New Shuanghui plant operational in Zhengzhou, China

A new plant of Shuanghui Group in Zhengzhou, China, became operational on December 18, according to the news released on the official website of Shuanghui Group.
The plant is located in Shuanghui Industrial Park in Zhengzhou National Economic and Technological Zone. The US$1.23 billion plant covering an area of 21,000 square meters can produce 100 tons of meat products per day. The meat products fall into three main categories: American bacon, ham and sausages.
The project in Zhengzhou China is the first of its kind since Shuanghui Group launched its international development strategy. In late May, 2013, WH Group (parent company of Shuanghui) acquired Smithfield Foods-- the largest hog producer and pork supplier in the world—for US$7.1 billion, setting the record for the largest acquisition in the history of relations between China and the United States.
One of the synergistic effects of the acquisition is that with cheaper pork from the United States, Shuanghui can produce quality meat products at lower costs. On the opening ceremony held the next day, Wan Long, chairman of the board of WH Group mentioned in his speech that the plant would make full use of the raw materials of Smithfield, its brand influence and technologies. Smithfield Foods is a technology-enriched producer good at developing high-end products with high value added. Benefited from such strengths, Shuanghui Group can introduce more meat products favored by American consumers to China to meet increasing domestic demand.

Growing interest in animal welfare in China

China’s veterinarians have begun to set out the country's first welfare standards for the production and slaughter of poultry and other livestock, including pigs, cattle and sheep.
The Chinese Veterinary Medical Association (CVMA) is joined in this project by around 30 leading businesses in farming, slaughtering, food processing and food services, the association’s head of animal welfare, Sun Zhongchao, told the news agency, Xinhua.
The standards are expected to cover production conditions (stocking density, heating/ventilation control), disease management (including feed and water hygiene) and the need to stun chickens before slaughter.
Proposed standards, which will not be mandatory, are due to be published in June 2016 and to receive government approval within two years, Sun said.
A further sign of China’s growing interest in animal welfare was highlighted following a recent visit to the country by representatives of Australia’s beef industry.
Potential Chinese investors are passionate about increasing their knowledge of animal welfare practices, Kimberley Cattlemen's Association executive officer, Catherine Marriott, told ABC.
“They are looking for consultants to come in and help them around animal welfare, around building abattoirs, around building quarantine facilities, around feeding their cattle, so we were able to have some conversations around that,” she said.

ADM expands food-, feed-ingredient production in China

With the recent opening of two plants in China on two consecutive days, Archer Daniels Midland Co. has increased its capacity to serve growing regional demand for value-added food-ingredients and animal-nutrition products.
On Friday, ADM CEO Juan Luciano joined government officials and representatives from Matsutani Chemical Industry Co. Ltd., for a ribbon-cutting ceremony in the northeastern coastal city of Tianjin, marking the opening of a plant to produce Fibersol soluble dietary fiber. And on Thursday, Luciano stood alongside officials from the eastern city of Nanjing to mark the opening of a feed-premix plant—ADM’s third in the country.
Fibersol—sold and marketed through an ADM/Matsutani joint venture—enables food and beverage manufacturers to increase the fiber content of their products without impacting flavor, color or viscosity. With the global market for soluble dietary fiber growing at an annual rate of 13 percent, the Tianjin plant’s production capacity of 15,000 metric tons per year will help address food industry customers’ increasing demand.
“As more and more Chinese citizens enter the middle class, we expect that demand for Fibersol and other value-added food ingredients made by ADM will remain robust well into the future,” Luciano said.
Meanwhile, the Nanjing facility will manufacture nutritional premixes that can be added to animal rations to promote good health and optimal growth. Such premixes typically contain various vitamins and minerals, amino acids such as lysine and threonine, and other ingredients. ADM will manufacture an estimated 30,000 metric tons of premix products per year at the Nanjing facility. The company also owns premix production facilities in Tianjin and in Dalian, and a fourth is under construction in Zhangzhou.
“As China continues transitioning from a manufacturing-driven economy to a consumption-based economy, its middle class will continue to expand, and meat consumption will continue to grow,” Luciano said, noting that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has estimated that China’s production of pork, poultry and beef will increase by about 30 percent by 2024. “We therefore are confident that demand for the livestock feeds and feed ingredients we produce will continue to increase over the course of the next decade,” he added.
By expanding ADM’s geographic footprint in two value-added businesses, the Fibersol and feed premix facilities advance the strategic growth component of ADM’s framework for growing returns. That framework also includes efforts to optimize the company’s existing businesses and drive operational efficiencies at its production facilities.
ADM began operations in China in the mid-1990s, when the company acquired an animal feed premix plant in Dalian, in the country’s northeast. In recent years, ADM has grown to become one of the top exporters of agricultural products to Asia, and the company markets an extensive range of food ingredients and animal feeds and feed premixes through its network of sales offices located throughout the Asia-Pacific region.

