Third TOPIGS Import into China in Three Months
CHINA - TOPIGS has imported 550 more top breeding pigs into China. This is the third import in three months.

China Pork Prices Higher in January
CHINA - Prices of pork, China's staple meat, soared 25 per cent year-on-year in January.

Farm Produce Prices Fall on Waning Demand
CHINA - Farm produce prices broke an eight-week rising trend last week and fell on sliding demand as the Spring Festival holiday ended, the Ministry of Commerce said on Wednesday.

China Vows Enhanced Agricultural Investment
CHINA - China's central authorities on Wednesday said the nation will continue to step up investment and subsidies for agriculture this year in order to stabilize grain production.

Farm Produce Prices Rise for 8th Straight Week
CHINA - Farm produce prices rose for an eighth consecutive week last week, while the prices of producer goods remained unchanged, the Ministry of Commerce said Tuesday.

China Hog Markets in January 2012
CHINA - Looking at the size of the breakdown of the inventory for November 2011-breeding stock was around 49.05 million and total on farm inventory was around 476.25 million (as compared to October 2011-breeding...

Pork Price Manipulation; Six Jailed for Tainted Pork
CHINA - A Chongqing Municipality court Wednesday sentenced a gangster death for killing a person in an attempt to manipulate pork price in the city markets.

Farm Produce Prices Rise; Producer Goods Fall
CHINA - The Ministry of Commerce said Tuesday that the country's farm produce prices continued to rise last week while producer goods prices fell for a fourth consecutive week.

Chinese Meat Industry & Economy Continue to Grow
ANALYSIS - Is the Chinese bubble about to burst? For some time now out of the BRIC countries - Brazil, Russia, India and China - China's growth rate has been not only one of the most rapid, but it has...

TOPIGS Imports More Top Genetics to China
CHINA - TOPIGS has imported 500 top breeding pigs into China. This second successful importation comes just one month after a first import of 1,000 animals.

China's Economic Trends Drive Change to Modern, Efficient Agriculture
ANALYSIS - With a growing population but a shrinking rural population, China's farmers are changing from man-power to iron horse-power as they move to a more contemporary approach to agriculture, writes...

China Hog Markets
CHINA - Ron Lane, Senior Consultant for Genesus China, writes, "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."

Experts Vouch for Safety of China's Pork Industry
CHINA - Surging pork imports are not likely to hurt the domestic pork industry, experts said yesterday, even though imports of the meat are expected to reach a record high this year.

Chinese Meat Production to Increase
CHINA - The United State Department of Agriculture has forecast China’s 2012 total meat production to increase three per cent year-on-year, to 81.4 million tonnes.

Tianli Agritech Reports Third Quarter 2011 Results
CHINA - Tianli Agritech, Inc., a leading producer of breeder and market hogs headquartered in Wuhan City, China, has announced its financial results for the quarter and nine month period ended 30 September...

Drop in Pork Prices Since Mid-September
CHINA - China's farm produce prices continued to fall last week, with pork prices 1.9 per cent lower than a week earlier and down 8.2 per cent cumulatively since mid-September, the Ministry of Commerce...

Higher Revenues and Income for Zhongpin
CHINA - Chinese meat and food processing giant Zhongpin has reported higher revenues and net income for the third quarter of the year.

China's Farm Produce Prices Continue to Fall
CHINA - Farm produce prices in China continued to fall for the week ending on 6 November, according to a report released by the Ministry of Commerce today.

Record Corn Crop Unlikely to Meet Demand
CHINA - China reaped its seventh record corn crop in eight years during the harvest now ending but that will be insufficient to meet demand, driving a five-fold gain in imports as prices head for the highest-ever...

Pork Prices Driving Inflation in China
CHINA - The price of pork has risen so much in China that now it is the only driver of inflation in the country according to analysis by the Danish pig meat processor, Danish Crown.

China Hog Markets
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 Drop Further One Per Cent
CHINA - Farm produce prices in China continued to fall for a third week, according to a report released by the Ministry of Commerce on Tuesday.

Premier Urges Officials to Boost Pork Production
CHINA - Premier Wen has urged officials to boost pork production by ensuring that incentives reach pig breeders and feed prices are kept stable during the coming winter months.

Beijing Removes Tainted Pork Knuckles from Market
BEIJING, CHINA - The Beijing Administration for Industry and Commerce confiscated chemically bleached pork knuckles from the Baliqiao Market on Monday, 17 October. The supplier was an unlicensed works...

China's Farm Produce Prices Down
CHINA - Farm produce prices in China fell in the week ending 16 October compared to the previous week, the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said in a report released yesterday.

China's Farm Produce Prices Up Slightly Last Week
CHINA - China's prices for most farm produce continued to rise in the week ending 9 October, while that of pork remained flat compared to the previous week, the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said in a report...

Tianli Acquires Land Use Rights, Facilities for Hogs
CHINA - Tianli Agritech, Inc. has acquired land use rights and facilities in the Osmanthus Village Industrial Park, Xiangfeng Town in Laifeng County, on which it also intends to build a 50,000-ton feed...

12th Five-year Plan for 'Shopping Basket' Project
CHINA - In 2015, Fuzhou will supply over 40 per cent of its vegetables, 50 per cent of its pork and 30 per cent of its eggs as well as fish to its urban areas.

Global Economy Driven by Chinese Pigs
CHINA - Of the one billion pigs being raised in the world, about half are in China, where pork consumption is increasing as the economy develops.

China Pork Imports Set to Hit Record
CHINA - According to analysts, the country's pork imports are likely to hit a record this year, but the surge will have limited influence on rising prices.