China, Australia hope for FTA by year’s end
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Michael Boddington from Asian Agribusiness Consulting (AAC) has been involved in agribusiness in Asia since 2000. AAC has office both in Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City and China Beijing. So AAC has a thorough understanding of the Viet Nam and China aqua industry and produces up-to-date research reports on the market. We can offer insights on supply and demand trends and comments on the future structure of Asian agribusiness. If you would like to know more please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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Britain-China discuss beef, lamb trade
Britain is hopeful that a deal can be reached with China, which would see its beef and lamb exported to the country for the first time in 30 years. China’s 30-year ban on British beef and lamb was imposed due to BSE. A deal with China could be worth up to USD 205 million to the UK economy. British Prime Minister David Cameron's visit to China in December yielded an export deal for pork products worth up to USD 77 million. Negotiations for a new agreement between the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Chinese authorities is expected to realize British beef and lamb supplies to China.
Michael Boddington from Asian Agribusiness Consulting (AAC) has been involved in agribusiness in Asia since 2000. AAC has office both in Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City and China Beijing. So AAC has a thorough understanding of the Viet Nam and China aqua industry and produces up-to-date research reports on the market. We can offer insights on supply and demand trends and comments on the future structure of Asian agribusiness. If you would like to know more please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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Hong Kong Market Fully Reopened for U.S. Beef
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that the United States and Hong Kong have agreed on new terms and conditions that pave the way for expanded exports of U.S. beef and beef products to Hong Kong.
"This is great news for American ranchers and beef companies," said Vilsack. "Hong Kong is already the fourth largest market for U.S. beef and beef product exports, with sales there reaching a historic high of USD 823 million in 2013. We look forward to expanded opportunities there for the U.S. beef industry now that all trade restrictions are lifted." Vilsack said.
Under the new terms, Hong Kong will permit the import of the full range of U.S. beef and beef products, consistent with access prior to December 2003. The new terms become effective today, June17, 2014. Previously, only deboned beef from all cattle and certain bone-in beef from cattle less than 30 months of age could be shipped from the United States to Hong Kong. Earlier this year, Mexico, Uruguay, Ecuador and Sri Lanka also lifted their longstanding restrictions to provide full access for U.S. beef and beef products.
Experts in the United States and countries around the world have confirmed that U.S. beef is safe, with extremely low risk of BSE. There has never been a recorded case of BSE transmission to a human through American beef.
Source: http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?contentid=2014/06/0124.xml&contentidonly=true
WA meat exporter signs USD 1billion export deal with China
The West Australian government has talked up the prospects of meat exports to China in the wake of a local producer's USD 1 billion trade deal with major importer Grand Farm.
The state's largest red meat processor, family-owned V&V Walsh, has inked a deal to provide frozen boxed meat to China's Grand Farm, requiring an extra 500,000 lambs and 30,000 cattle per year during stage one of the project.
WA agriculture and food minister Ken Baston said Grand Farm would invest USD 200 million in the state to increase lamb and beef production, while Bunbury-based V&V Walsh would spend USD 800 million in Inner Mongolia on new processing facilities and feeding systems.
Mr Baston said the prospects for growth of beef and sheep meat exports into China were high.
Source: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-06-17/wa-meat-exporter-signs-1bn-export-deal/5529042
Dakang raises CNY 2.5 billion for acquisition of two New Zealand dairy farms
Hunan Dakang Pasture farming Co., Ltd announced that the company planed to raise CNY 2.51 billion through private placement for the acquisition of two New Zealand dairy farms.
Dakang, a company mainly engaged in production of pigs and feedstuffs, entered the dairy business in 2013.
Dakang says it will issue no more than 259 million shares at a price of CNY 9.69/share, the funds of which will be used to acquire two dairy farms in North Island of New Zealand.
It is expected that the annual production of solid milk in these two dairy farms will achieve 4.5 million kilogram after the acquisition is completed.
