US cocoa futures settled a touch higher Wednesday in a quiet session, with market players continuing to switch positions ahead of the front-month delivery's first notice day in two weeks, traders said. But the bulls

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Senators from the corn- and wheat-growing Northern United States said on Wednesday it was time to "shut off the spigot" of mammoth subsidies flowing to big farmers, and instead focus on the needs of family

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Costa Rican coffee exports dropped 13.3 percent in October compared to the same month last year, the Costa Rican Coffee Institute said on Wednesday. October coffee exports totalled 38,926 60-kilo sacks, down from 44,878 sacks

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River basis bids for corn and soyabeans in the US Midwest soared as barge freight dropped for a second day in a row on Wednesday and interior basis bids rose to encourage farmer sales, grain

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Liberalisation of Ivory Coast's cocoa sector in 1999/2000 has failed to improve the livelihood of farmers and hurt product quality, industry experts said. The reforms at the start of the decade, pushed through with the

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The price of Burundi's coffee fell on Wednesday due to modest demand and a weaker New York market, officials at the coffee board said. "New York dropped 6 cents this week compared to last week,

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Brazil's 2005/06 (May/April) cocoa arrivals from Bahia and other states totalled 2.52 million 60-kg bags by October 30, up 27 percent from 1.98 million bags a year ago, the Bahia Commercial Association said. Bahia state,

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The European Union has authorised imports of a genetically modified (GMO) maize, the fifth new GMO approval since the EU ended its informal biotech ban last year, the bloc's executive Commission said on Thursday. The

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US FOB Gulf corn basis offers were steady on Wednesday, while soyabeans were higher amid export demand and a lack of farmer selling, traders said. Barge freight rates for this week were sharply lower on

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Soft red winter wheat futures at the Chicago Board of Trade closed lower on Wednesday, influenced by heavy long liquidation in the Kansas City wheat market, traders said. CBOT December wheat closed down 4 cents

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