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Beef Cattle, Dairy Cattle, Livestock, Markets

China to block Canadian beef as BSE probe continues

By GFM Network News February 27, 2015

China has set up “temporary trade restrictions” on Canadian beef and beef products in the wake of Canada’s first case of BSE in a domestic cow since 2011, federal officials report. Born in 2009 and confirmed with BSE Feb. 11, the latest case — Canada’s 19th since its first such finding in 2003 — has […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

Ireland says China agrees to lift ban on Irish beef

By Reuters, GFM Network News February 20, 2015

Dublin | Reuters –– China has agreed to lift its ban on Irish beef, Ireland’s Prime Minister Enda Kenny said Friday, making it the only European country to be allowed to export beef to both the U.S. and China. Ireland last month became the first European Union country to regain access to the lucrative U.S. […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

China said planning bigger role for market in grains pricing

By GFM Network News February 3, 2015

Beijing | Reuters –– China wants to give the market a bigger role in setting farm prices and move away from a controversial state stockpiling policy that has led to bulging grain inventories and a surge of cheap imports, a top agricultural official said Tuesday. That policy, in which grains are bought at artificially high […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Reuters

Cargill begins selling GM corn seed at centre of lawsuits

By GFM Network News February 2, 2015

Reuters — Cargill has started selling a variety of genetically modified Syngenta corn seed that previously disrupted U.S. grain trading, now that China has approved imports of the biotech crop. Cargill, one of the top U.S. grain exporters, began selling seed containing the Agrisure Viptera trait last month and scrapped a policy that required farmers […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Cargill likely to stay private, CEO says

By GFM Network News January 27, 2015

Miami | Reuters — Cargill, one of the world’s largest privately held corporations and a top commodities trader, will likely remain private for at least another decade, its CEO said on Tuesday as he assessed challenges facing the 150-year old company. David MacLennan, who has led Cargill for the past 13 months, also revealed that […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

B.C. resident positive for H7N9 avian flu

By GFM Network News January 26, 2015

Vancouver | Reuters –– A British Columbia resident has tested positive for the H7N9 avian flu virus in the first documented case of the infection in a human in North America, the federal government said Monday. The person had returned to Canada from China and is recovering from the illness in self-isolation, the Public Health […] Read more

Hogs, Livestock, Reuters

China arrests over 110 people for selling contaminated pork

By Reuters, GFM Network News January 12, 2015

Shanghai | Reuters — China has arrested more than 110 people suspected of selling pork from pigs that died from disease, and confiscated more than 1,000 tonnes of contaminated pork in its latest crackdown on food safety violations. The ministry of public security said Sunday the people were part of a network made up of […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

China bans U.S. poultry, eggs imports amid avian flu fears

By Reuters, GFM Network News January 12, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — China has banned all imports of U.S. poultry, poultry products and eggs amid recent reports of highly pathogenic strains of avian influenza found in the Pacific Northwest, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Monday. All such products currently en route to the country will either be destroyed or returned, according to […] Read more

Dairy Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

China’s small dairy farmers dump milk as sector enters downturn

By GFM Network News January 9, 2015

Beijing | Reuters –– Small dairy farmers in China are dumping milk and selling cows as demand from processors slows in a sharp turnaround from last year, when a scramble for supplies prompted a huge surge in milk powder imports. Slower growth in milk product consumption, higher yields from modern dairy farms and the excess […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Analysts expect China to issue grain import quotas after state sales end

By GFM Network News January 9, 2015

Beijing | Reuters — China’s grain imports could plummet this year, with the government determined to sell off as much of its bulging state grain reserves as possible before it finally grants mills permission to buy overseas, analysts said. In previous years, private mills were normally allocated grain import quotas in January, allowing them to […] Read more

U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract highs on shock herd decline

Alberta Crop Report: Harvest more than three-quarters finished

NFU says proposed plant breeders’ rights come at farmers’ expense

GFM Network News

U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract highs on shock herd decline

Alberta Crop Report: Harvest more than three-quarters finished

NFU says proposed plant breeders’ rights come at farmers’ expense

Tag Archives China

China to block Canadian beef as BSE probe continues

Ireland says China agrees to lift ban on Irish beef

China said planning bigger role for market in grains pricing

Cargill begins selling GM corn seed at centre of lawsuits

Cargill likely to stay private, CEO says

B.C. resident positive for H7N9 avian flu

China arrests over 110 people for selling contaminated pork

China bans U.S. poultry, eggs imports amid avian flu fears

China’s small dairy farmers dump milk as sector enters downturn

Analysts expect China to issue grain import quotas after state sales end

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