LIVESTOCK & FEED Business
2012 April
When pigs fly - How trade bridges the world swine sector's growing contradiction
Mega producers are big importers and small producers are leading exporters. Expensive but eaten more in poor countries than in rich ones. These are just some of pork's unique and increasingly trade-dominated market peculiarities.
2012 March
Will the wheels fall off China's agribusiness miracle?
The days of easily expandable feed supplies are gone and policymakers have only made things worse. Despite key input shortages, there remains huge potential for further expansion.
2012 January
Whole birds from Brazil, dark cuts from America and ready-to-eat meals from Thailand: Poultry's new, inter-connected world
BRIC countries dominate output while America, Brazil and Thailand provide the exports. With supply concentrated in several self-contained mega economies and a handful of exporters, we survey six key poultry markets.
2011 December
Growing fast and changing rapidly: The dynamic rise of Asian agribusiness investment
Boasting the world's most prosperous economies and largest populations, integrators are adapting their capital investments to Asia's burgeoning meat demand.
2011 October
Biofuels are here and alternative feeds are on the way
Why non-traditional feeds are here to stay and we cannot turn back the clock on biofuel production.
2011 September
Can China's dairy sector regain its momentum?
The supply-side revolution in China's dairy sector has stalled but demand for milk and its by-products keeps roaring ahead. Can an ethics-challenged industry recover its lost momentum or will imports take advantage of the situation?
2011 August
The interconnectivity of feed, soil and the meat we eat: Asian livestock's impact on the environment
Nature recycles feed and livestock inputs in a very unsustainable, ecologically unfriendly manner. Why environmentalists were correct in their diagnosis but wrong in their solutions.
2011 June
Eating against all odds: Asia's remarkably strong demand for pork
Pork is religously controversial and puts a huge strain on feed and water resources. Despite all these challenges, swine endures as one of Asia's favourite meat lines. We survey the region's largest, most dynamic swine markets.
2011 June
The paradoxical prosperity of ASEAN agribusiness
The world's fastest growing feed & livestock sector is challenged by far more serious feed sourcing issues than China ever faced.
2011 April
Grain supplies and meat quality: China's agribusiness success story meets its day of reckoning
China's feed mills have outgrown their domestic crop base. Its meat processors are learning to go beyond mere output increases. We examine the challenges facing this nation's formidable agribusiness sector.

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