It is clear that China's new administration continues to consider the nation's agricultural development and reform to be its top priority as adjustments in policies are considered to address a number of issues. China Calls for Transforming Agricultural Development Model China's leaders and senior officials recently concluded the three-day Central Economic Work Conference, a crucial meeting that set the tone for 2015 economic policies. Transformation of the agricultural development model and accelerating agricultural reform were conference highlights. Below are the key areas of discussion:
Pressures on agriculture to increase production in recent years have resulted in environmental degradation. Deforestation, erosion, desertification a...
What You Need to Know Today: Oil prices surged today following reports of tanker attacks off the coast of Saudi Arabia by Houthi rebels and renewed U.S. threats to escalate military strikes against Iran, heightening concerns over potential disruptions to Middle East energy supplies. Brent crud...
Key Takeaways: The latest UN data shows solid progress reducing global hunger and food insecurity. The geography of hunger-affected people has shifted substantially, however, and Africa is now the most affected region. To understand why hunger patterns have shifted and what policy option...
USDA’s monthly cattle on feed report for 1 July will be released tomorrow. Analysts’ pre-report consensus estimates are for the total inventory on feed to be 102.2 percent of last year. Those estimates imply an on-feed inventory of 11.327 million head. If accurate, that would be the...
