main asset — 34,000 acres in the Mojave Desert with billions of gallons of fresh water locked deep below the sagebrush-dotted land —...

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Monsanto Slashing 2,600 Jobs,Buying Back Shares as Sales Fall

(Reuters) Monsanto Co, one of the world's largest seed and agrichemical companies, said on Wednesday that it was slashing 2,600 jobs and restructuring operations to cut costs in a slumping commodity...

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California Enacts Strictest Animal Antibiotic Law in the U.S.

(Bloomberg) California just passed a bill to sharply limit the use of antibiotics in farm animals, making it the first state to ban the routine use of the drugs in animal agriculture. Signed by...

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Dry Weather Delays Soy Planting in Two Brazilian States

(WSJ) Farmers in the Brazilian states of Mato Grosso and Goiás have barely started to plant soybeans for the 2015-2016 growing season because of unseasonably dry weather, according to the head of...

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Dry Weather Plagues Sowing in the Black Sea

(Reuters) Ukrainian farmers find themselves in a similar situation to last year: soils are dry. Dryness does not yet pose a risk to yields, but sown area could take a beating and noticeably reduce...

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Syngenta Confronts Shareholder Frustration Following Monsanto Bid Rebuff

(WSJ) Syngenta AG is confronting more frustration among shareholders as the Swiss company struggles with further challenges in its pesticide and seed business after its rebuff of rivalMonsanto Co.’s...

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U.S. Farm Co-Op Land O’Lakes Plans First African Investment

(Bloomberg) Land O’Lakes Inc., a U.S. farming co-operative, said it’s close to making its first investment in Africa and plans further deals to capitalize on the continent’s agricultural potential. The...

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Saudi Wells Running Dry Spell End of Desert Wheat

(Bloomberg) Despite torrid weather and virtually no rain, the world’s largest oil producer once grew so much of the grain that its exports could feed Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman...

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World food prices had their biggest monthly jump since July 2012

(Reuters) World food prices rose in October, spurred by weather-driven concerns about sugar and palm oil supplies, but remained well below their equivalent level a year ago, the United Nations food...

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Strong Dollar Shreds Wheat Exports

(WSJ) The strong dollar is stifling U.S. agricultural exports, worsening the strain on farmers already dealing with a collapse in prices and weaker demand. Federal forecasters project that shipments of...

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