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In this April 29, 2009 file photo, a pallet with bags of California rice is moved in the warehouse at the Farmers' Rice Cooperative in West Sacramento, Calif.

Tembec Inc. said Thursday it would shut down its newsprint and sawmill operations in Kapuskasing, Ont.

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Dole Food Company Inc filed a defamation lawsuit on Wednesday against a Swedish film makers it accuses of knowingly including "patent falsehoods" in a documentary about Nicaraguan banana workers who sued Dole for allegedly exposing them to pesticides on its Nicaraguan plantations.

Twenty years ago, Mark Whitacre became the youngest divisional president at Archer Daniels Midland and soon found himself at the center of the largest price fixing case in U.S. history at the time.

SPENDING other people's money is so much more rewarding than dipping into your own pocket.

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Some state environmental groups are questioning the coal-burning practices of a Muscatine corn-processing plant.

The German government has contracted PSM GmbH to build 405 new Puma armored fighting vehicles for the army.

The Andersons, Inc. Appoints Daniel Anderson President, Retail Group, and VP, Corporate Operations Services Date Posted: June 30, 2009 Maumee, OHa ' The Andersons, Inc .

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The instant non-fat dry milk came from Plainview Milk Products Cooperative of Plainview, Minnesota.

This year, to commemorate the bicentennial year of Abraham Lincoln's birth, master cheese carver Troy Landwehr created his tallest Big Cheese statue to date: a life-sized rendering of America's 16th president.

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Several Carleton County names are among the province's agriculture leaders appointed to a round table mandated to chart the future of New Brunswick's farming industry.

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Wednesday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE: American International Group Inc., down $5.12 at $18.08 At the battered insurers annual meeting Tuesday, investors approved a reverse 20-for-1 stock split meant to boost the share price.

Riceland Foods officials are confirming a flash fire injured a worker at the company's plant in Waldenburg.

The Australian government on Thursday committed a 50 million Australian dollars "downpayment" to improve the water quality of the Great Barrier Reef.

Kellogg Co. is racing to be the first to offer consumers this year's nutritional must-have: extra fiber.