Reading Time: 3 minutes Reuters / China’s state media are working overtime to persuade the public that genetically modified food is safe, apparently softening up the population for a policy switch to allow the sale of such food to ensure its 1.35 billion people have enough to eat. In the past 30 years, China’s urban population has jumped to […] Read more
Chinese state media kick into high gear to ease GMO food fears
Rejections expected: China finds more unapproved GM corn from U.S.
China, one of the world’s largest corn importers, is likely to reject more U.S. shipments of the grain after they were found to contain a genetically modified variety not approved by Beijing, traders said. That has sparked fears that other cargoes could be turned away, with some traders and buyers warning that uncertainty over the […] Read more
Despite rhetoric, China positions for rising corn imports
Reading Time: 3 minutes Reuters / China says it will remain self-sufficient in corn. Thing is, most analysts think that it will struggle to meet that goal, and the government’s actions seem to show that it agrees. Despite the rhetoric, the government has been positioning itself for an increasing corn shortfall, approving Argentina and Ukraine as new suppliers and […] Read more
China set to increase corn imports due to weather losses
Reading Time: < 1 minute Reuters / China is likely to import a record volume of corn in the next marketing year, as the world’s second-largest consumer takes advantage of a fall in global prices and after the domestic crop suffered damage from mould and wet weather delayed plantings. Imports are expected to reach between six and seven million tonnes […] Read more
China set to increase corn imports due to weather losses
Reading Time: < 1 minute China is likely to import a record volume of corn in the next marketing year, as the world’s second-largest consumer takes advantage of a fall in global prices and after the domestic crop suffered damage from mould and wet weather delayed plantings. Imports are expected to reach between six and seven million tonnes in the […] Read more
China delays GMO corn, rice to woo the public
Information Officials say the Chinese public needs more information before they will be willing to accept genetically modified rice and corn
Reading Time: 2 minutes Reuters / China has delayed the introduction of genetically modified rice and corn as it tries to head off public fears, leading government scientists said March 7. The world’s largest rice producer and consumer gave safety approvals to Bt rice and phytase corn in 2009, but has not yet begun commercial production, even though it […] Read moreChina to stockpile domestic corn, soy for state reserves
Incentive China will buy soy, corn at prices 15 per cent higher than last year’s offer to farmers
Reading Time: < 1 minute Reuters — The Chinese government will start stockpiling soy and corn from local farmers at higher prices than a year ago, an industry source said Nov. 13, a move set to stabilize domestic prices and support soy imports. China, the world’s top soy buyer, will pay 4,600 yuan ($740) per tonne to soy farmers in […] Read moreChina to partially lift ban on Canadian canola: trade
Chinese quarantine authorities will allow imports of Canadian canola by some selected crushers located in major growing areas, previously banned because of crop disease concerns, traders said Thursday. The import relaxation, likely to be cleared in the second half of the year, would further boost canola imports from the world’s largest exporter to China later […] Read more
China’s ban on Indian meal is Canadian canola’s gain
China will boost imports of rapeseed and rapeseed meal from Canada, traders said on Monday, after Beijing banned Indian meal after tests showed it contained a toxic chemical. If China buys more rapeseed, or canola, from Canada, the world’s top exporter, it could firm ICE canola prices, which have been rising for the past two […] Read more
First Chinese GM Corn Hits Regulatory Roadblock
Reading Time: 2 minutes China’s first strain of genetically modified corn is facing policy deadlock and may take years before it can be planted, says a Chinese researcher. China gave the phytase corn safety approval in late 2009, and at the time scientists said they expected large-scale production could happen as early as 2012. The GMO approval means the […] Read more
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