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China expected to boost imports of protein-rich wheat

By GFM Network News January 6, 2015

Beijing/Singapore | Reuters — Chinese wheat buyers are likely to step up imports of higher quality grains to meet a domestic shortfall even though total overseas purchases are forecast to tumble this year due to bumper production at home, analysts and traders said. China, the world’s biggest wheat producer and consumer, has seen output climb […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

China frees prices of commodities, services in fresh reforms

By Reuters, GFM Network News January 5, 2015

Shanghai | Reuters — China has freed prices of 24 commodities and services, removing all price controls on agricultural products, among other reforms, its top economic planning agency said. The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) issued a document last month, letting the market decide prices of tobacco leaves, the last agricultural product previously under […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

Hong Kong culls chickens, suspends imports after H7 bird flu found

By Reuters, GFM Network News December 31, 2014

Hong Kong | Reuters — 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. Authorities also ordered the closure of the wholesale poultry market, […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Reuters, Soybeans

China approves Viptera corn, two types of soybeans

By GFM Network News December 17, 2014

Chicago | Reuters –– A top Chinese government official said the country has approved imports of genetically modified Agrisure Viptera corn and two varieties of biotech soybeans after years of review, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Wednesday. Chinese Vice-Premier Wang Yang said imports of Viptera corn, known as MIR 162, had been approved by […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Reuters

China approves Syngenta’s Viptera corn: reports

By Reuters, GFM Network News December 16, 2014

Chicago | Reuters — Chinese authorities have informed some agriculture industry officials that the government has approved U.S. imports of a type of genetically modified corn that has sparked lawsuits against seed maker Syngenta, according to reports from Agri-Pulse and Bloomberg. Syngenta will make an announcement about Chinese government approval of Agrisure Viptera corn, known […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

China looking to curb fertilizer, pesticide use

By GFM Network News December 5, 2014

Beijing | Reuters — China, the world’s top producer of rice and wheat, is seeking to cap its use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides that have helped to contaminate large swathes of its arable land and threaten its ability to keep up with domestic food demand. More than 19 per cent of soil samples taken […] Read more

Columns, Guarding Wealth

Protect your off-farm investments

The bull market we’ve been living with could be nearing its end.  Keep your capital intact through the downturn

By Andrew Allentuck December 3, 2014

It is a principle of finance that people will pay almost anything for what they don’t know. Stocks with dubious futures can soar in price when investors, fearful of being left out, jump on the bandwagon. Voices of caution are few and far between. Yet now they are being heard. In New York, where you […] Read more

LeMine Investment Group, which has done a $1 billion deal to ship Canadian canola oil to China, now has a Saskatchewan canola crushing plant on its drawing board, according to CEO Thomas Liu. (LeMineGroup.com)

Canola, Crops, Markets, Reuters

Condo seller to tap China’s edible oil demand

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News November 26, 2014

Winnipeg | Reuters — A Canadian company better known for selling condominiums has walked into a $1 billion deal to ship edible oil to China as consumer demand there overtakes domestic supplies. Fengguan Edible Oil Ltd. Co., a Chinese producer of oil from rapeseed, contacted Toronto-based LeMine Investment Group this year about securing canola oil, […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

Steadier demand sought in China for Canadian canola

By GFM Network News November 21, 2014

CNS Canada — Chinese demand for Canada’s canola and canola oil remains a key driver for the Canadian industry — but China has been an inconsistent customer in the past, which makes developing ongoing relationships important. China in 2013-14 imported 3.9 million tonnes of Canadian canola, accounting for almost half of Canada’s total exports during […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Battling graft, China to overhaul grains import quota system

By GFM Network News November 20, 2014

Beijing | Reuters — China plans to revamp the scheme it uses to allocate quotas for agricultural imports, as part of efforts to stamp out corruption and to rein in record state grain stockpiles, according to government and industry sources. The low-tariff quotas, which are sanctioned under China’s membership of the World Trade Organization, are […] 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

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