Insights and Stories on Beijing

China to push for higher grain yields to ensure food security

Dec. 21, 2023 at 11:42 am CST

China, the world's top buyer of soy and corn, will push for higher grain yields across large areas of farmland as it seeks to ensure food security for its huge population, state media reported on Wednesday, citing an annual rural policy meeting.

Grain World: Beijing analyst brings different perspective

Dec. 3, 2019 at 9:42 pm CST

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Canada proposes China meat export solution

Jul. 3, 2019 at 5:19 pm CDT

By David Ljunggren Rod Nickel

Federal Tories critique lack of action on China

Jun. 26, 2019 at 10:11 pm CDT

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

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

Mar. 20, 2019 at 2:37 pm CDT

By Dominique Patton

China to subsidize grain transportation, storage

Nov. 24, 2017 at 8:12 pm CST

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 […]

By Reuters

China approves two new GMO varieties for import, renews 14

Jun. 14, 2017 at 3:50 pm CDT

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 […]

By Dominique Patton Hallie Gu

Beijing to release frozen pork to temper price rise

May. 5, 2016 at 5:10 pm CDT

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 […]