CHINESE demand for New Zealand dairy products has well and truly “kicked”, however there is not enough Kiwi supply to satisfy "the dragon’s" increasing consumption needs,

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China Development Bank, the country's policy lender, said on Tuesday (14 May) that it has issued emergency loans worth 116 million yuan (US$18.7 million) to help poultry firms cope with the impact of the H7N9 influenza.

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At an executive meeting of the State Council, Mr Li said the country's agricultural economy has seen stable development since the start of the year.

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The Chinese government on Wednesday urged greater effort to ensure the smooth agricultural production needed to sustain growth in the world's second-largest economy, amid multiple events that have pummelled the farming industry.

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CHINESE demand for New Zealand dairy products has well and truly “kicked”, however there is not enough Kiwi supply to satisfy "the dragon’s" increasing consumption needs, providing opportunities for Australian dairy exports, according to a Rabobank dairy expert touring regional Victoria this week.

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Recent trends for Chinese shoppers to buy more milk has resulted in a dairy import increase of a fifth with New Zealand being the main supplier.

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The tide of agricultural exports from New Zealand to China could begin to balance out under a new bilateral agreement to promote agricultural cooperation, the head of New Zealand's farming industry body told Xinhua Tuesday.

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Kiotechagil China, part of Anpario plc and their distributor YueXing Biotechnology, recently hosted two conferences in Guangdong province where the current standards of EU pig production and performance data were debated.

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More rural Chinese people are turning their backs on agriculture in search for higher-paid jobs in factories, confirming the expectation that China would soon rely more on food imports in the future.

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The Ministry of Finance said Friday it has allocated 7.9 billion yuan ($1.25 billion) to support spring ploughing, which is pivotal to the country's grain harvest.

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Cruising through the winding roads of the Halsema highway, one is delighted with the scenery of fields on a rolling terrain of temperate vegetables.

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The discovery of traces of the toxic agricultural substance DCD in New Zealand dairy products sold in China has sparked a major reputation crisis for our products in that country but also presented an historic opportunity.

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China to help in satellite monitoring of crops.

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Kiotechagil China, part of Anpario plc and their distributor YueXing Biotechnology, recently hosted two conferences in Guangdong province where the current standards of EU pig production and performance data were debated.

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Responding to the occurrence of the A(H7N9) influenza virus in China requires strong biosecurity measures, FAO has said. Unlike other influenza strains, including highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1, this new virus is hard to detect in poultry because the novel virus causes little to no signs of disease in animals.

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'Intense' farming in China's developed areas blamed in bird flu risk .

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Kiotechagil China, part of Anpario plc and their distributor YueXing Biotechnology, recently hosted two conferences in Guangdong province where the current standards of EU pig production and performance data were debated.

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Vaccinating hogs and fowl will only be a last resort in staving off bird flu amid a potential H7N9 flu scare because once animals are started on vaccines it is hard to phase them out, animal raising groups said Wednesday.

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Chinese poultry-meat producers slumped in the mainland stock market as the spreading H7N9 bird flu in eastern China triggered speculation Beijing could order a mass cull in a bid to prevent infection, while vaccine stocks gained.

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Once an aquafarm close to bankruptcy, Haiwan Farm has been revitalized a decade later thanks to its successful transition to an agritourism base for urban residents.

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Authorisation has been granted by milk quality officials for Costa Rican milk imports.

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A sixth person has died from the H7N9 strain of bird flu in China, prompting officials there to step up its response to the deadly virus.

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Chinese public have been advised against slaughtering poultry for ancestral worship on the upcoming Tomb-Sweeping Day as authorities strengthen H7N9 bird flu control efforts after three deaths of the newly-found strain that has not previously been detected in humans.

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China's drought relief authority said on Tuesday that the drought parching the country's central and western regions has affected 7.3 million hectares of farmland, Xinhua reported.

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Over one million people in southwestern China are estimated to be facing a drinking-water shortage as two separate droughts continue to affect the area.

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The number of dead pigs found floating in a river flowing into Shanghai has reached nearly 6,000.

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PIC, a division of Genus plc and leading swine genetics company, announces agreement with the Shennong Agricultural Group to jointly invest in the operation of a 1,000 sow Nucleus farm in China’s Yunnan province.

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China continues to crush soybeans at a level well below its crush capacity and the nation isn't expected to reach that full capacity anytime soon, members of the Iowa Soybean Association on a trade mission to China told DTN Thursday.

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A drop of 41% in sales in January 2013, a postponement of a planned growth path from 700 to 800 restaurants and an extremely negative sentiment on social media.

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The Dalian Commodity Exchange said that it is collecting industry opinion on a draft proposal for the launch of egg futures as a part of its plan to accelerate the launch of new futures contracts.

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Zhongpin Inc., meat and food processing company in China, reported higher sales revenues and lower net income for the year ended December 31, 2012 compared with the year 2011.

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A grant from the Villum Foundation strengthens the scientific collaboration with China – and will benefit scientists and PhD students alike.

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Following an inspection visit from an official delegation from AQSIQ (the general administration of quality supervision, inspection and quarantine) of the People’s Republic of China last year, Hermitage Genetics Callan AI station has been officially approved for the export of porcine semen to China.

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The answer varies from 2 yuan (32 U.S. cents) per kilogram to as much as 30 yuan, depending on the variety.

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The Ministry of Commerce said Tuesday in an online statement that the average wholesale prices for 18 vegetables on the monitored list fell 2.2 per cent week on week during the period of 4 to 10 March.

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China is going to great lengths to foster a "new type" of professional farmer to inhabit the empty farmhouses across its vast rural areas and entice more migrant workers to return home to till fields and feed the world's largest population.

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The average prices of eight aquatic products dropped 0.7 per cent as compared with that of previous week.

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Nearly 2,000km (1,200 miles) away from the communist leadership gathering in Beijing, a small village on China's southern coast serves as a potent reminder of the challenges facing the senior party ranks.

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China's Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations have jointly held a Plaque-unveiling Ceremony for the FAO Reference Center for Animal Influenza in Harbin.

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China's urbanization drive could fuel social unrest over land disputes and pose financial risks if money is thrown around recklessly, a senior communist party official and a leading economist said on Thursday.

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China has developed four million hectares genetically modified (GM) crops, becoming one of the world leaders in biotech farming, a report on the status of commercialised GM crops said.

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Yum Brands, the company that owns the KFC fast food chain say China still remains the most important market for them despite the latest chicken safety scare, says vice chairman of the company Sam Su.

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Feed mills in China, the second- biggest corn consumer, will probably order more U.S. grain on concern that domestic supply won't meet demand before the fall harvest, researcher Yigu Information Consulting Ltd. said.

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China's central bank said Monday that it granted more loans in 2012 to financial institutions in rural areas in order to support agriculture.

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Fast food giant KFC has cut more than 1,000 farms from its supplier network in China in a measure to ensure food safety following the recent tainted chicken scandal.

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Farm produce prices in China have seen a marked decline since mid-February, according to a survey conducted by Xinhua News Agency.

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Chinese officials and experts warn the country's grain supply remains plagued by enormous waste.

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Rural parts of Liaoning province are putting more effort into quality agriculture to improve farmer's incomes and develop modern agriculture as the demand for higher quality agricultural products grows.

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Chinese officials and experts warn the country's grain supply remains plagued by enormous waste.

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These enterprises will be supported in helping farmers in several areas, such as the supply of agricultural machinery and processing and marketing of agricultural products, said Chen Xiwen, director of the Office of the Communist Party of China Central Committee's Leading Group on Rural Work.

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