Asia, steady recovery in shrimp production projected
The 2014 Global Aquaculture Alliance survey of production trends in shrimp farming polled 33 respondents from Asia and the Oceania shrimp producers. Asian production fell 21% in 2013 to around 2.7 million tonnes, with the most substantial declines taking place in China and Thailand. Although production in China is expected to recover this year from 1.1 to 1.2 million tonnes, output in Thailand is expected to decline even further to 200,000 million tonnes, with an eventual partial recovery in 2015. Production in Vietnam, Indonesia and India is expected to increase steadily between 2013 and 2016, with Vietnam and India achieving double-digit growth rates. By 2016, Vietnam, Indonesia, India and Bangladesh are expected to reach 590,000; 450,000; 395,000 and 107,000 million tonnes, respectively, in production. Thailand could drop from second to fifth place in the region, producing 328,000 million tonnes in 2016. Output in China is expected to reach 1.3 million tonnes in 2016, 16% below the record quantities achieved in 2011. These forecasts assume that impacts from diseases are reduced to manageable levels.
Michael Boddington from Asian Agribusiness Recruitment Training Development (AARTD) has been involved in agribusiness in Asia since 2000. AARTD has office both in Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City and China Beijing. So AARTD has a thorough understanding of the Vietnam and China agribusiness industry and produces up-to-date research reports on the market. We can offer insights on supply and demand trends and comments on the future structure of Asian agribusiness. If you would like to know more please email: michael@aartd.com
Source: http://www.asian-agribiz.com/display.aspx?PageID=0&MemberID=0&screenheight=900&screenwidth=1600#
More meat producers in China eyeing export opportunities in Russia
Five more Chinese companies have filed requests with China’s General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine to export meat products to Russia. The five companies are Shunxin Agriculture Co in Beijing, Linyi Xincheng Jinluo Meat Products Group Co in Hunan, the Delisi in Shangdong, China Yurun Group in Jiangsu and Sichuan Gaijin Food Co in Sichuan. Pork imports by Russia from China have resumed for the first time since 2004. China is set to increase the number of pork suppliers to the Russian market to 10 companies. Currently, only two Chinese enterprises, WH Group and Beidahuang, are allowed to export meat to Russia. The WH Group has already exported at least 3000 tonnes of frozen meat from its Heilongjiang Province subsidiaries to Russia.
Michael Boddington from Asian Agribusiness Recruitment Training Development (AARTD) has been involved in agribusiness in Asia since 2000. AARTD has office both in Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City and China Beijing. So AARTD has a thorough understanding of the Vietnam and China agribusiness industry and produces up-to-date research reports on the market. We can offer insights on supply and demand trends and comments on the future structure of Asian agribusiness. If you would like to know more please email: michael@aartd.com
Source: http://www.asian-agribiz.com/display.aspx?PageID=0&MemberID=0&screenheight=900&screenwidth=1600#
Corn Stocks Lowered to Just Below 2 Billion Bushels
Global coarse grain supplies for 2014/15 are projected 1.1 million tons higher. Higher corn production for China and EU, higher rye production for Russia, and higher oats production for Canada, more than offset lower expected corn and barley output for Argentina. Upward production revisions largely reflect the latest official government estimates and harvest results. Corn production for Argentina is lowered 1.0 million tons reflecting lower expected plantings, but the reduction in area is partly offset by higher expected yields with abundant early season soil moisture in key growing areas.
Global coarse grain consumption for 2014/15 is raised 2.5 million tons mostly on higher expected barley and mixed grain feeding for EU and higher sorghum feeding for China. Corn feeding is also raised for EU driving the increase in projected foreign corn consumption. EU livestock and poultry feeders are expected to shift rations toward coarse grains as abundant supplies and stronger wheat exports make coarse grain feeding more competitive.
Global coarse grain trade for 2014/15 is mostly unchanged. China corn imports are lowered, but China sorghum imports are raised. Mostly offsetting the increase for China sorghum is a reduction for Japan sorghum imports. Barley imports are raised for Saudi Arabia. Barley exports are lowered for Argentina, but partly offset by an increase for EU. World corn exports are lowered slightly with a reduction for Argentina only partly offset by an increase for Vietnam. Global ending stocks are projected 0.7 million tons higher mostly reflecting the larger China corn crop. Small reductions in U.S. and EU corn stocks partly offset the increase for China.
