January 09, 2014

09/01/14: China's new pig farming project; US farmers face historic freeze; Europe urged to embrace GM

A new pig farming and fee mill project is underway in Changling County, Jilin, China. 

The project - partly funded by the China National Cereals, Oils and Foodstuffs Corporation (COFCO) - consists of a commercial pig base with a 2 million pig capacity, a slaughtering plant with a capacity feed mills with annual output of 650,000 tonnes and a meat processing plant capable of processing 50,000 tonnes.
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Despite the harshest winter weather the country has faced in 80 years, grain markets in the USA remain firm, reported Farmers Weekly yesterday. 

Commenting on the current conditions, Brian Hind, a beef and arable farmer based in Greenwood county, Kansas has anticipated that the biggest danger for livestock farmers will come when the ice starts to melt on ponds.
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Later this month, a vote on whether to allow the EU cultivation of a variety of insect-resistant maize achieved through genetic engineering will take place . 

Although facing stiff opposition, if approved, the maize will be the first GM food crop authorised for planting by the EU in 15 years, reported British daily newspaper the Guardian on Tuesday. 

Commenting on the GM crop situation in Europe, Owen Paterson, a long-standing fan of biotechnology warned,"the longer Europe continues to close its doors to GM, the greater the risk that the rest of the world will bypass us altogether."
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An integrated project for the farming and processing of pigs in Changling County, Jilin was said to be well underway. The project which is comprised of a commercial pig base with a capacity of 2 million pigs, a slaughtering plant with capacity of 2 million, feed mills with annual output of 650,000 tonnes of feed, and a meat processing plant capable of processing 50,000 tonnes. China National Cereals, Oils and Foodstuffs Corporation (COFCO), one of China's state-owned food processing holding companies, will invest 40 billion yuan in Changling County for the project.

Read more at: http://www.feedmachinery.com/news/europe/construction-of-changling-county-integrated-pig-farm-underway-4147/
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An integrated project for the farming and processing of pigs in Changling County, Jilin was said to be well underway. The project which is comprised of a commercial pig base with a capacity of 2 million pigs, a slaughtering plant with capacity of 2 million, feed mills with annual output of 650,000 tonnes of feed, and a meat processing plant capable of processing 50,000 tonnes. China National Cereals, Oils and Foodstuffs Corporation (COFCO), one of China's state-owned food processing holding companies, will invest 40 billion yuan in Changling County for the project.

Read more at: http://www.feedmachinery.com/news/europe/construction-of-changling-county-integrated-pig-farm-underway-4147/
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