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Thursday, January 1, 2015
Hong Kong bans poultry imports from mainland China
Hong Kong began culling 15,000 chickens on Wednesday and suspended imports of live poultry from mainland China for 21 days after the H7 bird flu strain was discovered in a batch of live chickens from the southern province of Guangdong.
Wednesday, December 31, 2014
China Broiler Weekly: Markets remain upbeat (week ended Dec 30, 2014)
China breed broiler prices surged further at a steady pace while demand was stable and supply limited. Chick market stayed weak as farmers were not eager to build inventories with chicks that would reach finishing weight after mid-February. ...
Wednesday, December 31, 2014
Slack demand, excess supply weaken China lysine prices
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Wednesday, December 31, 2014
China Lysine Weekly: Slack demand, excess supply weaken prices (week ended Dec 30, 2014)
As soymeal prices continued to fall while livestock market remained soft, lysine demand failed to pick up during the week in review. Producers eagerly slashed prices to entice buyers but in vain. In Europe, price quotes for Q1 2015 deliveri ...
Tuesday, December 30, 2014
GMO for China: A cautious road towards acceptance
China recently approved the importation of Syngenta's controversial MIR 162 genetically modified (GM) corn. However, the development says little about the prospects of GMO's acceptance in the world's most populous nation… at least for ...
Tuesday, December 30, 2014
China Soymeal Weekly: Soymeal market weakens; prices plunge 20% in 2014 (week ended Dec 28, 2014)
China's livestock industry is likely to remain weak with the poultry sector troubled by the bird flu, and hog prices staying soft. This together with high crushing output will continue to weigh on the soymeal market in the coming week.
Monday, December 29, 2014
New bird flu human infection in China curtails feed output, methionine sales
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Monday, December 29, 2014
China Methionine Weekly: New bird flu human infection curtails feed output, methionine sales (week ended Dec 29, 2014)
Feed millers continued to hold back procurements even though broiler prices have rebounded prominently of late. As there were two cases of human infection of H5N6 bird flu in the southern region of the country, the threat of bird flu outbre ...
Monday, December 29, 2014
China Whey Weekly: Slack demand softens prices (week ended Dec 28, 2014)
Sales of whey remained slack in China as limited piglet population curtailed demand. Several traders who were eager to release inventories readily cut prices to entice buyers. During November, whey imports dipped 11% to 27,713 tonnes.
Monday, December 29, 2014
China Corn Weekly: Market stays weak amid slow state procurement (week ended Dec 26, 2014)
Although the demand for corn picked up lately, it was not strong enough to lift corn prices. State procurements, which commenced recently, remained slow, lending little support to the market, In the northern region, where mycotoxin infectio ...
Friday, December 26, 2014
Corn prices in China likely to drop with entry of GM crops
Argentina is raring to export its genetically modified (GM) corn Agrisure Viptera or MIR 162 to China.
Friday, December 26, 2014
China Live Hog Weekly: Prices weaken amid increased supply (week ended Dec 24, 2014)
The quantity of finishing hog rose substantially, by almost 5%, and pushed weekly pork carcass volume to 10,344 tonnes, surpassing the 10,000-tonne mark for the first time since January. With supply plentiful and pork demand improving at a ...
Friday, December 26, 2014
China Fishmeal Weekly: Fishmeal prices stable even as Peru bans fishing (week ended Dec 25, 2014)
FOB prices of Peruvian CNF fishmeal remained at $2,450/tonne. Peru's Ministry of Production (PRODUCE) has confirmed that fishing of anchovy in the northern-central zone of the Peruvian coast will be banned for the coming season.
Thursday, December 25, 2014
China to boost grain yield, vows to raise farmers' income by 7.5% next year
China, promises to keep grain production well above 550 million tonnes and boost farmers' income in 2015 as part of its efforts to modernize agriculture. Minister Han Changfu said the government aims to raise farmers' income by more than 7. ...
Wednesday, December 24, 2014
China to import 900,000 tonnes of GE corn-derived DDGS
A Chinese state-owned agricultural firm is reportedly importing from the US as much as 900,000 tonnes of Distillers' Dried Grains with Solubles (DDGS) derived from a previously banned genetically modified corn variety.

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