…the world’s largest sugar producer and exporter. Reports of lower production in India, the world’s second largest sugar producer, and tight supplies in Thailand and China, also added to the…
Cargill Sales and Net Earnings Higher in 2016
…agricultural supply chains from end to end.” Cargill and Heifer International began a new partnership in Qingshen in southwestern China, aimed at improving farmer livelihoods, agricultural practices and food security….
Hog Futures Biggest Commodity Loser in 2016
…forcing slaughterhouses to add weekend shifts in November and December. Those increased supplies come at a time of sluggish export demand. China more than doubled U.S. pork purchases in the…
Fruit Growers Fight for Market Share in China
…half of China’s fresh fruits each year. Still, USDA researchers say the export outlook to China remains good as the nation carries out a five-year plan to move citizens from…
China Wants GMOs, Citizens Don’t
…dampening China’s public hostility towards GMOs. Opponents claim GMOs are unsafe, but that goes against the scientific consensus within and outside of China. Bloomberg suggests that until China’s government addresses…
Agri View: Food Prices
…income on food. Russia appends about twenty-eight percent. China, once the highest in the world, currently about thirty percent. Now in some countries it runs about as high as fifty…
Judge Allows Syngenta Corn Case to Continue as Class Action Suit
…after grain shipments to China were rejected because of an unapproved genetically engineered trait was found. The trait, Syngenta’s Agrisure Viptera, was unapproved for import by China. Farmers who did…
Grains Council, Renewable Fuels Association Disappointed in China DDGs Determination
…China claims DDGs are being unfairly subsidized by U.S. government entities and have caused injury to China’s DDGs industry. The groups say the announcement was not a surprise, but challenge…
Canada, China, Sign Canola and Beef Trade Agreement
Trade leaders from Canada and China have signed a trade agreement that supports canola exports to China. Canola is Canada’s second-largest export and top agricultural export to China, according to…
China places Anti-Dumping Duties on U.S. DDGs
…to Pro Farmer’s First Thing Today. China is the world’s top buyer of DDGs, a by-product of corn ethanol. China imports almost all of its DDGs from the United States,…
China Moves to Reopen Market to U.S. Beef
…(0.8 million tons) to 112 countries. China’s Beef Market Then and Now In 2003, China’s imports of beef totaled $15 million (12,000 tons), including $10 million from the United States….
Farm Groups Cautious of Merger Trend
…provide for our nation at a time when the farm sector is already hurting.” Since February of this year, industry megadeals have been announced between Syngenta AG and China National…
China Investing in Agriculture Modernization
China intends to invest the equivalent of $450 billion to modernize the nation’s agriculture sector. Politico reports the investment over the next four years is an effort to increase China’s…
Agri View: Apple Versatility
…a few places. In fact, apples are grown in more countries than any other fruit. South America, North America, Asia, Europe. In places like Chile, China, Mexico, Canada. See. You…