Michael Boddington from Asian Agribusiness Recruitment Training Development (AARTD) has been involved in agribusiness in Asia since 2000. AARTD has office both in Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City and China Beijing. So AARTD has a thorough understanding of the Vietnam and China agribusiness industry and produces up-to-date research reports on the market. We can offer insights on supply and demand trends and comments on the future structure of Asian agribusiness. If you would like to know more please email: michael@aartd.com
Source: http://www.agweb.com/article/wasde-corn-stocks-lowered-to-just-below-2-billion-bushels-agwebcom-editors/
Vietnam looks to upgrade farms to industrial scale
Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development wants to promote livestock breeding on larger farms and gradually shift farming in high-population density areas such as deltas to low-population density areas in the rural and mountainous areas.
The restructuring plan, aimed at increasing the value and sustainability of livestock farming, will also set up disease-free livestock breeding areas away from cities and residential areas.
The Ministry wants to increase the number of chickens raised on farms from 30% to 60%, duck from 20% to 60% and pig from 30% to 52%. The plan targets a higher rate of poultry, cow and buff alo meat aspart of the livestock sector, relative to the amount of pork.
The plan expects exports of 70,000-100,000 tonnes of duck meat and 1-2 billion salted duck eggs a year by 2020 while exports of pork is expected at about 1 million tonnes. The number of ducks raised would rise from 84 million in 2013 to 100 million by 2020.
The ministry will also offer training courses on breeding disease-free livestock to farmers and farm owners.
Michael Boddington from Asian Agribusiness Recruitment Training Development(AARTD) has been involved in agribusiness in Asia since 2000. AARTD has office both in Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City and China Beijing. So AARTD has a thorough understanding of the Vietnam and China agribusiness industry and produces up-to-date research reports on the market. We can offer insights on supply and demand trends and comments on the future structure of Asian agribusiness. If you would like to know more please email: michael@aartd.com
Source：www.asian-agribiz.com
Vietnam feed industry market situation
The demand of animal feed in VN always increase of 13-15% per year, It’s forecasted to reach 18-20 million tons of feed in 2015, with annual sales up to USD6 billion. Obviously this is a lucrative market, but local companies are completely overshadowed.
According to the livestock husbandry, Vietnam currently has 239 feed mills, including 180 local feed mills and 69 feed mills with 100% foreign investments. But foreign companies make up very large proportion of output, accounting for 60-65% of the total feed production.
CP Vietnam Livestock JSC now occupies the highest market share with 19.42% of the total production in the market; the next is the Cargill Vietnam Co. Ltd with 8.11% and other foreign companies.
Specifically, CP currently holds 40% market share for the chicken industry sectors; 50% market share in the egg industry and 18-20% market share in feed industry, as well as holding 5% of the total output of pig production in Vietnam. The largest source of revenue of CP is from feed production (accounting for 62.2% of total revenue). Although CP currently has approximately 3,000 dealers provide food all over the country, however, CP is expected to open additional 10,000 retail stores nationwide and build six feed mills in VN in 2014.
Along with CP, Cargill had 6 processing feed mills, bringing the capacity up to 1 million tons per year. The feed mills are located in Hung Yen, Dong Nai, Long An, Ha Nam, Binh Dinh.
According to Vice President of the Poultry Association of Southeast delta, Mr Au Thanh Phong said: “The price of feed in VN is higher 20% than in neighboring countries such as Indonesia, Thailand. With this price, feed companies can get 11-15% of profit after 5% VAT, while prescribed profit for this item in Thailand is only about 5%”.
Michael Boddington from Asian Agribusiness Recruitment Training Development (AARTD) has been involved in agribusiness in Asia since 2000. AARTD has office both in Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City and China Beijing. So AARTD has a thorough understanding of the Vietnam and China agribusiness industry and produces up-to-date research reports on the market. We can offer insights on supply and demand trends and comments on the future structure of Asian agribusiness. If you would like to know more please email: michael@aartd.com
Source: http://channuoivietnam.com/thi-truong-thuc-chan-nuoi-dn-ngoai-cam-dang-chuoi/
Pork supply source will be stable in Tet holiday
This is the time farmers prepare breeding pig for Tet holiday 2015. Dong Nai province has biggest pig herd in Vietnam with 1.4 million pig, up 100,000 head compared with 2013. The current price of live pig is VND47,000 per kg, this price is not as high as price in October 2014 but the farmers could still get profit.
