EU Commission renews bid to ban food from cloned animals

BRUSSELS  (Reuters) – The European Commission on Wednesday again proposed a ban on food and products from cloned animals, two years after failing to block their use. EU governments and lawmakers rejected the first move in 2011 because of a dispute over labelling. If approved, the latest draft rules would ban the use of cloning […] Read more

U.S. winter wheat bounces back with rain

World wheat markets are closely following the condition of the winter wheat crop in Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas, which has received recent welcome rain. “There’s going to be a direct correlation between wheat prices and the state of the U.S. crop,” said Canadian Wheat Board market analyst Neil Townsend. If that crop somehow rebounds from […] Read more