China drives mutton record
The increased flow of Australian mutton into export markets so far in 2013 continued during October, reports Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA).
Mutton exports for the month reached 18,006 tones swt, up 45 per cent, or 5,546 tones year-on-year – the third highest monthly export volume on record.
Greater China continued to drive mutton demand in October, accounting for 49pc of total Australian mutton exports, at 8,904 tones swt, underpinned by record exports to China, up 141pc or 4,073 tones year-on-year, to 6,962 tones swt, respectively.
Mutton exports to South East Asia have also been at record levels so far in 2013, sustained by October shipments, up 27pc year-on-year, to 1,996 tones swt, led by shipments to Malaysia and Singapore, at 1,124 tones swt and 807 tones swt respectively.
Traditionally, the Middle East has been Australia’s largest mutton export market, representing 35pc of market share in October 2012. However, exports to the Middle East have steadily declined throughout 2013, accounting for 14pc of total Australian mutton exports in October, at 2,593 tones swt – back 40pc year-on-year and 29pc on the five-year average.
Reportedly, Chinese importers have been paying up to 80c/kg more for Australian four-way mutton than the Middle East, seeing China dominate the market.
Michael Boddington from Asian Agribusiness Consulting (AAC) has been involved in agribusiness in Asia since 2000. AAC has office both in Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City and China Beijing. So AAC has a thorough understanding of the Viet Nam and China aqua 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@boddingtonconsulting.com
Source: http://www.stockandland.com.au/news/agriculture/sheep/meat/china-drives-mutton-record/2677512.aspx
The Vietnam situation of the dairy cattle and milk industry
From 2001 to now, the Vietnamese raw milk only supplied 30% demands in domestic in spite of increase by 10% per year. In 2013, estimate the turnover imports of the milk and the production from milk will reach over USD1 billion, leading to the Vietnam on the top 20 country that imports milk highest in the global. Each of years, the Vietnam has imported over 1.2 million tonnes milks.
According to the Deputy of Director of The Department of Livestock Husbandry, Mr. Nguyen Xuan Duong, although the quantity of the dairy cattle increases to fourth fold from 2001 to now (increase by 125 thousand dairy cattle) but the Vietnamese consumption is only 15 liter milk per year.
According to the estimate in 2013, the total of the raw milk in country has produced 400,000 tonnes, it only supplied 30% demands in domestic and 70% milk remains must import. According to the General Customs Office, the Vietnam milk and milk product import had reached USD940.6 million from the first year 2013 to 15th November, 2013.
According to Mr. Nguyen Xuan Duong, by 2015, The Vietnam will produce 700 million liter milk and increase to 1 billion liter milk by 2020. Moreover, developing the dairy cattle family farm will increase to 10-15 dairy cattle per farm.
Otherwise, according to the Secretary General of the Association of Vietnamese milk, Mr. Trinh Quy Pho, according to the database estimated of dairy cattle breeding in 2012, the total of the cows in the country had reached 5,194,178 cows, in which the quantity of dairy cattle had reached 166,989 but only 98,372 dairy cattle produce milk. Specially, almost the Vietnam dairy cattle are breeding in family farm with120,000 dairy cattle.
In addition, Vinamilk Corporation has associated over 5,000 dairy cattle farm, equally 65,000 dairy cattle with 460 tonnes raw milk per day. They also have 90 tonnes raw milk per day from 5 their dairy cattle farms. In fact, they have bought over 60% raw milk of family farm in the country.
In the 11 months of 2013, the total of the raw milk in the country that they had bought over 150,000 tonnes raw milk on standard, equally VND1, 621 billion. Moreover, there are only 2 dairy cattle farms of Vinamilk that has achieved the ISO 9001:2008 standard in Tuyen Quang province and Nghe An province.
Besides, in 2012, FrieslandCampina Vietnam Corporation had bought 70,000 tonnes milk from over 3,100 dairy cattle farms in the country, equally 30,000 dairy cattle, and increase by 10,000 tonnes milk compared in 2011. They also have applied the program Good Dairy Farming Practices – GDFP of the FAO.
