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TOP STORIES:Weekly U.S. Ethanol Output Recovers 1.7% to 857,000 Barrels/DayCHICAGO--U.S. ethanol production rose 1.7% to 857,000 barrels a day in the week through Friday, reversing from a decline the prior week, data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration showed Wednesday.STORIES OF INTEREST:Brazil Congress Still Debating Ports Decree; Unions Strike in ProtestSAO PAULO--The debate in Congress over a proposal to expand and modernize Brazil's ports moved into a third day, lessening the chances of the decree being voted into law before a Thursday deadline.Kansas City Fed: 1st Quarter District Farmland Values Continue HigherFarmland values in parts of the U.S. Great Plains and the Rocky Mountains continued to rise in the first quarter, but at a more moderate pace, as higher costs and falling commodity prices slowed farm income growth, the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank said Wednesday.Monsanto CEO Says Pace of U.S. Regulatory Approvals Not a ProblemST. LOUIS--The head of the worl...

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  1. DuPont profit doubles as drought boosts farm sales

    Chemicals maker DuPont's quarterly profit more than doubled as the worst dry spell in decades encouraged U.S. farmers to buy its drought-hardy seeds and crop-protect...

  2. DuPont's Net Doubles on Discontinued Operations

    DuPont Co.'s (DD) first-quarter earnings more than doubled as the diversified U.S. manufacturer reported a larger profit from discontinued operations than in the yea...

  3. DuPont's 1st-Quarter Net More Than Doubles on Discontinued Operations

    DuPont Co.'s (DD) first-quarter earnings more than doubled as the diversified U.S. manufacturer reported a larger profit from discontinued operations than in the yea...

  4. Bayer and Monsanto Enter Into Licensing Agreements

    Germany's Bayer AG (BAYN.XE) said Tuesday its CropScience unit and Monsanto Co. (MON) have entered into a series of licensing agreements for next-generation and enab...

  5. Australia's Wheat, Wine Most Vulnerable to Climate Change-Abares

    Australia's wine and grain production, two of its most important farm industries, will be hit hardest by extreme weather and rising temperatures caused by climate ch...

  6. Dow Chemical, Monsanto Reach Agreement on Corn Seed Licensing

    Dow Chemical Co.'s (DOW) agricultural subsidiary and Monsanto Co. (MON) have agreed to cross-license new genetically modified traits for corn seed.Under the agreemen...

  7. Street Spotlight Shifts to Earnings Slowdown

    After a surprisingly strong batch of fourth-quarter results, investors may want to brace for a slowdown this earnings season as corporate America grapples with the f...

  8. MARKET SNAPSHOT: U.S. Stocks Slide After Disappointing Data

    U.S. stocks fell sharply Wednesday, with the benchmark indexes taking their worst hit in more than five weeks, after labor-market data disappointed ahead of Friday's...

  9. MARKET SNAPSHOT: U.S. Stocks Extend Slide After Disappointing Data

    U.S. stock losses escalated Wednesday, with the Dow industrials and S&P 500 retreating from record highs, after disappointing labor-market data ahead of Friday's non...

  10. MARKET SNAPSHOT: U.S. Stocks Slide After ADP Jobs Data

    U.S. stock losses escalated Wednesday, with the Dow industrials and S&P 500 retreating from record highs, after disappointing labor-market data ahead of Friday's non...

  11. Monsanto beats profit expectations, raises full-year view

    Monsanto Co , the world's largest seed company, raised its full-year profit forecast on Wednesday after reporting a better-than-expected second quarter driven by str...

  12. Monsanto 2nd-Quarter Net Up 22%; Raises Full-Year View

    Monsanto Co.'s (MON) fiscal second-quarter earnings rose 22% as the world's largest seed maker saw increased sales of corn seed and herbicide.The company also raised...

  1. Are You Funding Monsanto's Promotion of GMO Cops Overseas?

    U.S. taxpayers are footing the bill for overseas lobbying that promotes controversial biotech crops developed by U.S.-based Monsanto Co and other seed makers, a repo...

  2. Supreme Court Sides With Monsanto on Patents

    The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that Monsanto Co. (MON) can use its patents to prevent farmers from planting later generations of genetically engineered seeds wi...

  3. Supreme Court Rules for Monsanto in Patent Fight

     The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday that an Indiana farmer violated giant agribusiness company Monsanto Co's patent for a type of soybean.In a case closely watch...

  4. Nigeria Seeks Economic Diversification in Agriculture Push

    Nigeria's agriculture ministry has attracted $8 billion in foreign investment and aims to boost that to just over $10 billion by 2015, the country's minister of agri...

  5. Monsanto , Dow Chemical Crops Face Further Delay

    The U.S. Department of Agriculture put the brakes on controversial new genetically modified corn, soybean and cotton seeds from Monsanto Co. (MON) and Dow Chemical C...

  6. Monsanto , Dow Chemical Crops Face Further Delays on Environmental Studies

    The U.S. Department of Agriculture will conduct environmental assessments of new corn, soybean and cotton seeds genetically engineered to withstand herbicides, furth...

  7. Dow Chemical sees farm products driving profit this year

    Dow Chemical Co posted a better-than-expected 33 percent jump in quarterly profit as farmers in the Americas bought more of its seeds and pesticides, overshadowing a...

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