NAMI signs agreement with China Society of Inspection and Quarantine

The North American Meat Institute and The China Society of Inspection and Quarantine (CSIQ) have signed an agreement to cooperate on key food safety programs and to enhance the technical information exchange between the groups.
Under the agreement, CSIQ and the Institute will strengthen technology exchanges and cooperation in inspection and quarantine, collaborate on inspection and quarantine verification and food safety cooperation and communication at the local and national level. The two organizations also will share information concerning regulatory and scientific developments that can impact their members and disseminate the information, as appropriate. Both organizations will convene periodically to explore additional mechanisms that would mutually benefit each organization’s members.
CSIQ is approved by the State Council of the People's Republic of China, registered by the Ministry of Civil Affairs and supported by General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China (AQSIQ). CSIQ is a national, non-profit, voluntary organization that aims to promote academic communication and technical cooperation, advocates national high-tech inspection development and seeks to enhance the performance and level of inspection.
“This newly formed partnership is consistent with the Institute’s long-standing philosophy that food safety should be a non-competitive issue,” said Institute Chairman Dave McDonald, president of OSI Industries. “We both know there is a time to compete against one another – that makes both of us better and stronger. But there is also a time when cooperation should trump competition, and that is when it comes to food safety."
“Our nations individually have some of the best minds in science and technology and food technology in particular,” McDonald said. “Separately, we are leaders, but working together, we can become exceptional leaders. In fact, we can help create a new global path.”
The Institute’s Senior Vice President of International Trade William Westman will serve as the liaison to the newly formed partnership. The Institute is also a founding member of the U.S.-China Agriculture and Food Partnership.

10 charged in China in connection to Husi Food scandal

Ten people who have been tied to a 2014 Chinese food safety scandal have been charged in court for their alleged involvement in the case.
According to an Industry Week report, the suspects have been charged by a Chinese court “on suspicions of producing, selling inferior products.”
The charges stem from an incident brought to light in July 2014, where employees of Husi Food Co., owned by the U.S.-based OSI Group, allegedly repackaged outdated chicken and beef, then allegedly sold the expired products with false labels to restaurant chains in China and Japan, including McDonald’s, KFC, Pizza Hut and Dico’s.
In a statement on its website, OSI Group said it would address the charges according to legal procedures, and “We have confidence in China’s legal system and believe that the judicial authority will come to a fair and reasonable judgment with full respect to the facts and laws.”
OSI Group has publicly apologized for the scandal. Sheldon Lavin, chairman, CEO and owner of OSI Group stated in 2014: “On behalf of Husi and OSI, I sincerely apologize to all of our customers in China. We will bear the responsibility of these missteps and will make sure that they never happen again. That is my personal commitment and that of our organization.”
Since the scandal took place, OSI Group made substantial changes to the organizational and management structures for its China operations. The company also closed the plant under investigation and removed Husi products from the marketplace.

