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Oilseeds

Italy's Coricelli nears exclusive talks to buy Deoleo for €500mn as Madrid asks for a Spanish buyer

The world's largest olive-oil bottler is changing hands with Spanish extra virgin back at its €3.50 floor and Tunisia now the biggest supplier to the US

2 Sep

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Frozen Vegetables
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Potatoes
McCain buys Indian export fry plant two weeks after shelving €1bn German project
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Sweet Corn
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Rice
Japan's Ichibanya first-half profit falls 17% as rice costs bite
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Cotton
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Potatoes
McCain seeks A$15/t cut from Tasmanian potato growers as it shelves €1bn German fry plant
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Potatoes
Northern Irish potato packer Glens of Antrim collapses with loss of 95 jobs
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Pistachios
California pistachio crop to fall up to 60% on record March heat and off-year cycle
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