Crop Industry News: China
04 November 2011
COFCO to Expand Overseas M&ACHINA - China National Cereals, Oil and Foodstuffs Corporation (COFCO), the country's largest trader of grains and edible oils, said it will add investment worth more than $10 billion to fund...
03 November 2011
China International Agricultural Machinery Exhibition 2011CHINA - From October 27 to 29, China International Agricultural Machinery Exhibition was held at Zhengzhou in Henan province. Zhang Taolin, Chinese Vice Agriculture Minister and Chairman of China...
28 October 2011
China’s Corn Deep-processing Industry Might be Further RestrainedCHINA - China's corn deep-processing industry may still be restrained by governmental policy in 2012....
27 October 2011
Zhang Taolin Meets With President of John DeereCHINA - Chinese Vice Agriculture Minister Zhang Taolin met with John Deere's President and CEO Samuel Allen and his party this week, Mr Taolin briefed him about the trend of China's agricultural...
24 October 2011
China Purchases 900,000 Metric Tons US Corn CHINA - China has purchased 900,000 metric tons of US corn, one of the country's largest purchases ever of the grain on overseas markets, according to reports last week. ...
Corn: China Versus EthanolCHINA - How much US corn will China need to import over the next 12 months? Maybe less than had been expected, if the latest figures from the state-run China National Grain and Oils Information...
21 October 2011
China's Changing Corn MarketCHINA - In September, the Chinese government began releasing corn from government reserves into the market and has reportedly released approximately 3.7 million metric tons (145.7 million bushels)...
19 October 2011
China’s GDP Growth Sees Slow Down CHINA - China's gross domestic product expanded 9.1 per cent in the third quarter from a year earlier, the slowest pace in more than two years for the world's second-largest economy, which expanded...
18 October 2011
DSM Completes Fifth Feed Premix Plant in ChinaCHINA - DSM Nutritional Products has announced the completion of its fifth feed premix plant in China. Located in the city of Chengdu, the capital of the province of Sichuan, the new plant has...
13 October 2011
China Forms Research Body to Boost Rice ProductionCHINA - China established its second national engineering lab for rice in the eastern province of Jiangxi on Monday in an effort to boost agricultural output. ...
07 October 2011
Yield of Super Rice Exceeds 900kg Per MUCHINA - On 18 September, in Yangguao township, Longhui county, Hunan province, an expert group from the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) made on-the-spot check of the output of the new hybrid rice...
05 October 2011
USGC: Bumper Crop Expected for China US - The US Grains Council released estimates of a bumper corn crop in China of 167 million metric tons (6.6 billion bushels), an increase of approximately 9 million tons (3.54 million bushels)...
30 September 2011
USGC: Chinese Malting Barley Outlook CHINA - Chinese demand for malting barley is expected to total 3.9 million metric tons (179 million bushels) in 2011. ...
27 September 2011
Official Visit Sparks Hopes For US Rice Exports to ChinaCHINA - With U.S. agriculture exports representing a bright spot on the economic horizon, a visit this week by a Chinese government team to the rice-producing areas of Arkansas, California and...
26 September 2011
A Look into China’s Future Grains TradeCHINA - Here is a look at China's self-sufficiency rate for grains and oilseeds (other than rice) with soybeans and corn also shown separately. ...
23 September 2011
China Sets New Record with Super Rice Hybrid CHINA - The yield of China's hybrid rice breed, which is known as super rice, has exceeded 900 kg per mu (0.067 hectare), setting a new world record in rice output....
PepsiCo Partners with China to Promote Sustainable Farming CHINA - PepsiCo, Inc. announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Agriculture of the People's Republic of China to promote sustainable agriculture projects...
16 September 2011
Corn Production Reaches Highest Levels in ChinaCHINA - Corn production in China is expected to rise by 3% compared to 2009 levels, reaching 182.5 million tonnes this year - the highest ever recorded volume in the nation....
15 September 2011
China Continues to Increase US Corn Imports CHINA - China ordered 21 million bushels of US corn in July, more than the US allotted for exports to China in all of 2011, as the country's pork market and middle class both grow. ...
05 September 2011
More Players Enter China's Seed Industry CHINA - A number of companies from different industries are getting into the seed business to benefit from the development tendency of the domestic seed industry. ...
22 August 2011
China Spurns Agrisure Corn TraitCHINA - New advice has been released to farmers, stating that if you're raising corn with the Syngenta Agrisure Viptera trait in it, make sure you know where it's going to end up before you start...
15 August 2011
Crop Tour Assesses Chinese Northern PlainCHINA - Corn crop tours conducted by the U.S. Grains Council's China staff have found better-than-average growing conditions in the Northern Plain region, which includes Shandong, Hebei, and...
08 August 2011
Farm Prices Fall While Raw Materials RiseCHINA - Farm produce prices monitored by MOFCOM fell last week, while prices of raw materials continued to rise....
29 July 2011
Chinese Investment in South America ContinuesCHINA - China is developing its historical trading relationship with Brazil in particular through investments in oil, energy, minerals, and increasingly agriculture, according to a new report...
28 July 2011
Chinese Investments Flow to Argentina CHINA & ARGENTINA - More Chinese investments are expected to flow to Argentina this year as the two governments signed several economic cooperation agreements this week, said Luis Kreckler, Argentine...
20 July 2011
Seeds of Insecurity in China's Food Security Strategy CHINA - China appears to have reached a watershed in its food security strategy, which has long set a target of 95 per cent self-sufficiency in four key grains - rice, wheat, corn and soybeans,...
18 July 2011
China's Wheat Production StableCHINA - For the first time in five years, China's wheat production is likely to register no growth this year, according to Rabobank. ...
07 July 2011
IGC Raises China's Corn Forecast by 10M Tons CHINA - Due to increased planted area, the International Grains Council has raised its forecast for China's Corn output next marketing year by 5.9 per cent, or 10 million tons, to 180 million...
05 July 2011
Expert: China Faces 'Dire' Water Levels CHINA - China needs to reduce food production on its dry northern plains or aquifers will diminish to a "dire" level in 30 years, warns one of China's leading groundwater experts....
27 June 2011
China's Wheat Harvest Rises for Eighth Year CHINA - An official with the Ministry of Agriculture said Tuesday that China will see an output increase of winter wheat for the eighth straight year....
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