Government Helps China Feed Itself
CHINA - The government of China have declared a new initiative giving support to farmers around the country in the latest bid to meet the population's ever increasing food demand.

KFC: Colonel Sanders Turns to China
SHANGHAI, CHINA - KFC has set its sights on China to help increase sales as a US recession looms round the corner. The Chinese KFC menu will offer fried dough and preserved egg porridge alongside the usual helping of Kentucky fried chicken.

Grain Drain: A Chinese Affair with Meat
CHINA - A change in Chinese meat consumption habits since 1995 is diverting eight billion bushels of grain per year to livestock feed and could empty global grain stocks by September 2010, according to a new study from Biofuels Digest.

Human-to-Human Transmission Ruled Out
CHINA - A bird flu outbreak that was believed to be passed from son to father has shown no signs of human mutation under further analysis, Ministry of Health spokesman, Mao Qun'an, confirmed.

Food Safety for Olympic Sailors
CHINA - The Chinese authorities have launched a system to ensure food safety for the Olympics in Qingdao, the venue for Olympic sailing competition.

The Chinese Feed Market
CHINA - China's feed market experienced a hard time in 2007. Hog farms suffered a substantial reduction of hog inventory. Demand for Feed reduced largely and feedstuff price surged on a high level.

The State of China's Livestock
CHINA - China's feed market experienced a hard time in 2007. Hog farms suffered a substantial reduction of hog inventory. Demand for Feed reduced largely and feedstuff price surged on a high level.

Quarantine Lifted After 21 Days in Guangzhou
BEIJING, CHINA - 21 days have passed in Quangxhou since the last case of bird flu, so yesterday the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture declared that the imposed quarantine had come to an end.

China Begins Bird Flu Vaccine Production
BEIJING, CHINA - A Chines pharmaceutical firm was given the green light to begin production of a human bird flu vaccine yesterday. The decision follows more than two years of laborious clinical trials.

China Bans Turkish Poultry
BEIJING, CHINA - China has banned imports of poultry and related products from Turkey to prevent the spread of bird flu, the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) said on Wednesday.

Chinese Agricultural Boost to Beat Inflation
CHINA - China is to increase financial support for agricultural production in a bid to cool inflation, which has been blamed on food shortages.

The End of Slaughter in Chinese Marketplace
CHINA - A ban on poultry slaughter in traditional markets will take effect 1 April as originally scheduled, the Chinese National Science Council Chairman, Chen Chien-jen, said yesterday.

Back to School - Aviagen in Beijing
BEIJING, CHINA – Aviagen, the world’s leading poultry breeding company, recently completed a week-long poultry management course in Beijing. The school brought participants from all across China together to learn the latest information in all...

More Government Aid goes to $Multi-Million Storm Losses
GUANGDONG - As of 4 March , Guangdong's agricultural and livestock industries had lost more than 3 billion yuan ($423 million) to the snowstorms. In addition, the province's aquaculture sector lost more than 6 billion yuan, according to figures from the...

Poultry Vendors hit bird flu outbreak restriction
GUANGZHOU - Poultry of dubious origin has been banned from local markets to prevent a new outbreak of bird flu, officials from the city's administration for industry and commerce have said.