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Grain World: Beijing analyst brings different perspective

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm December 3, 2019

Saskatoon | MarketsFarm — Ivy Li brought a much different perspective about China to the Grain World conference in Saskatoon. Specializing in Chinese agricultural markets, the Beijing-based independent analyst veered away from the usual statements that often cast China as the bad guy on the world stage. Also, Li pointed out, Canada has been doing […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Reuters

Canada proposes China meat export solution

By David Ljunggren, Rod Nickel July 3, 2019

Reuters — Canada offered a plan to reassure China about the security of its meat export system, a Canadian minister said on Wednesday, as Ottawa rejected Chinese criticism of its efforts to enlist allies to resolve a diplomatic dispute between the countries. China said last week it wanted the Canadian government to stop allowing meat […] Read more

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Federal Tories critique lack of action on China

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm June 26, 2019

MarketsFarm — Federal Opposition House Leader Candice Bergen has publicly ripped the federal government’s lack of action to deal with rising barriers against Canada’s substantial ag exports to China. China halted imports of Canadian meat effective Tuesday, the latest on the list of Canadian products China has blacklisted since the December arrest of Huawei executive […] Read more

Hogs, Livestock, Reuters

Piles of pigs: Swine fever outbreaks go unreported in rural China

By Dominique Patton March 20, 2019

Baoding, China | Reuters — When pigs on the Xinda Husbandry breeding farm in northern China began dying in growing numbers in early January, it looked increasingly likely that the farm had been struck by the much feared African swine fever, an incurable disease that has spread rapidly across the country since last year. But […] Read more

From the Hip, Opinion

A look into an entirely different world

The rapid rise of China colours our view of the country, but its citizens see it very differently

By Brenda Schoepp September 10, 2018

“It is so easy to be angry in Beijing,” she lamented when I asked her about her home. “It is so busy. You cannot understand.” It was one of those long flights that sometimes do not feel purposeful — until I met a woman I will call Ju. She was a recent university graduate who […] Read more

Crops, Machinery & Shop, Reuters

China to subsidize grain transportation, storage

By Reuters November 24, 2017

Beijing | Reuters — China plans to subsidize grain transportation and storage facilities in the latest push by Beijing to modernize the world’s largest agriculture sector. Beijing will subsidize projects upgrading or building facilities to load and receive grains along main railways and ports for major waterways including the Yangtze and Pearl rivers, a document […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Reuters, Soybeans

China approves two new GMO varieties for import, renews 14

By Dominique Patton, Hallie Gu June 14, 2017

Beijing | Reuters — China approved two new varieties of genetically modified (GMO) crops for import from Monday, after the world’s top buyer of GMO soybeans pledged to speed up a review of biotech products as part of a recent trade deal with the U.S. The approvals of new GMO imports follow an agreement on […] Read more

Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

Beijing to release frozen pork to temper price rise

By Reuters May 5, 2016

Beijing | Reuters –– Beijing will release 3.05 million kilograms of frozen pork from its reserves over the next two months to combat rising pork prices, the city government said on Wednesday. Starting from Thursday and lasting until July 4, the Beijing municipal government will sell 50,000 kg of pork each day to 121 supermarket chains […] Read more

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Grain World: Beijing analyst brings different perspective

Canada proposes China meat export solution

Federal Tories critique lack of action on China

Piles of pigs: Swine fever outbreaks go unreported in rural China

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China approves two new GMO varieties for import, renews 14

Beijing to release frozen pork to temper price rise

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