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The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has shut down regional fertilizer plants and severely disrupted shipping routes, threatening supplies to key global importers like India as farmers in the Northern Hemisphere gear up for planting. Photo: File
News, Reuters

China taps fertilizer reserves as Hormuz closure disrupts global supply

By daphne Zhang, Lewis Jackson, Reuters 5 days ago
China will release fertilizers from national commercial reserves ahead of spring planting, it said on Friday, as the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz due to the conflict in the Middle East disrupts global supplies.

The State Council’s “No. 1 document” comes as China prepares its next five-year plan amid trade friction with major food suppliers such as the U.S. and Canada. Photo: zhangxiaomin/Getty Images Plus
News, Reuters

China’s ‘No. 1 document’ pushes grain security, agri-tech innovation

By Ella Cao, Lewis Jackson, Reuters February 3, 2026
China will stabilize grain and oilseed output, diversify agricultural imports and increase support for farmers, state media reported on Tuesday, citing a government rural policy blueprint aimed at ensuring food security.


Photo: Getty Images Plus
Markets, Reuters

China imports no US soybeans for third month; Argentine arrivals up 634 per cent

By Ella Cao, Lewis Jackson, Reuters December 22, 2025
China imported no soybeans from the United States for a third straight month in November, as buyers turned to South American supplies amid fears of a shortfall if the trade war with Washington dragged on.

Photo: Robin Booker
Markets, Reuters

China rapeseed meal futures see largest one-day gain in almost three months after Xi–Carney talks

By Ella Cao, Lewis Jackson, Reuters November 3, 2025
China’s most active Zhengzhou rapeseed (canola) meal futures posted their largest daily gain in nearly three months on Monday, after Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Chinese President Xi Jinping met in South Korea last week without securing a breakthrough on tariffs.


Photo: Greg Berg
Canola, Crops, News, Reuters

China slaps anti-dumping duties on Canadian canola

By Ella Cao, Lewis Jackson, Naveen Thukral, Reuters August 12, 2025
China on Tuesday announced preliminary anti-dumping duties on Canadian canola imports, a fresh escalation in the year-long trade dispute that began with Ottawa's imposition of tariffs on Chinese electric vehicle imports last August.

Photo: Getty Images Plus
Markets, News, Reuters

Trump urges China to quadruple soybean orders

Analysts say quadrupling soybean orders is ‘highly unlikely’

By Chandni Shah, Ella Cao, Lewis Jackson, Reuters August 11, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday urged China to quadruple its soybean purchases ahead of a key tariff truce deadline, sending Chicago soybean prices higher, though analysts were quick to question the feasibility of any such deal.


Photo: Geralyn Wichers
Livestock, News, Reuters

China to reduce pig herd amid low consumer demand

By Ella Cao, Lewis Jackson, Reuters August 7, 2025
China’s pig industry representatives will gather next week in Beijing to discuss ways to reduce breeding sow numbers by a million as part of a push to tackle over-capacity and stabilize prices.

(IP Galanternik D.U./E+/Getty Images)
Livestock, News, Reuters

Chinese government pledges hog capacity control to stabilize prices

China soymeal futures fall as government pledges to reduce soymeal use in animal feed

By Ella Cao, Lewis Jackson, Reuters July 24, 2025
Chinese authorities have pledged to rein in hog production and reduce soymeal use in animal feed to stabilize hog prices.


(Wirestock/iStock/Getty Images)
Markets, Reuters

China soybean imports hit record June high on strong Brazil shipments

By Ella Cao, Lewis Jackson, Reuters July 14, 2025
China’s soybean imports hit the highest level ever for the month of June, a Reuters calculation of customs data showed on Monday, driven by a surge in shipments from top supplier Brazil.

Photo: Pavlo Gonchar / SOPA Images/Sipa USA
Crops, News, Reuters

Bunge-Viterra merger clears final hurdle with China’s conditional approval

By Ella Cao, Lewis Jackson, Reuters June 16, 2025
China's market regulator has granted conditional approval for global agribusiness Bunge Global's merger with Glencore-backed grain handler Viterra, it said on Monday, clearing the final hurdle for the $34 billion mega-deal announced two years ago.


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