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CHINA - Yuhe International has announced financial results for the second quarter (Q2) ended 30 June 2010, including operating income 51 per cent higher than the same period last year. Yuhe International, Inc., a leading supplier of day-old chickens raised for meat production ...
TAIWAN - The Taiwanese veterinary authorities have reported an outbreak of foot and mouth disease in swine. The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) received an immediate notification yesterday. The report states that outbreak first started on 10 August and was confirmed ...
CHINA - China's Health Ministry has instructed food safety authorities in Hubei Province to investigate claims that milk powder has caused infant girls to grow breasts, a ministry spokesman said. Xinhua, the country's offical news agency reports that ministry spokesman Deng ...
CHINA - China Yurun Food Group Limited, a vertically-integrated meat-product processor and supplier in China, recorded a turnover of HK$8,693 million for the first half of 2010 compared to HK$5,834 million in the first half of 2009. The sales increase represents a 49 per cent ...
BEIJING, Aug. 27 (Xinhuanet) -- The world experienced a global grain crisis between 2007 and 2008. These years saw grain prices soar, and exports drop, causing social unrest and famine in many parts of the world. The most recent global grain crisis began in June 2007. By March ...
Chinese police have arrested six people for allegedly distributing melamine tainted milk powder, following the seizure of more contaminated materials in July. The dairy materials were thought to be from the same batch that should have been destroyed following the 2008 scandal, ...
TAIWAN - Beef + Lamb New Zealand is working with Burger King as part of its activities to build demand and market positioning for New Zealand beef in Taiwan. Beef + Lamb New Zealand General Manager Market Development, Craig Finch says Burger King Taiwan approached Beef + Lamb New ...
It's impossible to spot from Interstate 5, but one of the success stories in the Obama administration's ambitious effort to double U.S. exports by 2015 can be found in a carefully watched vat of pinot noir at Willamette Valley Vineyards. The Turner-based operation is joining the ...
Sizzling summer used to be the busiest period for Yang Jianzhong for earning money, but this July's unusually heavy rains left him with hardly a penny. The forty-something is among the biggest indica rice brokers in Taoyuan county, Changde city, one of the nation's top 10 rice...
BEIJING, Aug 23 (Xinhuanet) --The Chinese consume millions of tons of genetically modified (GM) soybean oil every year without fuss despite the fact that attitudes toward GM food remain as divergent in the nation as they are in the rest of the world. China needs to step up ...
BEIJING, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- A computer-controlled greenhouse-type factory has began operations in Beijing to supply high-quality vegetable, fruit and flower seedlings to domestic growers. The largest of its kind in China, the Jingpeng Plant Factory is a key scientific program of ...
Taiwan's economy expanded faster than expected in the second quarter, leading the government to raise its 2010 growth forecast, but it said uncertainties in the global recovery could curb growth. The government also said it is looking to run a smaller budget deficit next year, ...
The kiwifruit industry is sending trial consignments of bulk-unpacked fruit to China to cut costs. Seeka and Zespri have sent 220,000 trays of New Zealand-grown kiwifruit this season to Shanghai to be packed. Seeka chief executive Michael Franks says they expect to be able to ...
CHINA - The Ministry of Health has found no link between Synutra's infant milk powder and premature development in infants. The Ministry of Health (MOH) has been investigating claims that Synutra's infant milk formula was linked to premature development in three infants, however ...
Peach and nectarine growers are celebrating a big win, with the lucrative Taiwanese market being reopened for exports. Australian growers lost access to the markets six years ago because of biosecurity concerns, and have been fighting ever since to get it back. Ian McAlister, ...
CHINA - In order to improve the raw milk quality, the National Animal Husbandry Service held a training course on formulation of total mixed rations (TMRs) for dairy cattle in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province on 10-11 August 2010. He Xintian, Secretary of the Party Committee of National ...
China Agri-Business, Inc., www.chinaagri-business.com C via its Shaanxi province Chinese operating company, Shaanxi Xinsheng Centennial Agriculture and Technology Co., Ltd., is a leading producer of organic biochemical agricultural application products. The Company reported being ...
A 5-year-old boy in Wuhan, capital city of Central China's Hubei province, was recently diagnosed with early sexual maturity because he accidentally took birth control pills. "The boy's breasts grew dark and large," said Yao Hui, a doctor with the Wuhan Children's Hospital. "My ...
During early Asian deals on Monday, the Chinese yuan rose to a 10-day high of 6.7854 against the U.S. dollar. The next upside target level for the Chinese currency is seen at 6.772. The dollar-yuan pair is currently worth 6.7877. The People's Bank of China has set today's central ...
The Council of Agriculture (COA) voiced gratitude Friday to 16 enterprises and governmental units Friday for purchasing overproduced fruits. Companies such as the Yulon Group, First Bank, Guanta Computer and government ministries including the Ministry of National Defense bought ...
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