China Animal Husbandry Industry's revenues up 32 percent

China Animal Husbandry Industry Co. Ltd. released its semi-yearly report on August 28. During the reporting period, the company gained revenues totaling CNY2.09billion (US$327.9 million) up 32.12 percent year on year; the net profit of the shareholders was CNY145 million (US$22.75 million), down 4.82 percent from the same period compared with last year, according to STCN.
According to the report, in the first half of 2015, the outbreaks of animal diseases have been relatively stable while the animal husbandry industry has been at a cyclical low and has resulted in the decrease of the livestock on hand. These factors account for the change of revenues and profits of the company.
China Animal Husbandry Industry is also under the influence of new management policies on animal vaccines and veterinary drugs by the government as well as more rivals coming to the domestic market with similar products.
Founded on December 25, 1998, China Animal Husbandry Industry Co. Ltd. is the largest animal  health product manufacturer, one of the key manufacturers of feed additives and one important member company of China National Agricultural Development Group Co. Ltd. (CNADC) — the only central agricultural enterprise directly supervised by State-Owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council (SASAC).

FAMSUN aquafeed project in China begins production

The turnkey project of the Wuhan Chia Tai Group Aquatic Products Co. Ltd. (CP Group), which broke ground June 6, 2014, began production on April 10, 2015, in Hannan District, Wuhan, China.
The engineering, procurement and construction project by FAMSUN covers more than 92,000 square meters and is worth a total investment of CNY15.49 million (US$2.4 million). The project consists of one extrusion line, two pelleting lines for shrimp and crab feed, two hard pellet fish feed lines and an extra extrusion line. Phase 1 of the project can produce 150,000 tons of aquafeed annually.
With the support of technology and products from FAMSUN, the project features the specialization of aquafeed and automatic production standards including:

• Central batching system: The WEM4000 computer batching system with its high batching precision, can measure the consumption of power, steam and materials of unit product; record equipment deviation and warn the maintenance staff to conduct preventive maintenance; efficient inventory management also ensures the scheduled production to be carried out for timely delivery.
• Automatic sampling: There are 19 autosamplers for the production lines. The samples, after automatic packing and coding, are delivered to the master control room by belt conveyor for testing.
• Products with different specifications can be sampled at one time: For example, the fry feed also can be sampled in the production for crushing feed for fish.
•  Dedicated returning line for the materials to save space and time, reducing labor and the cost of packaging. 

WH Group performance falls short in first half of 2015

The turnover of WH Group fell to US$10.205 billion, decreasing 3.2 percent year-on-year as of the end of June, according to a report of Hong Kong Ming Pao. As the largest meat processing company in China, the volume of business of WH Group is influenced by the China’s economic slowdown and the drop of U.S. pig prices. The net profit of the company increased 0.3 percent to US$5.62 million.
Wan Long, president of WH Group, parent company of Smithfield Foods, said the company still faces uncertain conditions in the second half of the year, the goal of securing an earnings growth of 10 percent for 2015 might not be achieved. However, he is confident about the increase in the coming years with the adjustment in 2015.
In the first six months of 2015, pig prices in China have increased dramatically. Wan Long said the company planned to import U.S. pork products to China to take the advantage of price differences. The import might increase from the 110 thousand metric tons in 2014 to between 150,000 and 200,000 metric tons in 2015. He also forecasted that pig prices in China might fall to US$2.35 per 2.5/kg for the third and four quarter of this year.

China is top destination for Brazilian agri-food exports

For the month of July and for the year to date, China is the most important destination for agriculture and food exports from Brazil but the greatest increase in pig meat trade has been with Russia