Michael Boddington from Asian Agribusiness Consulting (AAC) has been involved in agribusiness in Asia since 2000. AAC has office both in Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City and China Beijing. So AAC has a thorough understanding of the Viet Nam and China aqua 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@boddingtonconsulting.com
http://nongnghiep.vn/nongnghiepvn/72/1/15/118576/Nganh-sua-van-loay-hoay-tim-loi-di.aspx
http://vtc.vn/1-462849/kinh-te/gia-sua-viet-nam-dat-do-pha-lai.htm
The shortage the fund of the livestock farmers
Currently, the prices of live pigs and poultry are increasing while the price of feed decreased. This is the advantage condition for farmers to reproduce the herd size. The price of live pigs will expect VND50, 000 per kilogram. The price of chicken has reached around VND37, 000-38,000 per kilogram, increase by 26% compared with the last month. However, the farmers are short of fund because of losing profit in previous months of 2013.
Michael Boddington from Asian Agribusiness Consulting (AAC) has been involved in agribusiness in Asia since 2000. AAC has office both in Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City and China Beijing. So AAC has a thorough understanding of the Viet Nam and China aqua 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@boddingtonconsulting.com
http://vtv.vn/tai-chinh/nganh-chan-nuoi-khat-von-cuoi-nam/92072.vtv
Domestic feed industry production will exceed 200 million tons
Expected 2013 domestic industrial feed production will reach 204 million tons, an increase of 9.515 million tons more than in 2012, and the first time exceeded 200 million tons.
First, in 2013 the foundation pigs and sow herds remain high, while large-scale farming and feed industry groups continue to invest to increase production capacity, greatly stimulated the production of pig feed industry.
Secondly, this year, dairy prices are rising, the income of farmers has increased over the previous year, industrial use than the previous year showing an increase of the proportion of feed, all kinds of ruminant feed production than the previous year.
In addition, meat, egg birds and aquaculture affected by avian influenza and the impact of the amount invested seed yield than last year declined.
But the whole, pig feed and ruminant animal feed poultry feed and grow larger than the decrease in aquatic feed, production showed an increase.
Michael Boddington from Asian Agribusiness Consulting (AAC) has been involved in agribusiness in Asia since 2000. AAC has office both in Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City and China Beijing. So AAC has a thorough understanding of the Viet Nam and China aqua 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@boddingtonconsulting.com
http://www.zgny.com.cn/ifm/consultation/2013-12-02/256578.shtml
Developing the dairy industry in Ho Chi Minh City
In recent years, Ho Chi Minh City has a good development in dairy farming. There are 9,000 dairy farmers with over 90,000 cows in HCM city, averaging 11.63cows/household. The milk production reaches 5.100 kg per cows per lactation cycle, a 600 kg per cows per lactation cycle higher than the average of Vietnam. Besides that, HCM city is also developing dairy farming in the cooperatives model to save production cost from 5-10%.
Michael Boddington from Asian Agribusiness Consulting (AAC) has been involved in agribusiness in Asia since 2000. AAC has office both in Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City and China Beijing. So AAC has a thorough understanding of the Viet Nam and China dairy 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@boddingtonconsulting.com
http://danviet.vn/nong-thon-moi/nguoi-nuoi-bo-sua-dang-song-khoe/2013120911478607p1c34.htm
CHINA’S DAIRY COW POPULATION DROPPED BY 2 MILLION IN 2013
The number of dairy cattle in China has dropped by 2 million in 2013 from a year ago, leading to a decline in milk production by 15%-20%, an expert in the dairy industry told Shanghai’s China Business News, adding that the insufficient supply will continue to push up the price of raw milk. Gao Fuliang, general manager of the China-based Longdan Dairy, noted that due to restricted supplies, the price of raw milk jumped from 4,000 yuan (US$690) per tonne to 5,200 yuan (US$855) within a month…
Key point: Currently, China has a 40 million MT demand for milk, but only has a 35 million MT supply
Michael Boddington from Asian Agribusiness Consulting (AAC) has been involved in agribusiness in Asia since 2000. AAC has office both in Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City and China Beijing. So AAC has a thorough understanding of the Viet Nam and China aqua 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@boddingtonconsulting.com
http://chinaag.org/2013/11/27/chinas-dairy-cow-population-dropped-by-2-million-in-2013/
CHINA LOOKS TO SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THE SOIL QUALITY OF ITS FARMLAND BY 2020
China aims to cultivate 800 million mu (53.33 million hectares) of high-standard farmland by 2020, said an economic planning official on Tuesday. China will invest 1,000 yuan ($164.1) to 2,000 yuan [~US$328] per mu to increase yields by an average of 100 kg per mu, said the official with the National Development and Reform Commission, citing a recently-approved national plan.
