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Traders have sold off Chicago soybeans this month in spectacular fashion as economic concerns mount and Brazil’s bumper harvest hits the market.

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.

Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures tumbled to contract lows again on Wednesday on concerns about lower demand, analysts said.

The United Nations wants to get people talking in New York this week about investing in safe water, sanitation and hygiene, which it describes as "the most basic human need for health and wellbeing".

Brazil's soybean output and exports in 2023 will be higher than expected, Brazilian oilseed lobby Abiove said on Wednesday, as local farmers harvest a bumper crop, Chinese demand remains strong and Argentine growers grapple with weather issues.

Chicago corn futures turned higher Wednesday, and wheat and soy closed down, as technical trading and investor unease about the economy roiled agricultural commodity markets.

In trading on Wednesday, shares of Hayward Holdings Inc (Symbol: HAYW) entered into oversold territory, changing hands as low as $11.101 per share. We define oversold territory using the Relative Strength Index, or RSI, which is a technical analysis indicator used to measure m

More than a quarter of business leaders traveling to China with President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva next week come from Brazil's booming meat industry, highlighting the high stakes for a sector reliant on Chinese demand for most of its exports.

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New York cocoa futures on ICE settled to the highest level in more than two years on Wednesday, boosted by supply tightness, while white sugar climbed to a six-month peak.

Colombia's civil aviation authority has approved a merger between Avianca, the Andean country's flag carrier, and Viva Air under conditions that include the smaller carrier reimbursing passengers affected by canceled flights and keeping its low-cost model.

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India's Adani Group will focus on expanding its aviation business and plans to bid for more government-run airports when they come up for privatisation, Adani Airports' chief executive said on Wednesday.

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More than a quarter of business leaders traveling to China with President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva next week come from Brazil's booming meat industry, highlighting the high stakes for a sector reliant on Chinese demand for the bulk of its exports.

Chicago grains futures fell on Wednesday, with wheat hitting a 20-month low, on the continuation of a wartime Black Sea export deal and with markets cautious ahead of the Federal Reserve's policy decision.

New York cocoa futures on ICE rose to the highest level in more than two years on Wednesday, boosted by supply tightness, while white sugar climbed to a six-month peak.

Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) could nearly double annual investments in the coming years as rising profits help it pursue expansion in its traditional crop trading and newer food-ingredient activities, its CEO told Reuters.

The European jet fuel market is coming under pressure from oversupply even as demand from the aviation industry continues its post-COVID recovery, market sources told Reuters.

Boeing Co has secured a deal worth at least $2.5 billion at list prices to sell 21 of its 737 MAX jets to Japan Airlines Co (JAL), industry sources said.