AgFeed Industries signs supply deal with top Shanghai finisher
CHINA - AgFeed Industries, Inc., a leader in China's premix animal nutrition industry, has announced a premix feed supply agreement with Shanghai Fenghai Enterprises, one of the largest Shanghai hog farm conglomerates. It will supply premix feed for Shanghai...

China to Reward Pig Raisers
BEIJING - The Chinese government has earmarked a fund of 1.5 billion yuan (US$199.5 million) for 253 counties in China that are major live pig suppliers, the Ministry of Finance announced on Monday.

IMS World Pork Conference opens in China
NANJING - The Fourth International Meat Secretariat (IMS) World Conference kicked off in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province yesterday. Around 800 participants from 38 countries and regions are attending the event.

Beijing rejects North American pork
CHINA - Beijing has rejected consignments of pork from the US and Canada because they contain a banned additive – in spite of a domestic shortage of China's staple meat, which pushed inflation to a 10-year high in August.

China's pork prices begin to fall with live pigs on the rise
CHENGDU - Chinese Agriculture Minister Sun Zhengcai says that pork prices have been declining since August, as the supply of live pigs was on the rise.

Pork imports more than doubled
BEIJING - China's imports of pork, the country's staple meat, more than doubled in the first seven months as prices of domestically produced pork soared and supply fell, according to customs statistics released on Thursday.

PRRS lingers on in Chinese counties
BEIJING - China's chief veterinary officer says that blue ear pig disease (PRRS), which caused pork shortage and fuelled price hikes in recent months, still lingers in 14 Chinese counties.

Pork prices have CPI over a barrel
CHINA - Inflationary pressure continues to build with the consumer price index - a key gauge of inflation - surging 6.5 percent in August, the highest since December 1996.

China's inflation boils on pork costs
CHINA - China's inflation surged to its highest rate in over a decade in August, official data showed today, raising expectations that the government will act again soon to cool the country's runaway economy.

New measures on pork quality
BEIJING - The government yesterday launched a three-month campaign to address the issue of pork safety, the latest in a series of food-related quality control measures.

Pork safety teams needed: Official
CHINA - A senior official in charge of food quality said yesterday companies and local governments should jointly establish an inspection system to address pork safety issues.

Chinese pork supply will recover in six months
CHINA - Official predictions say that China's pork supply will be stable in the second quarter of next year. But it will take about 18 months to breed more pigs to fill the growing market.

China vows to clean up toxins amid food scares
BEIJING - China will clamp down on foods tainted with illegal and excessive chemicals as it seeks to quell domestic and foreign alarm about toxins in meat, seafood and vegetables, the country's top agriculture official said.

Vaccine production boost as China steps up PRRS control
BEIJING - China will increase the monthly production of blue-ear pig disease vaccine to 300 million ml in September from 250 million ml to meet nationwide demand, said an official with the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA).

Beijing, Fearing Unrest, Moves to Curb Sharp Rise in Food Prices
CHINA - Steep food prices have pushed inflation in China to its highest level in a decade this summer, causing hardship for millions of low-income families. Worried that anger about rising prices could lead to political unrest, Beijing has taken a number...