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MOSCOW/KIEV, Russia (Reuters) — Abnormally warm winter has not affected winter grain plantings in Russia and Ukraine so far, while snowfall in parts of Russia is expected to ease risks for the 2014 crop.
Russia and Ukraine, the two main Black Sea grain exporters with customers in North Africa and the Middle East, are on track for a good harvest of winter grains despite a lower sowing area. There are no concerns about the condition of plantings in Russia’s main sowing regions, including Krasnodar, Stavropol, Rostov and Volgograd, the agriculture ministry said on its website.
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LIHUE, Hawaii (Reuters) — Three of the world’s largest agrichemical companies have filed a lawsuit in Hawaii to try to block a new law enacted on the island of Kauai that tries to limit the planting of biotech crops and the use of pesticides.
DuPont, Syngenta and Agrigenetics Inc. filed suit in the U.S. District Court in Honolulu, Hawaii. The suit claims the action in Kauai is unconstitutional.
The Kauai bill, which was passed by island leaders in November, requires large agricultural companies to disclose pesticide use and GM crop plantings while establishing buffer zones around schools, homes and hospitals.
