WASHINGTON, D.C., U.S. — The National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) is urging the U.S. Congress to enhance protection for futures market customers when considering legislation this year to reauthorize the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
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WASHINGTON, D.C., U.S. — The U.S. Grains Council (USGC), along with the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA), MAIZAR, representing Argentina producers and the maize supply chain and ABRAMILHO (Brazilian Association of Corn Producers) on May 14 signed a memorandum of understanding to form an alliance of North and South American maize (corn) producers to collaborate on a global basis to address key issues concerning food security, biotechnology, stewardship, trade and producer image. The organizations will function under the name, MAIZALL—The International Maize Alliance.
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WASHINGTON - The U.S. Senate approved Wednesday legislation (S. 601) on May 15 with an 83-14 vote that would authorize funding to modernize the nation’s locks and dams, provide upkeep for rivers and coasts, assist with flood protection and restore key environmental areas.
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Leading ocean container carrier A.P. Moller-Maersk is "100 percent certain" it can more than double freight rates in July, even though market weakness has seen prices fall by 33 percent since March, according to a Reuters news report.
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Canada’s West Coast container ports stayed level in the first quarter of 2013 with the robust growth that they experienced last year, with a higher throughput but a slight dip in their market share of West Coast container traffic, the Journal of Commerce reported May 20.
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A Portland longshoreman sustained minor injuries after getting hit by a truck while picketing at the Port of Portland's Columbia Grain terminal, according to a report in Tacoma’s News Tribune.
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