Insights and Stories on China

Global GMO area dips in 2015 in first-ever decline

Apr. 13, 2016 at 7:29 pm CDT

Reuters — The world scaled back biotech crop planting for the first time ever in 2015, led by a decline in the U.S., which has fuelled rapid expansion of genetically modified crops since their commercial launch two decades ago, according to an annual report released Wednesday. The decline was blamed […]

Chinese citizens protest ChemChina-Syngenta deal

Apr. 8, 2016 at 7:14 pm CDT

By david-stanway Niu Shuping

China may pay more for canola if standard changes

Apr. 7, 2016 at 4:57 pm CDT

By Rod Nickel

China’s farmers switch to soy amid corn market reform

Apr. 4, 2016 at 5:50 pm CDT

By Naveen Thukral Niu Shuping

End of China’s corn stockpiling threatens global feed trade

Mar. 29, 2016 at 7:04 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

China to end state corn stockpiling, free up prices

Mar. 29, 2016 at 4:55 pm CDT

Beijing | Reuters — China plans to scrap its corn stockpiling scheme and allow markets to set prices for the grain, pushing to boost efficiency on its farms and to narrow a gap between local and international prices that has sparked a surge of cheaper imports. The government will instead […]

By david-stanway Niu Shuping

U.S. grains: Wheat extends gains on dry, chilly weather

Mar. 29, 2016 at 4:49 pm CDT

Reuters — Chicago wheat climbed on Tuesday to add to sharp gains a day earlier as the market assessed the risk of yield losses to U.S. crops due to a combination of dry and cold weather. Corn finished stronger and touched a nearly two-month high, with traders digesting news that […]

By Gus Trompiz Rod Nickel

China delays implementing Canadian canola standard

Mar. 29, 2016 at 10:57 am CDT

Winnipeg | Reuters –– China has delayed implementing a tougher standard on Canadian canola shipments, just days before it was to take effect, as a result of talks between the two countries, a Chinese government spokesperson said. China’s new standard for foreign material in canola shipments will take effect Sept. […]

By Rod Nickel

China, Canada in talks as tougher canola standard nears

Mar. 28, 2016 at 3:36 pm CDT

Winnipeg | Reuters –– Canada and China are in talks about Beijing’s plans to toughen its standard on Canadian canola imports, an industry official said on Monday, just days before the change takes effect. China’s quarantine authority, AQSIQ, notified the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) last month that it would […]

By Rod Nickel

Canada presses China on science in canola trade spat

Mar. 10, 2016 at 5:12 pm CST

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada is urging the Chinese government to stick to scientific facts in decisions on trade as Beijing plans to toughen its standard on Canadian canola shipments, federal Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay said Thursday. China’s quarantine authority, AQSIQ, notified the Canadian Food Inspection Agency last month that […]

By Rod Nickel