China’s vegetable production is basically normal and it has enough wheat to meet demand for one and a half years, officials say, in a further effort to reassure the public there is no need to worry about shortages.
China’s huge hog sector is struggling with excess production after millions of small, often first-time, pig farmers entered the industry to capitalise on record profits during a swine-fever related shortage.
U.S. tractor maker Deere & Co agreed on a new six-year contract with the United Auto Workers (UAW) union that would be subject to a vote by the company’s striking workers, the company said in a statement on Saturday.
For the first time, a pig kidney has been transplanted into a human without triggering immediate rejection by the recipient’s immune system, which could help alleviate a dire shortage of human organs for transplant.
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday introduced a massive new legislative package to combat the effects of the coronavirus outbreak.
Farmers need more space to grow crops to meet mounting demand for food and renewable fuel at a time of slowing growth in yields, consultancy AgResource said on Tuesday.
China’s third-quarter pork production surged to its highest in three years, official data showed on Monday, after producers built thousands of large breeding farms last year to rebuild a hog herd decimated by ASF.
China said on Saturday it pressed the United States to eliminate tariffs in talks between the countries’ top trade officials that Washington saw as a test of bilateral engagement between the world’s biggest economies.
China’s live hog futures surged more than 7% on Monday to hit a one-month high, tracking spot prices and helped by government stockpiling and falling sow inventory.
When he was a child in Avila province, Albert Pascual’s father bought 100 pigs, but the company he now leads has more than 9,000, part of an expansion that’s put Spain on track to take over as EU’s top pork producer.
