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BEIJING, Sept 15 - China raised the minimum price for late Indica rice in eight provinces and regions to 97 yuan ($14.39) per 50 kg from 93 yuan, the National Development and Reform Commission said on Wednesday. The price rise applies to Jiangsu, Anhui, Jiangxi, Henan, Hubei, ...
CHINA - Researchers have investigated measuring the median infected dose (PID50) and regulating the live virus challenge dose as an alternative way to test the efficacy of foot and mouth disease (FMD) vaccines in pigs. Dong Li and colleagues at the Chinese Academy of Agricultural ...
China may harvest 169 million metric tons of corn this year, the China National Grain & Oils Information Center said in a report today, 1 million tons more than its estimate a month ago. The center also increased its forecast of soybean production to 14.8 million tons from 14.5 ...
TIANJIN Coca-Cola will begin operations at its largest bottling plant in China, a 900-million-yuan (US$132 million) investment in Luohe City of central China's Henan province, by the end of October. "We are very positive and committed to our growth here in China," said Glenn ...
Asian Citrus, the largest orange plantation owner and the single largest orange producer in China, announces that it has entered into an Memorandum of Understanding with BPG Food & Beverages Holdings Ltd. in relation to the Proposed Acquisition of the entire equity interest in ...
Ohly has officially opened a new yeast extract plant in Harbin, China, giving it an Asian production arm to complement existing plants in the US and Europe. The yeast specialist, which is part of the AB Ingredients group, announced the construction of the new plant in 2007. Last ...
Political pressure to protect farmers will stall Taiwan's dreams of signing free trade agreements (FTA) with Southeast Asia, setting back a piece of the island's growth strategy, a senior official said. Taiwan's US$12.8-billion agricultural sector, dominated by small farms that ...
A main tomato cultivation area, the Eceabat district in anakkale, has been stricken by the tomato moth, or tuta absoluta. Farmers have reportedly had to leave infected tomatoes in the fields to rot. The farmers of Eceabat have lost the battle against the tomato moth, said the ...
CHINA - Jiangxi Shaungshi Animal Health Products, along with Shuangshi subsidiary Jiangxi Ian Van Agricultural Development Corporation, have recently signed a reservoir lease contract with Tang Nan Zhang Zhongxi Village in Nanchang County to expand aquaculture in the region. ...
CHINA - The Chinese Ministry of Agriculture held a meeting, earlier in the month, on Safe Fishery Production and the Establishment of Model Ports. The meeting, which was held in Dalian, aimed to strengthen the work on safe fishery production and establish an effective mechanism ...
China has overtaken the US as Peru's top export destination. Experts are hopeful this will boost the country's total export figures after a fall of 15% last year. Juan Carlos Mathews, export director at the government s trade promotion agency Promperu, said the Chinese demand ...
A Shanghai fruit company has ordered large shipments of Hualien County's Wentan pomelos, with the company manager boasting that all the pre-ordered fruit have been sold prior to the cargo's arrival. Shanghai Ganso Co., dealing directly with the Hualien government, placed an order ...
In a move that has caught market analysts by surprise, UK based snack and biscuit maker, United Biscuits, is reportedly close to a deal with leading Chinese food group Bright Food in terms of a buy out. The Chinese company is said to have pre-empted a planned auction this autumn ...
CHINA - Professor Rudy Gozlan, from Bournemouth University, UK has been studying the the invasive species Pseudorasbora parva, or topmouth gudgeon, in China. Joined by colleagues from BU and the Chinese Academy of Science, Professor Gozlan travelled over 15,000 km through 15 ...
GENEVA, Sept. 29(Xinhua) -- The World Trade Organization (WTO) issued a report of the panel on Wednesday, supporting China over its complaint against measures taken by the United States which have affected imports of poultry from China. The panel ruled that Section 727, the ...
BEIJING Imported wines are facing a series of problems in the China market, and are unlikely to make a major breakthrough if they fail to take a dominant position in the China market before 2012 despite fast growth in recent years, said experts. Zhu Sixu, deputy director with ...
China has called for a crackdown on the production and marketing of melamine in a bid to halt its use in the adulteration of food products. The Government has also urged the introduction of a traceability register for the chemical. Under the proposal, the real-name catalogue ...
BEIJING, Sept. 27 (Xinhuanet) -- It's getting to be the season to pick pumpkins and carving jack o' lanterns for Halloween, but in the small city of Pinghu in Zhejiang Province, everyone knows how to carve watermelon lanterns. Many melons are elaborate works of folk art in Pinghu ...
It's a hot topic at Coca-Cola and its biggest bottler these days. When the dust settles, who will have a job, and where? As Coca-Cola Co. plans to merge its North American business with that of bottler Coca-Cola Enterprises this year, talk of coming shake-ups -- either jobs ...
BEIJING, Sep. 26 (Xinhuanet) -- Southeast Asian cuisine is famous for its fresh, aromatic ingredients and colorful dishes. No matter Thai food, Singaporean or Indonesian, dishes from this part of the world offer new and exotic taste sensations and fragrances. Besides that, many ...
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