On Tet holiday, the price of pork will not increase strongly compared with current price because pork sources has been reserving abundant in the farms, and large companies.
At CP, they are linking with farmers to provide 300,000 tonnes of pork each year, the size of pig farm is 1,000-10,000 pigs. CP Vietnam also linked with farmers to produce PS sows with the size of 600-2,400 sows.
VISSAN prepares 3,300 tonnes of meat and 2,500 tonnes of food processed for Tet, up 10% compared with Tet 2014, the reserves meat is enough for quarter I/2015.
Michael Boddington from Asian Agribusiness Recruitment Training Development (AARTD) has been involved in agribusiness in Asia since 2000. AARTD has office both in Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City and China Beijing. So AARTD has a thorough understanding of the Vietnam and China agribusiness industry and produces up-to-date research reports on the market. We can offer insights on supply and demand trends and comments on the future structure of Asian agribusiness. If you would like to know more please email: michael@aartd.com
Source: http://channuoivietnam.com/nguon-cung-thit-heo-cuoi-nam-du-hang-gia-khong-tang/
Livestock situation in Hanoi, Vietnam
Hanoi develops livestock industry with more than 1.4 million pigs and 19.3 million poultries. Beef production yearly is 9,600 tons; milk yield is 29,000 tons; pork production is 303,000 tons, and chicken production is 61,600 tons each year. The whole city has 3,259 farms including those are in large-scale production and outside residential areas. Of these, there are 102 cow farms, 716 pig farms, and 2441 poultry, waterfowl farms.
Michael Boddington from Asian Agribusiness Recruitment Training Development (AARTD) has been involved in agribusiness in Asia since 2000. AARTD has office both in Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City and China Beijing. So AARTD has a thorough understanding of the Vietnam and China agribusiness industry and produces up-to-date research reports on the market. We can offer insights on supply and demand trends and comments on the future structure of Asian agribusiness. If you would like to know more please email: michael@aartd.com
Source: http://www.vietlinhjsc.com/
Woolworths Liquor Group, Brad Banducc
The managing director of Woolworths Liquor Group, Brad Banducci, says Summergate, the large alcoholic drinks distributor in China which has just been acquired by the company, was able to increase sales in the past three months despite a tough market.
The acquisition is one of the first by Woolworths overseas as it lifts its focus from its domestic operations, where it is battling slowing sales in its core supermarkets business and heavy losses in its Masters hardware operations. Mr Banducci declined to comment on the price.
Woolworths runs the 189-store Dan Murphy’s liquor chain and the BWS chain, with 1230 outlets, in Australia as part of a liquor division which generates sales of $7.4 billion annually.
Mr Banducci said austerity measures imposed by Chinese authorities had crimped sales across the market in China but Summergate had been able to “hold the line”, and in the past three months had been able to increase sales.
He said Summergate generates annual sales of around US$40 million.”Its managed to actually hold the line, and in the last three months has managed to grow.”
Summergate is one of China’s top drinks distributors and represents a portfolio of around 80 global brands, including Concha y Toro and Chateau Masur. It also includes a small fine wine retail business, Pudao, with two stores in Shanghai and Beijing, along with a small online and direct retail operation. Founders to stay Summergate has 13 offices and 11 distribution centres and employs more than 400 people. It was established in Shanghai in 1999 by two businessmen, Ian Ford and Brendan O’Toole. They will remain with the business for at least three years.
He said negotiations had been going on for up to a year, and the signing of the Free Trade Agreement between China and Australia was an added bonus over the past few weeks as negotiations were finalised.”The FTA has made it all the more interesting,” he said. It would “absolutely” enhance the deal.
Mr Banducci said it was a low-risk way for Woolworths to start building a bigger business in China, but it was a strategically important acquisition. “It is strategically important. It is an opportunity for us to build a long-term business in a market which has huge opportunity and is close to us,” he said.
Mr Banducci said Woolworths intended to launch the Langton’s fine wine business which it owns in Australia, into the Chinese market as part of the strategic plans for expansion.
