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...It is hard to imagine the folks in Cupertino waiting this long to deliver a new and improved Duke of York....
...Krispy Kreme, the New York-listed doughnut company, last month cited “significant commodity cost pressure, particularly from edible oils” as it raised prices....
...The Iowa Corn Growers Association said it was “outraged”. Emily Skor, chief executive of ethanol group Growth Energy, said it was “unconscionable”....
...The move is a win for corn growers in their long-running feud with the oil industry over the Renewable Fuel Standard, as the mandate is known....
...“This has definitely been an anomaly, to be this wet,” said Nathan Fields, vice-president of production and sustainability at the National Corn Growers Association....
...“‘Farmers do not want a handout from the government,” said Mr Gordon, who is also vice-president at the American Soybean Association, a trade group. “We raise a product and want a fair price for it....
...The US soyabean council, whose membership includes agribusinesses and farm associations, said it did not have information on whether the new purchases would be subject to the tariff....
...Finally, the Trump administration’s cash payments to growers hurt by trade wars has shored up their finances....
...“Everything relative to ethanol has really been an uphill battle for us,” said Mark Recker, a farmer and president of the Iowa Corn Growers Association....
...The American Soybean Association, a grower’s lobby, has implored US political leaders to retreat from tariffs against China....
...According to a report published in January, “Digital 2018 Global Overview,” by We Are Social, an online platform based in New York, Thais spent 9.38 hours a day on the internet last year, followed by Filipinos...
...Green Plains, a New York-listed corn ethanol producer, told analysts last week it had already formed a co-operative in the state of Kansas to procure farmers’ grain on more competitive terms....
...“This could be one of our largest crops on record,” said Steve Verett, executive vice-president of the Lubbock-based Plains Cotton Growers Association....
...Alfredo Díaz Belmontes, director-general of the Mexican Association of Protected Horticulture, says it exports 81 per cent of its produce, nearly all to the US....
...But they have known each other for years, largely through the New York and Palm Beach society circuits. The two men have also found common purpose in politics....
...Additional reporting by Gregory Meyer in New York...
...New York-listed SunOpta says it handles more than half the organic soyabeans grown in North America as well as corn, sunflower, cocoa, sugar, fruits, nuts, seeds and ancient grains....
...“In terms of plans for the [cotton] business, they remain the same in terms of helping growers and buyers,” it said....
...From February 1, CME will impose a new policy for order messages in cattle futures. The daily turmoil has proven hard to navigate....
...US farmers have been storing billions of bushels of corn and soyabeans to avoid selling at low prices, keeping crops off the rails....
...Bill May, president of the American Cotton Shippers Association, said a world contract had become necessary as US farmers planted soyabeans and corn on land once devoted to cotton....
...“The issue is not yet resolved,” said Nathan Fields, director of biotechnology at the US National Corn Growers Association. “It’s a step, but it’s by no means a solution.”...
...China took a step towards breaking the logjam on approvals of new imported strains of GM crops this month, when it agreed to allow imports of a type of corn developed by Syngenta....
...On Friday Syngenta said it believed the lawsuit was without merit, and that it “strongly upholds the right of growers to have access to approved new technologies that can increase both their productivity...
...Protracted rail shipping delays have led to deep discounts for grain prices in the north central US, weeks before a huge harvest is expected to put the transport network under new stress....
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