Brazilian agri-food exports totalled US$4.66 billion in July 2015, with China, The Netherlands, the U.S., Egypt and Venezuela the top export destinations. The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (MAPA) reports this sector accounted for 51 percent of all of the country’s total exports for the month in terms of value.
Agri-food exports to China were worth US$2.92 billion, 19.4 percent more than in July 2014 as the result of increased trade in soybeans (worth US$2.47 billion), chicken (US$ 69.5 million), beef (US$57.3 million) and pork (US$610,080).
The No. 2 destination for Brazil’s agri-food products was The Netherlands, with trade worth almost US$610 million. Here, the most important were soybean products with a value approaching US$318 million, comprising soybeans (US$160 million), soybean meal (US$158 million) and soybean oil (US$27,740). The Dutch also imported meat to the value of almost US$67.0 million, including US$46.5 million in Brazilian chicken, US$12.7 in beef, US$7.8 million in turkey and US$64,000 in other meats.
U.S. imports from Brazil for the month amounted to more than US$582.54 million, comprising mainly forest products (wood and paper) as well as coffee, sugar and alcohol.
Meat products accounted for more than US$129 million of the US$282 million in agri-food products from Brazil imported by Venezuela. This comprised beef (US$81.5 million) and poultry meat (US$47.9 million) as well as dairy products worth more than US$38 million.
For fifth-placed Egypt, the main traded item was sugar, followed by beef (US$ 59.7 million), chicken meat (US$11.5 million) and pork (US$106,540).
For the year to the end of July, MAPA ranks China as the top destination for Brazilian agri-food exports (US$14.7 billion), followed by the U.S. (US$3.72 billion), The Netherlands (US$2.94 billion), Germany (US$1.63 billion) and Russia (US$1.37 billion).

Sharp increase in Russian pork imports from Brazil

For the month of July 2015, increased purchases of pork products by Russia helped Brazil achieve exports of 61,500 tons, according to the Brazilian Association of Animal Protein (ABPA). Of the total, 34,500 tons went to Russia – 51 percent more than the previous month and 143 percent more than July last year. At US$108.3 million, the value of those exports was 60 percent up on the figure a year ago.
Total pig meat exports by Brazil for the month of July were 50 percent higher than in July 2014 with a value up by more than 13 percent to almost US$158 million.
This improved performance has pushed Brazilian pork exports so far in 2015 to 290,700 tons, which is 2.6 percent more than for the same period of last year although the value of those products was 16 percent lower at just over US$711 million.
Chief executive of ABPA, Francisco Turra, commented that July’s strong performance bodes well for the full-year performance and indicates that efforts to strengthen exports and balance domestic demand are paying off.
Other recipients of Brazilian pork in July were Hong Kong (62,100 tons), Angola (20,600 tons), Singapore (16,100 tons) and Uruguay (11,600 tons).

China's soybean yield to drop to 11 million MT in 2016

China's soybean imports for 2014-15 is expected to reach a record-breaking total of 76 million metric tons, up 8 percent year on year, according to the latest projections released by the National Grain & Oils Information Center. The increase in imports is due to the higher domestic demand for soy meal as well as the expansion of crushing capacity that in turn promotes the growth in imports.
In addition, the demand of the food industry for soybean is also on the rise. The projections by the National Grain & Oils Information Center are higher than the current forecasts from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) by 2 million metric tons.
According to the data released by the General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China, in July the imports of soybean registered a total of 9.5 million metric tons, 17.4 percent higher from the imports in June, hitting a record high over the same period. The increase was due to the lower prices of the soybean imports in South America.
 As per projections by the National Grain & Oils Information Center, the total imports of soybean combined in August and September is expected to reach 13 million metric tons, jumping from the 11.06 million metric tons over the same period last year. As was forecast by the Information Center, in 2015-16, the pace of soybean imports is expected to slow down, with the forecast total imports being 77 million metric tons, a little lower than the current projections by the USDA. China's soybean yield in 2016 is expected to decrease to 11 million metric tons, down from the output of 12.15 million metric tons this year.

China’s Yurun Group approved to export pork to Russia

With China's latest renewal of pork exports to Russia, HRL Foods Co. Ltd. — a subsidiary of Yurun Group — has become one of the first pork companies to pass the product appraisal of the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance of Russia.
In accordance with the federal rules of Russia, meats and meat byproducts fall into the category of mandatory certification, which requires that the Chinese meat processing companies should apply for sanitary registration in the first place. Only companies that receive the registered certificates can export products to Russia. Russia also has stringent rules for microbiological indicators; the health of the animals; the processing quality, storage life and the packing materials of the frozen meat. In addition, the products must be delivered by refrigerated trucks with the manufacturer's seal.
Yurun Group is an enterprise group integrating food, commerce, logistics, tourism, finance, and building. The Beijing-based group was established in 1993. HRL Foods Co. Ltd. is one of the largest meat products companies in China.
So far, strict quality monitoring and information management platforms have been set up by Yurun Group to monitor and facilitate the purchase and slaughter of pigs as well as the distribution, wholesale and the retail terminals. Thanks to the platforms and systems, both the live production process and the source of the purchased pigs and flow of the meat products are tracked to ensure the safety and quality.