Woolworths’s liquor division has been one of the grocery chain’s top performers as it’s being outpointed by rival Coles in supermarket sales. Woolworths’s Masters home-building centre chain is also incurring heavy losses, with a break-even point having been pushed out further and investors are troubled by the amount of capital it is soaking up, and the impact on overall returns at Woolworths. ‘Conservative’ approach Woolworths chief executive Grant O’Brien said on Wednesday the company would always be very conservative on international acquisitions.
“We have a conservative investment lens, particularly in relation to international acquisition opportunities,” Mr O’Brien said.Mr Banducci said the wider Woolworths Liquor Group was trading solidly in the lead-up to the crucial Christmas period. “We’re optimistic for Christmas,” he said.
Woolworths runs the Dan Murphy’s superstore chain, BWS chain and owns 75 per cent of the ALH pubs joint venture.Mr Banducci said he had known the two principals of Summergate for almost two decades.”I’ve actually known the founders of the business for a long time,” he said. He said Summergate’s main business was in the wholesaling of liquor.
Summergate general manager and founder Ian Ford said that he and his co-founder Brendan “are both very proud that a company of the calibre of Woolworths Liquor Group has chosen to acquire our great business.
“I personally look forward to the years aheadcontinuing to lead and guide our fantastic group of people, striving to be the preferred partner to all stakeholders in the industry,” Mr Ford said in a statement.
Michael Boddington from Asian Agribusiness Recruitment Training Development (AARTD) has been involved in agribusiness in Asia since 2000. AARTD has office both in Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City and China Beijing. So AARTD has a thorough understanding of the Vietnam and China agribusiness industry and produces up-to-date research reports on the market. We can offer insights on supply and demand trends and comments on the future structure of Asian agribusiness. If you would like to know more please email: michael@aartd.com
Source: http://www.smh.com.au/business/retail/woolworths-buys-china-liquor-business-summergate-20141203-11ywsk.html#ixzz3KoLQ9gU3
Vietnam Livestock production in 2014 has growth relatively high
Livestock industry in Vietnam has growth strongly, it’s estimated increasing by 4-5% compared with 2013. In which, pig industry increases nearly by 3%, poultry up 5%, dairy up 12% and feed industry up 6%. This year, livestock production has good price, the average price of live pig is VND47,000-52,000 per kg, the farmers get high profit.
Livestock structure has been converting towards high concentrated farms. Increasing linked models in livestock production such as farming cooperatives and closed chain of clean eggs or meat products in Hanoi, Ha Nam, Bac Giang Ho Chi Minh City and Dong Nai, etc.
Michael Boddington from Asian Agribusiness Recruitment Training Development (AARTD) has been involved in agribusiness in Asia since 2000. AARTD has office both in Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City and China Beijing. So AARTD has a thorough understanding of the Vietnam and China agribusiness industry and produces up-to-date research reports on the market. We can offer insights on supply and demand trends and comments on the future structure of Asian agribusiness. If you would like to know more please email: michael@aartd.com
Source: http://channuoivietnam.com/nganh-chan-nuoi-nam-2014-co-dau-hieu-khoi-sac/
CP Vietnam Corporation provides nearly 300,000 tons of pork per year.
According to the CP Vietnam Corp, the company is expanding linked farming model to provide 300,000 tons of pork each year to the market. The size of pig farm is 1,000-10,000 pigs. CP Vietnam also linked with farmers to produce PS sows with the size of 600-2,400 sows. Currently, CP owns total approximated 200,000 sows with the average capacity of 23.5 weaned/ sow/ year. The amount of pork that CP supplies to the market is equal with the amount of pork in Dong Nai province.
Michael Boddington from Asian Agribusiness Recruitment Training Development (AARTD) has been involved in agribusiness in Asia since 2000. AARTD has office both in Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City and China Beijing. So AARTD has a thorough understanding of the Vietnam and China agribusiness industry and produces up-to-date research reports on the market. We can offer insights on supply and demand trends and comments on the future structure of Asian agribusiness. If you would like to know more please email: michael@aartd.com
Source: http://www.baodongnai.com.vn/tintuc/201411/cp-cung-cap-gan-300-ngan-tan-thit-heonam-2355157/
