Shuanghui's H1 Net Profit Goes Down
CHINA - China's Henan Shuanghui Investment & Development Co Ltd, the country's top meat processor, posted a 85 per cent slump in its first-half net profit and has forecast its third-quarter earnings to...

Pig Shortage Boosts Tianli's Results
CHINA - Tianli Agritech reports second-quarter revenue 41 per cent higher than last year and net income was up 17 per cent.

Pork Commentary: Road Trip to China
CHINA - Last week we arrived in China after our visit to Russia, writes Jim Long.

China Hog Market - July 2011
CHINA - Looking at the size of the breakdown of the inventory for May 2011—breeding stock was around 47.1 million and total on farm inventory was about 453 million head (as compared to 47.3 million sows...

Zhongpin Chairman Forecasts 'Very Good Year'
CHINA - Pork producers, Zhongpin, has reported higher revenues, net income and earning per share for the second quarter of 2011 than a year previously.

£1-Million Contract for JSR Genetics
CHINA - JSR Genetics, UK-based international pig breeding company, has signed a £1-million contract with Chinese state-owned import/export company, the China Animal Husbandry Group (CAHG), further accelerating...

Five Sentenced for Tainted Pork Scandal
CHINA - Five people convicted of illegally dealing in and producing clenbuterol, a poisonous chemical known in China as lean meat powder, received punishments on Monday that included a suspended death...

Meriden China Celebrates Anniversary
CHINA - Meriden (Guangzhou) Biotech Co Limited recently celebrated the fourth anniversary of the thriving joint venture with Meriden Animal Health Limited.

Ceva Huadu: New Innovation and R&D Platform
CHINA - A joint venture agreement – to be known as Ceva Huadu – has been signed in Beijing between Ceva and Huadu.

China Yurun Food Sees Higher H1 Net Profit
CHINA - China Yurun Food Group Ltd said earlier today it expected to record significant increases in turnover and net profit for the six months ended in June from the same period a year ago.

China Hog Markets – June 2011
CHINA - China is the pork powerhouse of the world with over 51 per cent of the world’s population of pigs being raised within China, writes Ron Lane, Senior Consultant for Genesus in China.

Pork Prices Continue to Rise; Producers' Shares Slide
CHINA - In China nowadays, it appears to be pigs rather than bulls that touch the nerves of the markets.

Mitsubishi Invests in Meat and Livestock in China
CHINA - Mitsubishi Corporation (MC), ITOHAM FOODS INC. (ITOHAM) and YONEKYU CORPORATION (YONEKYU) are to invest livestock and poultry breeding, slaughtering, processing and meat products trading and importing...

Professor Hu Elected Zhongpin Director
CHINA - The board of directors of leading meat and food processing company, Zhongpin, has elected Professor Xiaosong Hu as an independent director.

Arrests Made over Tainted Pork Scandal
CHINA - Ten people have been arrested following the scandal about clenbuterol-contaminated pork in the east of the country.

Zhongpin to Build New Pork Plant in Hebei Province
CHINA - Zhongpin Inc. yesterday announced that it will further expand into north China by building a new production facility in Tangshan city, Hebei province, east of Beijing.

Two Awards for Zhongpin in Beijing
CHINA - Zhongpin Inc. has receives two top awards at the World Meat Exhibition in Beijing.

Subsidiary Re-opens After Additive Scandal
CHINA - A subsidiary of China's largest meat processor, the Shuanghui Group, reopened on Thursday just two months after a food additive scandal rocked the company.

Nedap Concludes Contract with Chinese Processor
CHINA - On 12 May, Nedap Agri concluded a contract with one of the top three largest pork processing companies in China, Yurun.

Zhongpin Achieves Double-Digit Growth in Revenue
CHINA - Zhongpin Inc has published its 2011 Proxy Statement and its Chairman's annual letter, which includes the announcement of double-digit growth in revenues, net income and earnings per share in 2...

Meriden China Exhibits at Feed Industry Exhibition
CHINA - Meriden Animal Health’s joint venture partner, Meriden (Guangzhou) Biotech Co Limited, recently exhibited at the China Animal Feed Industry Exhibition.

Genesus Global Market Report: China Markets
CHINA - "China: it is the pork powerhouse of the world with over 51 per cent of the world’s population of pigs being raised within China," writes Ron Lane, Senior Consultant for Genesus in China

Meat Processor's Shares Plummet After Suspension
CHINA - Henan Shuanghui Investment & Development Co, the listed unit of meat processor Shuanghui Group, resumed trading and plunged by the 10 per cent daily limit on Tuesday after a one-month suspension...

Zhongpin Secures Finance for Growth
CHINA - Zhongpin and China Construction Bank have signed a strategic cooperation agreement.

Sen Yu Sees Strong Growth in Pork Market
CHINA - Sen Yu International Holdings, Inc., a leading commercial hog breeder and supplier in the People's Republic of China (PRC), has announced that it anticipates strong demand for its commercial hogs...

Tianli Agritech Begins Selling Its Branded Pork
CHINA - Producer of breeder hogs and market hogs based in Wuhan City, China, Tianli Agritech has entered into an agreement with An Puluo Foods, which allows Tianli to manage fresh pork retail counters...

JSR Breeding Pigs Fly into China
CHINA - More than 800 high-health, genetically advanced breeding pigs have successfully touched down in China in the last week. The animals were transported from the UK onboard a specially chartered 747...

Vice Prime Minister Hui Visits Zhongpin
CHINA - Chinese Vice Prime Minister, Hui Liangyu, has led an agricultural delegation's visit to Zhongpin and has praised its operations.

Zhongpin Closes Common Stock Offer
CHINA - Zhongpin has closed its US$70.5 million public offering of common stock.

19 Pigs Test Positive to Illegal Additive in China
CHINA - Nineteen pigs in Central China's Henan province have tested positive to having a banned additive in their urine, the city government said earlier today.