4 investment projects for China’s New Hope Group

The board of directors of New Hope Group on July 30 approved the company’s proposal for investment projects.
As one of the largest agribusiness corporations and the leading agribusiness operator in China, New Hope Group will participate in the following projects to help the company grow and better serve its customers:
1. Form a pig company in Guxian County, Hebei, to operate parent pig stock leasing business. The new company will cooperate with Fuda Cloud Feeding Management System of New Hope. Since its opening on January, 2015, the system has had scores of pig farms registered online.
2. Establish Poultry Farming Training and Management Company, which will serve as part of its “cloud education” platform to help poultry farmers
3. Set up Beijing New Hope Liuhe Food Service Company, as a sole proprietor
4. Form set up the Global Life Insurance Co., Ltd. (with a 1 percent stake). It is one step of its internet financial strategy in the rural areas. Since 2015, New Hope Group has carried out a number of projects on Internet Finance in the rural areas, and the market welcomed such strategy.
According to the estimate of several Chinese stock companies, the 2015-2016 earnings per share of New Hope will be US$0.198 and US$0.288 respectively, increasing 25.93 percent and 45.62 percent, correspondingly, compared to same period during the previous year.
New Hope Group is involved in breeding, animal feed, planting, technology services, dairy, slaughtering and meat processing and animal epidemic prevention, according to the WATTAgNet Top Poultry Companies Database.

WENS Group to merge with Guangdong Dahuanong

Guangdong Dahuanong Animal Health Products Co. Ltd. announced on July 23 the proposed merger of WENS Group and Dahuanong will be reviewed by China Securities Regulatory Commission in the near future. The announcement indicated that the giant livestock farming company has reached the concluding phase for its full listing.
In line with the merger scenarios announced by Dahuanong in late April, WENS Group would be a fully public company via the merger by stock exchange with Dahuanong.
After the merger, the legal personality of Dahuanong will be canceled, while WENS Group as the remainder company, will take over all the assets of Dahuanong.
WENS Group is a trans-regional livestock farming company which has established the National Pig Breeding Engineering Research Center, National Enterprise Technology Center (NETC) and it has seven national-grade animal species. As the most influential brand in China's animal husbandry industry, WENS Group harvested total revenues of about CNY38 billion (US$6.12 billion) and profit around CNY 2.9 billion (US$467.2 million) in 2014. In 2014, the sales of commercial broilers of WENS Group registered a total of 700 million, that is, 8 percent of China's broiler market; the sales volume of pork was 12.18 million head, 1.66 percent of the national market, according to Wen Zhifen, CEO of WENS Group. In the future, the pork market will be the main growth point of the company.
Guangdong Dahuanong Animal Health Products Co., Ltd. is an animal health products manufacturer, main products including veterinary vaccines, veterinary drugs, and feed additives. Dahuanong went public on March 8, 2011 in Shenzhen Stock Exchange and was the first stock company in Guangdong veterinary industry.

China to reduce corn acreage, switch to other crops

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  As China comes under pressure to reduce its huge stocks of corn, it plans to reduce acreage in 2016 and switch to other crops.

