Ban lifted on Bangladeshi aromatic rice after bumper summer harvest
Tweet Bangladesh has lifted a ban it had imposed on its aromatic rice, an official said Wednesday. Speaking anonymously, the official from the Ministry of Food and Disaster Management said…
Chinese appetite for imported wine soars
Tweet Figures released at the first China Worldwide Wine Summit Forum on Tuesday show that the south Asia nation’s imports of bottled wine clocked a record USD 1.27 billi last…
Pig farmers kick up a stink in Taiwan
Tweet Taiwan’s pig farmers are angry about plans to lift Taiwan’s import ban on ractopamine-laced beef from the United States. On Thursday, over 1,000 pig farmers from across Taiwan held…
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,…
