Insights and Stories on China

Chinese farmers illegally growing GMO corn, Greenpeace says

Jan. 6, 2016 at 3:18 pm CST

Beijing | Reuters — Farmers are illegally growing genetically modified (GMO) corn in China’s northeast, said environmental non-profit Greenpeace on Wednesday, in a report that may generate further distrust of the government’s ability to ensure a safe food supply. Beijing has spent billions of dollars to develop GMO crops that […]

Global dairy prices unexpectedly fall in overnight auction

Jan. 5, 2016 at 6:41 pm CST

By Reuters

Russia, China sign accords on grain quality control

Dec. 18, 2015 at 9:25 pm CST

By Olesya Astakhova Polina Devitt

China plans to cut domestic corn prices to shrink stockpiles

Nov. 27, 2015 at 4:55 pm CST

By david-stanway Niu Shuping

Canpotex sees terminal expansion decision late next year

Nov. 23, 2015 at 7:48 pm CST

By Rod Nickel

New ‘superbug’ gene found in animals, people in China

Nov. 18, 2015 at 6:06 pm CST

London | Reuters — A new gene that makes bacteria highly resistant to a last-resort class of antibiotics has been found in people and pigs in China — including in samples of bacteria with epidemic potential, researchers said Wednesday. The discovery was described as “alarming” by scientists, who called for […]

By Kate Kelland

World corn stocks hit record high on cut in China use: USDA

Nov. 10, 2015 at 4:10 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Department of Agriculture unexpectedly revised its global coarse grain supply estimate on Tuesday, saying Chinese feed millers were using feeds other than corn at a higher rate than previously thought over the past three years. Along with an increase in USDA’s 2015 U.S. corn […]

By Karl Plume

China to let land lie fallow as grain stocks surge

Nov. 4, 2015 at 4:15 pm CST

Beijing/Reuters – China’s ruling Communist Party has for the first time proposed to let land lie fallow in some areas to ease pressure on exhausted water and land resources while grain stocks are near record levels, state media reported on Wednesday. After years of excessive cultivation and bumper grain harvests, […]

By Dominique Patton Niu Shuping

Global Markets: US GDP hits the brakes

Oct. 29, 2015 at 11:18 am CDT

WINNIPEG, October 29 – The following is a glance at the news moving markets globally. US GDP GROWTH SLOWED IN THIRD-QUARTER Economic growth in the US halted sharply in the third-quarter, according to data released by the country’s Commerce Department. Gross domestic product increased at a 1.5 per cent annual […]

By MarketsFarm Team

China to resume imports from U.S. pork plants

Oct. 24, 2015 at 2:58 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — China, the world’s largest pork consumer, will soon resume imports from 14 U.S. pork plants and warehouses, after halting some shipments last year over the use of a feed additive, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Friday. USDA did not provide a date on which China […]

By Reuters