  From WATTAgNet:
  As China comes under pressure to reduce its huge stocks of corn, it plans to reduce acreage in 2016 and switch to other crops.
  China says it will promote beans, other coarse grains and forage grass where conditions allow. Also, more corn for silage will be grown for animal feed.
  The main areas targeted for corn reduction are the country’s four provinces in the northeast that produce about 40 percent of the country’s total corn output.
  Instead of chasing bumper grain harvests, China will begin to make safer food a priority and boost imports as it looks to tackle rural environmental problems like deteriorating soil and water resources.
  The government’s grain stockpile scheme, aimed at supporting rural incomes, has artificially supported domestic corn prices, making them 30 percent higher than global prices and triggering cheap overseas imports of corn and corn substitutes.
  In April, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) increased its Chinese corn stocks estimate for the 2014-15 crop year by a historic 15 percent, to 95.4 million tons, reinforcing concerns that the country’s import needs may have been vastly overestimated.
  The revision came after a sharp downward revision in January by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), which cut its medium-term predictions for Chinese corn imports. The USDA’s 2014 long-term import forecast for China of 22 million tons for 2023-24 has been reduced to 6.5 million tons.

China authorities seize 100,000 tons of meat, poultry

Authorities in China have seized more than 100,000 tons of smuggled chicken, pork and beef products, with some of those meat products being more than 40 years old.
NBC News reported that the meat was recovered by customs officials as part of a massive operation that spanned 14 of the country’s provinces. Twenty suspected gang members involved in the meat smuggling operation were reportedly arrested.
The value of the smuggled meat was estimated at (CNY3 billion) US$483 million, even though a lot of the meat was past its expiration date, and in some cases, dating back to the 1970s. Much of the meat also appeared to have thawed and been refrozen, as it is believed to have been transported in vehicles that were not refrigerated.
It is still not clear where the smuggled meat products originated, or how it had been stored for all of those years.
The meat smuggling operation comes less than one year after another food safety scare in China, where Husi Food Co. was accused of allegedly repackaging expired chicken and beef products and selling them with false expiration dates printed. Those expired products were allegedly sold to a number of restaurant chains in China, including McDonald’s and KFC.

China Animal Husbandry Expo draws record attendance

The 13th China Animal Husbandry Expo (CAHE) concluded May 20 in one of China’s most populous cities.  Hosted by the China Animal Agriculture Association, this annual event encompasses all types of animal agriculture production, which is held in a different city each year was hosted in Chongqing at the modern Chongqing International Expo Center. The CAHE is China’s largest exhibition for animal husbandry, with attendee numbers exceeding a record number of 150,000. In addition, more than 1,250 exhibitors were present throughout more than eight exhibition halls.
“Starting the week of activities at CAHE with the Global Pig Forum attracting nearly 500 attendees, this annual event for China’s animal production industry is increasingly drawing senior level management from the major poultry and swine producers throughout China,” said Dingding Li of Shanghai LyJa Cultural Media Co. LTD, publishers of Poultry International China and Pig International China magazines. “The increased decision-making level of attendees is a direct result of the continued year-over-year quality improvements from both local and international exhibitors and their significant investment in professional exhibits, high-resolution video and solutions based information.”


Avian influenza in North America top concern of CAHE attendees
While there was much discussion on the floors about the increasing investment and modernization in China’s swine industry as well as the concerns about how the low poultry consumption levels from China’s consumers is challenging producers, the hottest discussion topic throughout the show was avian influenza in North America.  Producers and suppliers alike wanted to know how this could have happened in North America, the place with the best biosecurity in the global poultry industry. They also wondered what its impact will be on the Chinese market.
Several local breeders are forecasting new opportunities ahead to expand their business in China as a result of the ongoing spread of avian influenza in the U.S. and Canada, and especially as the U.S. poultry industry considers vaccination as an option.
The CAHE is hosted in May each year. The 2016 event location will be announced in the coming months.

