BEIJING, Jan 17 (Reuters) – China’s 2021 pork output jumped 29 percent from the previous year, official data showed on Monday, recouping most of the production lost during a devastating outbreak of African swine fever two years before. Annual output reached 52.96 million tonnes last year, just below the 53.4 million tonnes produced in 2017, […] Read more
Stories by Dominique Patton
China plans overhaul of seed rules to pave way for GMO approvals
BEIJING, Nov 15 (Reuters) – China has laid out a clear path for seed makers to get approval for genetically modified crops, under proposed rule changes that should lead to commercial cultivation of GM corn. Details of the planned regulatory overhaul for the seed industry were published on Friday by the agriculture ministry in a […] Read more
China posts highest Q3 pork output in three years as herd recovers
BEIJING, Oct 18 (Reuters) – China’s third-quarter pork production surged to its highest in three years, official data showed on Monday, after producers built thousands of large breeding farms last year to rebuild a hog herd decimated by African swine fever. Pork output for July-September was 12.02 million tonnes, up 43 percent compared with a […] Read more
Trump’s hailing of $50 bln in Chinese farm purchases seen as ‘meaningless’
BEIJING, Oct 14 (Reuters) – China is still a long way from forking out $50 billion for farm goods from the United States, agriculture industry analysts said on Monday, cautioning that getting there is contingent on removing substantial technical and political hurdles. Outlining the first phase of a deal to end a trade war with China, U.S. […] Read more
China blocks canola shipments from Canada’s Richardson: customs document
UPDATED – March 5, 2019 – 1400 CST – BEIJING/KABUL, March 5 (Reuters) – China has canceled Canadian agribusiness Richardson International Ltd’s registration to ship canola to China, the company said on Tuesday, the latest sign of tensions between Ottawa and Beijing. It was not immediately clear why exports to China by Richardson, the world’s […] Read more
China April soybean imports unexpectedly drop due to VAT change
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s April soybean imports fell to 6.9 million tonnes, much lower than expected, as arrivals were delayed because of tougher port inspections and a tax change, said traders and analysts. The 13.7 percent drop from a year ago to less than 7 million tonnes caught the market by surprise. China had been […] Read more
As trade spat grows, China hits U.S. sorghum imports with hefty deposit
BEIJING (Reuters) – China said on Tuesday it will slap a hefty temporary deposit on imports of U.S. sorghum after finding the U.S. grain has damaged the domestic industry in a preliminary antidumping ruling, stirring trade tensions between the world’s top two economies. CHS Inc and other U.S. companies will have to put a 178.6 […] Read more
Indoor farming startup Plenty eyes rollout in China, Japan
BEIJING, (Reuters) – Ambitious U.S. indoor farming startup Plenty Inc is seeking urban sites for new farms in Chinese cities as part of a global drive to set up high-tech facilities growing organic vegetables in warehouses under banks of LED lights. Matt Barnard, chief executive of the San Francisco-based firm which counts Amazon Inc. […] Read more
China’s soybean buyers push to delay imports as processing losses grow
SINGAPORE/BEIJING, May 31 (Reuters) – China’s soybean importers are pushing to postpone or cancel cargoes mainly ordered from suppliers in Brazil as they rack up hefty losses processing the commodity into cooking oil and animal feed ingredients, said three trade sources. China, which buys around 60 percent of soybeans traded worldwide, took advantage of strong […] Read more