Michael Boddington from Asian Agribusiness Consulting (AAC) has been involved in agribusiness in Asia since 2000. AAC has office both in Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City and China Beijing. So AAC has a thorough understanding of the Viet Nam and China aqua 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@boddingtonconsulting.com
http://chinaag.org/2013/11/26/china-looks-to-significantly-increase-the-soil-quality-of-its-farmland-by-2020/
China to gradually deregulate grain markets
China will gradually let the market decide grain and other major crop prices in a move away from the government-set price levels that have driven up cheap imports of commodities including sugar, rice and corn, the China Economic Times reported.
China’s agricultural price incentives triggered traders to import large volumes of these crops over the past two years, and in 2012 its sugar imports hit a record high. Corn and rice imports this year are also likely to set new records.
Michael Boddington from Asian Agribusiness Consulting (AAC) has been involved in agribusiness in Asia since 2000. AAC has office both in Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City and China Beijing. So AAC has a thorough understanding of the Viet Nam and China aqua 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@boddingtonconsulting.com
http://www.agra-net.com/portal2/pl/home.jsp?template=newsarticle&artid=20018085820&pubid=ag047&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
Tangrenshen Group plan to invest 486 million RMB to acquire Shandong Hemei Group, in order to gear up its feed business in Shandong Province
Recently, Tangrenshen Group and Tibet Hemu Investment Consulting Co.,Ltd signed “strategic cooperation framework agreement”. According to the agreement, Tibet Hemu Investment will transfer his 40% equity of Shandong Hemei Group to Tangrenshen Group, and Tangrenshen Group intend to use its own funds to acquire Shandong Hemei Group with no more than RMB 486 million, to accelerate its feed business development in Shandong Province.
It was reported that Tibet Hemu Investment Consulting Co., Ltd is the controlling shareholder of Shandong Hemei Group, holding 60% stake, and after the acquisition is completed, Tangrenshen Group will become the largest shareholder of Shandong Hemei Group. Statistics show that Shandong Hemei Group is a key agricultural leading enterprise, established in 2003 and is a large scale feed processing group, which has 24 feed mills in Shandong and the feed production capacity is more than 350 million tons and has more than 40 branches in Hebei,, Henan and Shanghai province.
Mr. Sun Shuangsheng, board secretary told reporter that after holding Shandong Hemei Group will accelerate its feed system through production base, network system and sales support, and expect the feed income will exceed RMB 10 billion. According to the mid year report of Tangrenshen Group, the sales revenue achieved 2.76 billion RMB, of which more than 75% pig feed while poultry feed had a very small proportion.
Michael Boddington from Asian Agribusiness Consulting (AAC) has been involved in agribusiness in Asia since 2000. AAC has office both in Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City and China Beijing. So AAC has a thorough understanding of the Viet Nam and China aqua 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@boddingtonconsulting.com
Vietnam’s seafood export still increasing to China
Since 2-3 years ago, Vietnam’s seafood export to China’s market increase strong, Vietnam is expected to increase the seafood export to China which is one biggest of the potential market of Vietnam’s seafood export.
In the first 9 months of 2013, the value of seafood exports to China reached USD390 million, increase by 32% year-on-year. Specific, in the third quarter, the seafood export to China reached USD159 million, increase by 40% compared to the same period. Which of the shrimp and Tra catfish are two kinds of main products.
The value of seafood export to China’ market has been expecting less USD500 million. In the few next years, the China’s market will open for Vietnam’s seafood.
By 2014, VASEP will survey to China’s market the demands for the shrimp and Tra catfish by the Aquaculture International Expo in China.
Michael Boddington from Asian Agribusiness Consulting (AAC) has been involved in agribusiness in Asia since 2000. AAC has office both in Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City and China Beijing. So AAC has a thorough understanding of the Viet Nam and China aqua 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 emailmichael@boddingtonconsulting.com
http://nongnghiep.vn/nongnghiepvn/72/1/15/118397/XK-thuy-san-sang-Trung-Quoc-co-the-tien-toi-1-ty-USD.aspx