Source: http://www.boyar.cn/article/2014/06/18/562197.shtml
MOA issued four updated documents to guide feed and feed import companies
Announcement No. 2109 of the Ministry of Agriculture
To regulate the registration of imported feed and feed additives and authorization of new feed or feed additive products, MOA issued four updated documents, which are the Application Requirements for Registration of Imported Feed or Feed Additive, Application Requirements for Re-registration of Imported Feed or Feed Additive, Application Requirements for Alter Registration of Import Feed or Feed Additives, and Application Requirements of New Type Feed Additive.
These four documents will be implemented starting July 1, 2014 to replace Announcement No. 611.
Michael Boddington from Asian Agribusiness Consulting (AAC) has been involved in agribusiness in Asia since 2000. AAC has office both in Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City and China Beijing. So AAC has a thorough understanding of the Viet Nam and China aqua industry and produces up-to-date research reports on the market. We can offer insights on supply and demand trends and comments on the future structure of Asian agribusiness. If you would like to know more please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Source: http://www.xmys.moa.gov.cn/fagui/201406/t20140616_3939049.htm
China's Dairy Industry Getting a Boost from U.S. Hay Imports
As China continues to reach out for potential feed supplies to meet the needs of its growing dairy market, the practicality of importing hay feed from the U.S. continues to improve, according to two California-based exporters. China Daily reports that U.S. farmers and exporters of alfalfa hay in particular are starting to reap the benefits.
California produced 6 million tons of alfalfa hay last year, and sales of alfalfa shipped abroad in 2013 totaled $586 million, according to the Los Angeles Times.
China is now Asia's biggest buyer of U.S. alfalfa, as well as the biggest global destination for U.S. food and agricultural products.
China, which accounts for nearly 20 percent of all U.S. farm exports - a total that reached $144 billion in 2013, is already a large buyer of corn, cotton, soybeans and wheat from the U.S.
Agricultural exports from the U.S. to China reached $26.7 billion in 2013.
Michael Boddington from Asian Agribusiness Consulting (AAC) has been involved in agribusiness in Asia since 2000. AAC has office both in Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City and China Beijing. So AAC has a thorough understanding of the Viet Nam and China aqua industry and produces up-to-date research reports on the market. We can offer insights on supply and demand trends and comments on the future structure of Asian agribusiness. If you would like to know more please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Source: http://www.usagnet.com/story-national.php?Id=1353&yr=2014
An unexpected alliance between New Hope and the largest seafood supplier, ASIANSEA
After a merger earlier in the year with Australia’s third largest beef processor, KPC, famous domestic husbandry integrator, New Hope, revealed its ambitious plan to dominate the raw material segment of the supply chain.
Recently, New Hope and ASIASEA signed a strategic cooperation agreement, proposing the setup of a direct products supply system, collaboration to develop new products, and sharing of business intelligence and consumer information.
New Hope will be making a large scale investment in ASIASEA. Despite the investment amount undisclosed, it is claimed that a few large investment groups will also take part in this capital injection, including The World Bank, Temasek, ADM, and Mitsui Business Group.
ASIASEA is the largest seafood supplier in China, with a seafood processing capacity of 80,000 tonnes, supplying high quality seafood to approximately 20,000 restaurants and supermarkets.
Michael Boddington from Asian Agribusiness Consulting (AAC) has been involved in agribusiness in Asia since 2000. AAC has office both in Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City and China Beijing. So AAC has a thorough understanding of the Viet Nam and China aqua industry and produces up-to-date research reports on the market. We can offer insights on supply and demand trends and comments on the future structure of Asian agribusiness. If you would like to know more please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Source: http://www.guojixumu.com/news/newshow.html?id=28983
Cargill-owned sows will transition to 100 percent group housing by the end of 2017
Cargill, one of the largest pork producers in the U.S., is continuing its commitment of moving to group housing for its sows that produce hogs for pork. Company owned facilities will be 100 percent group housing by the end of calendar 2015. Contract hog farms that contain Cargill-owned sows will transition to 100 percent group housing by the end of calendar 2017. The hogs produced by Cargill-owned sows represent approximately 30 percent of the total hogs harvested annually at the company’s two pork processing facilities in Illinois and Iowa.
