Global round-up

19 November 1999



Global round-up

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  Combined Case-New Holland plans to get bigger
  
  CNH Global NV co-chairman and chief executive Jean-Pierre Rosso says the new company has plans to expand further.

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  NZ missing out on organic boom
  
  Top European organic growers tell New Zealand its missing out on the growing demand for organic produce.

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  Kenyan farmers want food import ban
  
  Imports of wheat, maize and milk should be banned to protect local agriculture, claim Kenyan farmers.

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  Fischler says Slovakias EU prospects quite good
  
  European commissioner for agriculture Franz Fischler tells the Slovakian government that from a farming point of view its prospects for joining the EU are “quite good”.

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  Smart spreader means bigger yields
  
  A smart fertiliser spreader that works out exactly how much each square metre of a field needs will help farmers to achieve higher yields, say its developers.

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  Tensions as multiples muscle in on Irish retail
  
  The sourcing of supplies by newly-arrived multiples is a difficult issue in the Irish Republic.

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  Seoul to import only non-GM soya
  
  Following public concern about GM soya beans in tofu, South Korea will import only non-GM beans for processing.

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  US turns down duties on cattle from Canada
  
  Canada wins a major victory as a US trade panel rejects a request from American ranchers to impose anti-dumping duties on about US$1 billion of Canadian cattle imports.

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  US cattlemen would consider EU hormone beef compensation
  
  The National Cattlemens Association says it would look at any EU offer of compensation in the beef hormone case.

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  US reviews safety of wheat insecticide
  
  The Environmental Protection Agency is reviewing chlorpyrifos to assess its danger to humans.

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  Thai motor group switches to agriculture
  
  Sammitr Motors Group aims to source 50% of its total revenues from agricultural machinery within five years.

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  Canadian wheat board chiefs GM warning
  
  The head of the powerful Canadian Wheat Board has warned that a moratorium on GM grain may be needed if Canadian farmers are going to avoid being locked out of their best markets.