CP Group plans poultry, livestock facility in China

Government officials, CP Group livestock representatives, and representatives from the Yimeifeilin Ecological Development Group on March 18 signed an agreement to construct a facility to breed and raise 30,000 to 50,000 metric tons of poultry and livestock annually in Xinjiang, China.
The project also involves a grass feed processing plant, an organic bio-fertilizer plant, a livestock slaughter house, a forage trading center, a livestock and poultry trading center, an insulation materials factory, a storage and logistics center, and a modern agri-tourism center, according to a report provided by Smart Agriculture Analytics. The diversified livestock and poultry project will house 500,000 pigs, 300,000 laying hens, 5 million broiler chickens, 300,000 sheep, and 30,000 cattle.
The project is worth of a total of CNY7.535 billion (US$1.23 billion), with CNY6.275 billion in fixed assets and CNY1.25 billion in working capital.
CP Group, founded in 1921, is headquartered in Thailand. Its poultry, swine, and aquaculture businesses were formed through strategic partnerships with leading international livestock organizations over 30 years ago, according to the company’s website. The company breeds various species of livestock, operates farming systems, processes meat, and conducts mass food production in both commodity and value-added forms for both domestic and international consumption.

Guanglian Group feed facility online in China

A 300,000-metric-ton feed production facility came online on March 16 in the Chinese City of Xingyang. The project was built by Henan Guanglian Agricultural Group Co. Ltd., (Guanglian Group) and will specialize in producing complete feeds and suckling piglet feeds.
According to sources, Guanglian Group was established as a feed company in Zhengzhou in January 2005. Since that time, the company has expanded to cover various aspects of the livestock and poultry industry, with operations in Zhengzhou, Xiangcheng, Anyang, Mengjin, Linying, and Qixian among other areas, producing 180,000 metric tons of dehydrated corn annually, according to a report provided by Smart Agriculture Analytics.
Recently, Guanglian Group also imported 600 pigs from Canada.

Chinese processor accused of using sick pigs

Chinese authorities are looking into allegations that one of the country's most famous sausage makers used sick pigs in its products.
News of the situation broke on the night of March 18, when state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) reported that Xincheng Jinluo Group in Linyi City of the eastern Shandong Province, allegedly allowed a supplier to transport unquarantined pigs to its factory in Dezhou City.
The factory then allegedly purchased sick pigs and pigs that had suffered foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), even though the animals' ear tags and quarantine papers were printed by the sales agents themselves, according to a report from Xinhua News Agency.
In a statement released two days later, Shandong's provincial bureau of animal husbandry and veterinary medicine said that it will conduct a thorough investigation into the case, and will punish anyone implicated in accordance with law.
Xincheng Jinluo Group said on its website that it has halted all production at its Dezhou factory and sealed up all the products there, and that it will cooperate with investigators.
Founded in 1994, Xincheng Jinluo Group is one of China's leading meat product makers. It has an annual manufacturing capacity of three million metric tons, according to its website.

Report detail animal feed markets in India, China

Two new reports detail the animal feed markets in India and China.
“Animal Feed Market in India 2014,” from Market Reports Online, highlights the competitive market scenario of the Indian animal feed market and its growth prospects. The Indian animal feed market is experiencing rising demand due to various driving factors which, in turn, have been instrumental in providing immense opportunities to manufacturers to grow and operate in the market lucratively.
The Indian animal feed market is classified into three broad segments: poultry feed, cattle feed and aquafeed. The report also gives an insight into further segmentation of these sub-markets.
There are certain factors that have predominantly worked toward enabling the animal feed sector to grow in recent years. These include growth in livestock population, untapped market potential, increasing domestic consumption of animal products and growth of end-user industries.
In addition to these, the other factors which are contributing to the rapid growth of the industry include favorable demographics and increase in disposable income. For the animal feed segment, various governmental policies and schemes are being implemented under the 12th Five Year Plan. These initiatives are aimed at improving the status of the animal feed industry to support future demand.


China report
According to “Animal Feed Markets in China” from Report Linker, China's demand for animal feed has grown at a fast pace in the past decade. In the next decade, production and demand will continue to grow.
The Chinese economy maintains a high speed growth which has been stimulated by the consecutive increases of industrial output, import and export, consumer consumption and capital investment for more than two decades. This new study examines China's economic trends, investment environment, industry development, supply and demand, industry capacity, industry structure, marketing channels and major industry participants. Historical data (2004, 2009 and 2014) and long-term forecasts through 2019 and 2024 are presented. Major producers in China are profiled.