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France's Danone is getting more whey and aluminium from parts of Asia, a top executive told Reuters, a move which analysts said could cut costs but also antagonise European suppliers.

The El Nino weather pattern could boost yields in the second half of the year for U.S. cotton farmers, who were forced to abandon a big chunk of their cropland in 2022 after one of the worst droughts in years.

Plane giants Airbus and Boeing face mounting pressure to set up jetliner plants in India, after the country's civil aviation minister told Reuters the "time has come" to serve its soaring demand with jets assembled on domestic soil.

Malaysian palm oil futures recouped early losses on Friday, but were set for their biggest weekly drop in more than four months as markets tracked weakness in rival edible oils.

Copper slid on Friday as prices eased from last session's three-week peak, with the market still assessing wider banking sector turbulence and the U.S. Federal Reserve's policy decision for a price direction.

Malaysian palm oil futures were set on Friday for their biggest weekly drop in 18 weeks, as prices fell for a seventh session, weighed down by weakness in rival edible oils.

Copper slid on Friday as prices eased from last session's three-week peak, with the market still assessing wider banking sector turbulence and the U.S. Federal Reserve's policy decision for a price direction.

Chicago soybeans lost more ground on Friday, with prices dropping to their lowest levels in almost five months, as supplies from freshly harvested record Brazilian crop continue to pressure the market.

Chicago wheat futures lost more ground on Friday with the market poised for its biggest weekly drop in eight months as renewal of a Black Sea export deal eased concerns over global supply.

Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures crumbled to new life-of-contract lows on Thursday, before finishing mixed, on concerns about poor demand for U.S. pork, analysts said.

November soybean futures on the Chicago Board of Trade ended lower for a thirteenth consecutive session on Thursday, the longest such streak since at least 1973 for new-crop soybeans within their expiration year.

Chicago corn futures reversed session gains to close lower Thursday, with the most-active contract hitting its highest price since February on a boost from Chinese demand.

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Argentina's Buenos Aires grains exchange maintained its 2022/2023 production forecasts for both soy and corn on Thursday, but cautioned further cuts were possible with yields on the first batches of soy coming in below expectations.

Hershey Co is looking to reduce "trace" amounts of lead and cadmium in its chocolate, chief financial officer Steve Voskiul told Reuters on Wednesday, after Consumer Reports found that some dark chocolate bars had potentially harmful levels of the heavy metals.

Bolivian President Luis Arce said on Thursday he would be willing to jointly design a lithium policy with other Latin American countries to benefit their economies, echoing a similar proposal from Mexico's President.

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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva heads to China this weekend for a five-day visit to refresh relations with his country's largest export market and seek new Chinese investment in the Latin American country.

Argentina's soybean imports are expected to more than double this season due to the devastating impacts of a historic drought on the country's 2022/23 harvest, the country's Rosario grains exchange said in a report on Thursday.

Canada will introduce in its budget next week a 30% investment tax credit to boost clean-tech manufacturing, especially in the electric vehicle (EV) supply chain, two government sources familiar with the document said on Thursday.