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Butter, Once Public-Health Enemy No. 1, Makes a Comeback

Hipsters are dropping it into cocktails and coffee. A major food distributor is packing it into a trendy new pastry. Bob Evans Farms Inc. is slipping it in...

How Pesticide Fears Can Make Americans Less Healthy

Regardless of whether you’re a parent, an environmentalist, or just a plain old shopper, chances are you’ve gazed out over the supermarket prod...

Bird Flu Prompts Quarantines As Chicken Farmers Fight Back

The merest mention of bird flu is enough to send shivers down the spine of a chicken farmer, but as the US deals with its first case of highly pathogenic a...

Spoiling for Canada Fight, US Dairies Push for Trump Deal

Blame Canada. That’s what US dairies say about some of the bubbling gluts weighing on the milk market, and they are eager for President Donald T...

US Retailer Kroger Announces Murray's Cheese Merger

US retailer Kroger has announced that it has merged with iconic cheese shop Murray's Cheese, as well as purchasing its flagship New York facility. The c...

Norway Salmon, Anyone? Stocks In Focus If Russia Sanctions Ease

Stock pickers are already positioning for an event that has the potential to shake up markets from Norway to Brazil: the lifting of sanctions on Russia....

US TPP Withdrawal To Benefit Brazilian Agribusiness

Brazilian agribusiness is likely to benefit from the US Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) withdrawal, announced by President Donald Trump earlier this week....

Brazilian Corn Prices Expected To Drop In Q1

Brazilian corn prices are expected to decrease in the first quarter of 2017 due to a large domestic surplus, the economic research centre of the Unive...