Due to the Christmas and New Year holidays, the next weekly China In-Country Analysis will be 8 January 2020. Livestock Beijing Rolls Out 18-Point Plan to Rebuild Domestic Pork Supply Two weeks ago, China’s Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Affairs (MARA) put forth a directive outlining the central government’s three-year plan to restore pork production. Since then, more details on this robust policy goal have come to light. Vice Premier Hu Chunhua, at a 1 December meeting entitled the “market basket responsibility meeting”, reiterated the 18 policy support measures that local and provincial officials need to embrace in order to reach a self-sufficiency target of 70 percent. At the heart of these top down measur...
The Trump import plan for 300,000 MT of beef supplies used for ground beef, i.e., lean trim, from September through November has, according to Secretary Brooke Rollins, brought some relief to beef prices. The Executive Order states that the Secretary of Agriculture will analyze and review the m...
Key Takeaways: Texas illustrates the assumptions underlying the 2025 FMMO reform; Idaho exposes their limitations. The Southwest order blend (roughly 27 percent Class I, 32 percent Class III and 31 percent Class IV) exposes Texas producers to every lever USDA adjusted, with a near-neutral proj...
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