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Lula wins historic fourth term as Brazil's president in dramatic comeback reuters.com/world/americas/b…

Brazil’s Lula wins historic fourth term, Flavio Bolsonaro refuses to concede

Senator Bolsonaro led the election's first round but lost in the runoff by over 4 million votes. The shock result defied polls, precedent and global ​anti-incumbent sentiment to put the brakes on a...

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Trump ends tariffs on some Canadian products, as Senator Collins faces close race reuters.com/business/us-expe…

US to remove 50% tariffs on some Canadian goods to help Republicans in midterms, WSJ reports

The United States is expected to remove 50% tariffs on some Canadian agricultural and forestry products in ​a bid to help Maine Senator Susan Collins and other Republicans ‌from northern US states in...

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Trump's tax-exempt diesel draws skepticism from farmers, eludes others reuters.com/business/energy/…

Trump's tax-exempt diesel draws skepticism from farmers, eludes others

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order this month to expand access to tax-exempt diesel as soaring prices frustrate voters ahead of midterm elections. But farmers say ​it is too risky to...

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US railroads pull ahead as high fuel costs hit truckers harder reuters.com/business/energy/…

US railroads pull ahead as high fuel costs hit truckers harder

Record fuel prices are pushing freight off US highways and onto trains, helping railroad companies rake in higher revenue and profits as shippers look for ​cheaper ways to move goods long distances.

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China snaps up Australian canola as improved ties, lower tariffs fuel demand reuters.com/business/retail-…

EXCLUSIVE: China snaps up Australian canola as improved ties, lower tariffs fuel demand

Chinese oilseed buyers have ‌purchased around 1 million metric tons of Australian canola in recent deals, as improved Beijing-Canberra ties, lower tariffs and stronger processing margins boost...

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France reports first human case of livestock virus Shamonda after patient dies reuters.com/business/healthc…

France reports first human case of livestock virus Shamonda after patient dies

France reported the first human case of the Shamonda virus ‌usually found in livestock on Thursday in a hospital patient who died, though authorities said there was no risk to the general population.

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Brazil's Newcastle poultry outbreak unlikely to have major long-term impact, analysts say reuters.com/business/healthc…

Brazil's Newcastle poultry outbreak unlikely to have major long-term impact, analysts say

An outbreak of Newcastle disease in Brazil is unlikely to cause lasting damage to the country's poultry industry if authorities contain it quickly, analysts ​said, though uncertainty over trade...

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US to launch $8 billion support program for farmers to offset diesel costs, Trump says reuters.com/world/us/us-laun…

US to launch $8 billion support program for farmers to offset diesel costs, Trump says

President Donald Trump said the US Department of Agriculture will launch what he called a new "harvest fuel relief program" that will provide farmers with $8 billion in support to ​offset diesel...

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El Niño-powered drought leaves Indonesian palm farmers high and dry as river recedes reuters.com/business/environ…

El Niño-powered drought leaves Indonesian palm farmers high and dry as river recedes

Supendi, a 33-year-old palm fruit farmer, cooled his heels at a mill in Indonesia's West ‌Kalimantan for four frustrating days earlier this month trying to unload his harvest of fresh fruit bunches...

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Global food inflation is expected to intensify as supply shocks pile up reuters.com/world/americas/g…

Global food inflation is expected to intensify as supply shocks pile up

Muhamad Yasin, a 63-year-old parking attendant in central Jakarta, says he has cut back on meals as rising prices have put food staples beyond his reach.

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Rotting meat smell sparks protest at Mexico's screwworm sterile-fly plant reuters.com/business/environ…

Rotting meat smell sparks protest at Mexico's screwworm sterile-fly plant

A rotten smell hanging over a town in Mexico's southern Chiapas state ‌drove residents into the streets on Thursday to demand the removal of a sterile-fly plant at the center of the US-Mexican fight...

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India customs scrutiny diverts Niger soybeans to Asia at steep discounts, sources say reuters.com/world/india/indi…

EXCLUSIVE: India customs scrutiny diverts Niger soybeans to Asia at steep discounts, sources say

Around 11,000 metric tons of Niger-origin soybeans bound for India were diverted to ​other Asian markets and sold at steep discounts as a widening customs probe into suspected import tax ‌evasion...

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Canada's farmers, crop quality assessors confront damage after wet harvest reuters.com/world/canadas-fa…

Canada's farmers, crop quality assessors confront damage after wet harvest

Canada's farmers struggled to harvest this year's crops due to an unseasonably wet September, and farmers and crop quality assessors reported damage to pulse crops and spring wheat in one ​of the...

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This Chinese export boom really has legs – and wings reuters.com/world/china/this…

This Chinese export boom really has legs – and wings

Overproduction at home is pushing cheap Chinese protein onto global supermarket shelves, undercutting established producers.

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China buys 8-10 US soybean cargoes in first deals since Trump-Xi summit, sources say - reuters.com/world/china/chin…

EXCLUSIVE: China buys 8-10 US soybean cargoes in first deals since Trump-Xi summit, sources say

Chinese state buyers purchased 8-10 Panamax cargoes of US soybeans this ​week, the first such deals since the September summit between ‌Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping in Washington, three...

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Federal judge blocks planned US farm agency reorganization reuters.com/legal/litigation…

Federal judge blocks planned US farm agency reorganization

A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the US Department of Agriculture from proceeding with ​its planned agency reorganization, in a blow to President ‌Donald Trump's sweeping overhaul of the executive...

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Eleven sailors missing after drone sinks ship off Bulgaria reuters.com/world/europe/dro…

Eleven sailors missing after drone sinks ship off Bulgaria

This may be ​the second deadly sinking of a cargo vessel in the area in a week, prompting Bulgaria to summon Russia's ambassador.

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EPA proposes full reallocation of refinery biofuel exemptions reuters.com/business/energy/…

EPA proposes full reallocation of refinery biofuel exemptions

The US Environmental Protection Agency proposed on Tuesday to make larger refiners blend ​more biofuels into their products over the next two years, a move that will likely appeal ‌to farm-state...

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Bigger US corn stocks fuel doubts about USDA livestock feeding data reuters.com/business/retail-…

Bigger US corn stocks fuel doubts about USDA livestock feeding data

The US Department of Agriculture on Friday is expected to lower its estimate of how much of last year's corn harvest was fed to ​livestock after it reported a bigger-than-anticipated jump in grain...

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US farm debt is at a record. Official data might be undercounting it reuters.com/business/finance…

EXCLUSIVE: US farm debt is at a record. Official data might be undercounting it

American farmers are borrowing more money than ever before to operate — but the rise in non-traditional and vendor credit has created some gaps in the federal government's current ability to ​measure...

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