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Nearly all players in the Chinese grains market continue to operate with little certainty about how the central government intends to manage the transition towards a more liberalized farm sector.

Corn future and spot prices have dropped to their lowest levels in six years.

China is the world’s largest importer of genetically engineered (GE) crops and one of the largest producers of GE cotton in the world, but it has not yet approved any major GE food crops...

China is the world’s largest importer of genetically engineered (GE) crops and one of the largest producers of GE cotton in the world, but it has not yet approved any major GE food crops...

In spite of China’s economic growth slowdown, Chinese feed demand remains strong. Swine numbers are forecast to recover and poultry production is forecast slightly higher in MY2016/17 and MY2017/18.

Infographic highlighting the total exports, top destinations, and top commodities for U.S. agricultural exports in 2016.

At a combined $23.8 billion, China and Hong Kong represent 18 percent of U.S. agricultural exports to the world, up from 10 percent just a decade ago.

The United States exported 836 million gallons of non-beverage ethanol in 2015, nearly all of which was used for fuel.

On March 28, 2016, the government announced an end to the floor price for corn.

China’s huge grain stocks continue to impose severe pressures on China’s production and trade policies.

China notified the WTO of the National Food Safety Standard of Vegetable Protein for Food Industry (an update of the GB/T 20371), issued by the National Health and Family Planning Commission...

China is the second largest market for planting seeds after the United States. It is self-sufficient in planting seeds for grains, but imports some grass, vegetable, and fruit seeds.