The price of live pigs has seen a decline recently as the North of Vietnam has recorded declining prices to VND 48,000-50,000 per kilogram, Central Vietnam recording prices of VND 43,000-44,000, and the South of Vietnam recording prices of VND 46,000-47,000.

Additionally, there has been a 1.5-2% increase in pork production from 2012 even with an equal pig herd size total.

While the price for raw materials have generally remained stable, there have been some changes such as a 5.1% increase in methionine prices, a 1.5% increase in soybean oil cake prices, an 8.1% decrease in manioc cutting, and a 1.9% decrease in fish meal prices.

Vietnam’s feed and raw material imports have reached USD 537 million for the month of October and have reached a total of USD 2.73 billion for 2013 to date, which signifies a 38.5% increase from the same period of 2012.

In other news in Vietnam, soybean imports have reached 79,000 tonnes and USD 49 million while corn imports have reached 284,000 tonnes and USD 83 million.

Source: http://heo.com.vn/?x/=newsdetail&n=4490&/c/=48&/g/=1&/29/10/2013/tinh-hinh-chan-nuoi-heo-thang-10-2013–the-situation-of-pig-livestock-in-october–2013.html

On October 24, 2013, reports from the Forum of Dezhou City loan business to the dairy industry indicated that because of increased dairy loans and construction of milk sources, several dairy bases are expected to settle in Dezhou City in the Shandong Province.

Currently, Dezhou City’s dairy industry is growing but the working capital required to increase dairy farms is significant as dairy farmers are willing to develop the industry, but capital bottleneck problems prevent them from doing so. For example, one domestic cattle costs 22,000 RMB and one foreign cattle costs 36,000 RMB; so if farmers want to buy ten or more cattle, then they need to spend tens of millions.

Mr. Canjun Ma, the director of the Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Bureau, said that the capital problem is a major bottleneck which restricts the development of large-scale cattle farm & production. To address this issue of fund shortage, the municipal Agriculture Bureau has come up with measures to promote dairy loans and the milk source construction work.

There are several dairy development projects currently underway including the 5000 ecological demonstration dairy farm in Ling Town invested by Bright Dairy & Food Co. Ltd. as well as 3 million cattle bases in Dezhou City built by Zibo Agricultural Group, Tianjin Farm Group and Shanghai Holstein Dairy Company.

Source:  http://news.163.com/13/1029/20/9CCMCB8N00014AED.html

he State Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine and Standardization Administration of China issued a new overhaul of “feed label” (GB10648-2013), and will come into effect on July 1, 2014.

“Feed label” and “feed hygiene standards “are two important mandatory national standards in feed industry and play a crucial role in standardizing the production and operation order as well as improving product quality and safety standards. In line with the promulgation and implementation of “feed and feed additives regulations”, the China Feed Industry Association and the National Feed Industry Standardization Committee promptly organized the revision of the “Feed label” standards.

The new overhaul of the “Feed label” added new definitions to feed, feed ingredients and feed additives;  new regulations that prohibit the phrase “with the prevention or treatment of animal diseases” in the product label; makes product names adopt a common name as well as provide a generic name for various types of feed formulation and labels; necessitates feed additives, trace elements and vitamins premix pre- mixed feed to be marked with the recommended dosage and precautions; creates strict label rules about animal feed, processed products, customized products, imported products and the specific GMO requirements; forces Chinese labels to keep consistent to the date marked on original products; and stipulates that labels shall not be obscured; along with other regulations.

Successful implementation of a “feed label” standard is meant to not only promote the feed label standardization of effective measures, but also regulate the feed production and business activities, maintain market order, and protect the legitimate rights and interests of the production and operation of an important means of the user. This display of a more regulated standard of the “feed label” should have a strong significance in China’s feed industry.

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 cattle 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.tech-food.com/news/2013-10-23/n1038388.htm

Recently, China’s dairy industry has developed rapidly, the tight supply of milk generally become a “bottleneck” to milk processing enterprises. With the increased demand for dairy products , which to some extent also bring a certain amount of pressure to the supply of raw milk.

To ease the pressure on tight supply of raw milk and ensure milk product quality, Hebei Junlebao Dairy Company Limited carried out many measures including financial assistance, technical training and other assistance measures in the most concrete affirmative action to protect raw milk supply stability.

One responsible person from Junlebao Dairy Company Limited said, ” to establish a stable market order and raw milk supply that does not fluctuate the enterprise production is still expected to be an important part of national regulatory policies , however, at this stage , domestic dairy companies still continue to face the current tensions brought by the raw milk market situation, thus Junlebao will continue to be a more pragmatic approach to enhance milk , ranch building in order to avoid tensions brought milk quality risks . ”

In 2012, Junlebao officially launched the “Sino-Canadian cooperation ranch project” and is expected to be formally completed in 2014. Project consists 500 acres, standardization of breeding sites for dairy farming, and in the future will introduce 5000 high-quality, high-yielding Holstein cows. In addition, this project also has 500 acres of high-quality forage demonstration base, mainly cultivate high yield and quality alfalfa grass and annual output expected around 8,100 tons. This base is aimed to lower feed costs and improve economic efficiency. Pasture base will gradually increase in the formal operational level of dairy farming, greatly improve breeding efficiency, which can ensure milk quality and enhance the competitiveness of Hebei province dairy.

Source:  http://food.sdchina.com/show/2790275.html

According to the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Nghe An Province, the total number of dairy cattle in the Nghe An Province has reached 33,000, helping to make the Nghe An Province the biggest breeders of dairy cattle in Vietnam, including 30,000 dairy cattle owned by the TH Group.

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

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