China to Boost Dairy Investment Overseas Yashili, one of China's top dairy producers, recently announced that it will invest $210 million in building a milk processing plant in New Zealand. The investment comes a month after China's Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial group flagged the plan to spend $214 million on buying and upgrading Oceania Dairy Group's South Canterbury milk powder plant. Just a few months ago in October 2012, Synutra International, China's third-largest infant formula producer, signed an investment deal worth $130 million with French dairy cooperative Sodiaal, the fourth-largest dairy group in Europe.Rising incomes and increasing health consciousness are increasing the demand for dairy. Driven by the tremendous demand, C...
Key Takeaways: Brazil confirmed a Newcastle disease outbreak at a commercial turkey farm in Santa Catarina on 18 October, raising concerns about potential disruptions to poultry exports despite the outbreak being confined to a single facility thus far. Mexico and Malaysia have imposed nationwi...
Yesterday, Alberta held a referendum on whether to begin the process toward independence from Canada. With more than one million votes counted as of early Tuesday morning, around 77 percent supported remaining in Canada, and 23 percent voted to start the process of separation, according to unof...
Mediterranean/Middle East/North Africa/Africa – MEA Region Pakistan’s smaller wheat farmers have been holding protests to complain about the lack of a support price for wheat and the potential expansion of GMO crop production. They also want the reinstatement of PASSCO, the governme...
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