Cargill’s U.S. pork operation has maintained 50 percent group housing for company owned sows over the past several years. The company’s 2011 acquisition of an idled hog farm complex in the Texas Panhandle is allowing Cargill to achieve 100 percent group housing for its gestating sows. Over the past three years, Cargill has invested more than $60 million in the purchase and improvement of the 22,000-acre property near Dalhart, Texas, including the construction of sow barns containing group housing and conversion of existing sow housing from the type known as stalls/crates. Cargill’s Dalhart facility employs more than 300 people, including a team trained to care for the animals at the site.
“Over the past two years, many of our retail, foodservice and food processing customers have made decisions about future sourcing of pork products from suppliers that use group housing for gestating sows,” stated Mike Luker, president of Wichita-based Cargill Pork. “While Cargill was a pioneer in the use of group housing for gestating sows dating back more than a decade, in the past few years growing public interest in the welfare related to animals raised for food has been expressed to our customers and the pork industry. “Both group housing and individual housing have pros and cons, and we continue to learn, and evolve best practices from our transition to group housing,” explained Luker. “While an industry change of this magnitude is challenging and costly, we believe it is the right thing to do for the long term future of pork production in the U.S., and our customers agree with us and support our decision. Nevertheless, we need to be mindful that many family farms involved with raising hogs have their life savings invested in their operations and it will require time and other resources if they choose to make a conversion to group housing.”
Based upon the timetable Cargill has set up for completing the transition to group housing for gestating sows, the company will be prepared to support “early adopter” customers seeking pork products from alternative sow housing in the next few years. Cargill’s pork business maintains a commitment to the highest standards of animal handling and welfare, and continuously explores technologies that allow it to enhance its efforts in this important area of animal agriculture to help feed a hungry world.
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Australia eyes selling live cattle to China
Australia is setting its sights on winning a major prize for its beef industry by persuading China to open its market to live cattle sales.
China and Australia are keen to finally commence live cattle trading, having seen a 1998 deal fail because of regulatory issues, Reuters reported Monday, citing Australian officials. Chinese officials visited Australia in March to discuss live cattle trade issues, and with Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott in Beijing last week for free trade deal talks, hopes of mustering cattle for China one day are rising. Cattle baron Graeme Acton, Australia's largest rancher, has his sights on Asia's expanding market. "Live cattle would be a highly lucrative market for us... I think it would complement the boxed beef market, which has grown into a massive market for us in just the last year," said Acton. But the dream of cracking the Chinese live trade market has been illusive. Biosecurity concerns, raised by the Chinese delegation in March, are seen as one of the stumbling blocks. "The Chinese technical -delegation were here to discuss some of the health concerns they have... and hopefully we will be able to find a resolution where we can export cattle to China," said Alison Penfold, chief executive of Australian Live Export Council. Importing live cattle would not only be a windfall for outback ranchers, but make economic sense for China, with abattoirs there running at only 30 percent of capacity, say beef industry firms. "There is a clear benefit for the Chinese to use excess capacity. Their labor costs are still significantly lower in the processing sector than Australia," said Craig Aldous, China-based general manager at Elders Fine Foods.
Michael Boddington from Asian Agribusiness Consulting (AAC) has been involved in agribusiness in Asia since 2000. AAC has office both in Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City and China Beijing. So AAC has a thorough understanding of the Viet Nam and China aqua industry and produces up-to-date research reports on the market. We can offer insights on supply and demand trends and comments on the future structure of Asian agribusiness. If you would like to know more please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Source: http://finance.qq.com/a/20140414/010487.htm