…weaker and managing excess supply will be the key to success. Low production and higher seasonal demand will mean higher pork prices in China. This will provide support to import…
China Takes Steps to Increase Demand for Domestic Corn
China will end auctions from its state corn reserves to increase new-crop corn buys, according to the National Grain Trade Center. China has sold around 20 million metric tons of…
Agri View: Say Cheese!
…in such a bind? Well China’s poor economy and the Russian ban on Western imports is two of the biggest reasons. Overproduction is the other part of the problem. But…
Trade Wars Could Cost California 640,000 Jobs
…estimated 176,000 jobs alone by 2019, according to data from the Peterson Institute. The date includes campaign pledges of a 45 percent tariff on China and a 35 percent tariff…
Syngenta Seeking Appeal in Viptera Lawsuit
…approved for import to China, but was found in U.S. shipments to China in 2013 and 2014. A group of farmers is seeking $5 billion in a lawsuit because they…
Beef, Pork Imports in China Growing
The U.S. Department of Agriculture office in China expects the nation will import 950,000 metric tons of beef in 2017, a gain of 19 percent from 2016. The U.S. could…
USDA China Office Expects Record Imports for Soybeans
…meal in China. However, USDA expects the rate of growth for soybean imports to slow as the country’s soybean production recovers and China unloads soybean and oilseed product reserves. Meanwhile,…
Syngenta Confirms Takeover Funding OK
Syngenta says bridge financing for the ChemChina takeover of Syngenta is “committed and irrevocable.” The comments come after a news agency in China reported over the weekend that a $15…
August Beef, Pork Exports Strong
…China/Hong Kong Pork exports to Mexico continued to show improvement in August, easily reaching 2016 highs in both volume (64,620 mt, up 8 percent from a year ago) and value…
China Businessman Sentenced Three Years for Stealing Seed Trade Secrets
…Prosecutors say he traveled the Midwest working for Kings Nower Seed, a subsidiary of a technology conglomerate in China, to take corn seed and ship it to China so scientists…
Food Price Index Up in September
…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…