South Korea lifts Canadian beef imports ban
Tweet Canadian cattle farmers can now breathe a sigh of relief after South Korea lifted a ban it had imposed on beef from the North American country nine years ago…
China’s demand for dairy products soaring despite recent safety scandal
Tweet The Chinese dairy market is thriving despite the 2008 safety scandal setback. As more people in China continue to attain middle class status, their appetite for milk products seems…
Australian cattle farmers to suffer as Indonesia plans to reduce live cattle imports
Tweet Domestic supply for live cattle in Indonesia is sufficient and the Agriculture Minister Suswono Arsyaf said Tuesday at the state palace that the government is planning to reduce importing…
China’s Aflatoxin in milk scandal: now found in cooking oil too
Tweet It seems the food contamination scandals that have rocked China in the recent past are yet to be over. In the latest of such scandals, Chinese state media reported…
Indonesians told to eat less rice to leave more for export
Tweet Indonesian’s appetite for rice could be costing them foreign export earnings. According to Trade Minister Gita Wirjawan, if Indonesians ate less rice, the country could become a net rice…
Vietnam tuna being sold to twice as many countries as last year
Tweet Vietnamese tuna exports have nearly doubled this year, Vietnam News reported on Monday. Quoting the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP), the news agency said that tuna…
COFCO opens four rapeseed crushing plants squeezing Canada’s Viterra market position
Tweet China’s largest state-owned grain trading giant, COFCO Co. Ltd, is set to become the largest rapeseed processor in the country after four rapeseed plants it has constructed become operational,…
European and New Zealand winemakers push into Chinese market
Tweet As demand for wine in traditional markets continues to slow, wine makers from different parts of the world are keenly pushing into the Chinese market. However, industry observers are…
Unilever tea gets removed from Chinese shelves
Tweet A batch of tea produced and sold by Unilever in China has been removed from supermarket shelves after it was found to contain high levels of rare earth metals.…
New export opportunities to ease Chinese potato producers’ woes
Tweet Potato farmers from the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in northern China can now breathe a sigh of relief after a new export market has been found for their produce. Of…
