PDF version. Whether China continues its policy of food protectionism or shifts to market governance, a shift in its grain policy could alter the tides of the global grain trade. China is the world’s number one producer of wheat and rice, and second in maize after the U.S. Its total grain output at 435 million [...]

PDF version. China’s flour milling sector faces rationalization amid changing consumption and quality demands China’s wheat flour industry is by far the largest in the world, grinding up 115 million tonnes annually. Given its size, the rapid pace at which it is evolving is remarkable. The changes are many and varied according to the segment, [...]

A consolidated, more efficient feed industry is emerging, with scaled up plants and improved infrastructure. In the Yangtze Delta port of Zhanjiagang north of Shanghai, an ADM soybean extraction plant can crush 13,000 tonnes of imported beans per day. The state-owned company Nanyang Tianguan Enterprise Group in Henan province has opened a starch plant that [...]