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The Future of Fruit Farming: MD2 Pineapple

By Jenny Hoo

Published Sep 13, 2019

Pineapple pineapple cultivation Of late, the talk of the town seems to be revolving around the planting of MD2 pineapple. The questions is, why is this MD2 pineapple so popular?Pineapple is known to contain highest amount of vitamin C among all various types of fruits. It also contains a fair amount of magnesium, calcium, potassium and iron and develops a bromelin, of which is a type of enzyme... Currently, the main producers for pineapples are Thailand, the Phillipines, Brazil, China and Mexico... Due to the demand surge, lately Malaysia is also aggressively promoting the plantation of MD2 pineapple and DSTE Capital Limited is on the pace to be the largest MD2 pineapple planter in Malaysia, serving the rising demand from China and other countries...

Categories: Agribusiness, Organic, Specialty/Vegetable

How Brazilian Big Agriculture is Destroying the Brazilian Amazon

By Maria Dampman

Published Apr 4, 2018

From there, most of the soy is transported to China who is the number one importer and consumer of Brazilian grown soy... Will Improving the Brazilian Economy Kill the Rainforest?Fearnside states that Brazil’s explosive growth and exportation of soy to China is helping the Brazilian economy dig itself out of a financial hole but with dire consequences. According an article published by the Guardian, soy exports to China have increased 10,685% since 1995. In 2017, China purchased 50... The second largest supplier of soy to China is the U...

Nuisance Lawsuits are Taking a Bite Out of Big Pork

By Maria Dampman

Published Aug 17, 2018

Pork is the #1 meat consumed throughout China, and it is in demand like never before. Up until recently, most of China lived in poverty... As much of China is not arable land suited for either growing grains or raising animals, this poses an additional problem. China is roughly the same size as the U... After past instances where millions of people in China starved to death due to poor governmental planning, the government has become increasingly proactive in making sure that periods of mass starvation will never happen again...

Categories: Hogs

Mechanism of Trichoderma as soil conditioner

By Darren Chan

Published Mar 1, 2019

Nowadays, the rate of China’s fertilizer utilization is relatively low, a large number of the fertilizer is loss or solidified in the soil. This situation has led to many soil problems, such as salinization, hardening and acidification conditions. Why trichoderma can help soil build good conditionTrichoderma can improve soil structure. The hyphae and other substance reproduced by trichoderma can be used as a cementing material to help soil build a stable granular structure, which is porous & full of nutrition. Soil aggregate structure can balance the contradiction between water and nutrients...

Categories: Agribusiness, Corn, Organic

Citizens Weekly Newsletter June 1, 2018

By Angie Setzer

Published Jun 1, 2018

This Week In Agriculture:A Mixed Bag of Information from the Week that Was: June 1, 2018· A strong open on Monday night’s trade was quickly erased on Tuesday as this week’s holiday shortened trading session began to focus on crop conditions, wetter weather outlooks and geo-political headaches. As the dust settled at Friday’s close we saw corn down 15, beans were down 17 with wheat down 20. · Last week’s optimism over beneficial trade deals being locked in place quickly faded this week as the Trump administration announced punitive measures would be put in place if China did not do something to address the intellectual property theft taking place... Rumor has it China had worked to purchase nearly 37 million bushels of old crop soybeans in a good faith effort (with Brazilian logistical issues contributing a bit as well) but is hesitant at the announcement of new trade measures being proposed... · Also interesting to note from the global corn perspective, China has sold over 1...

Citizens Weekly Newsletter August 17, 2018

By Angie Setzer

Published Aug 17, 2018

This Week In Agriculture:A Mixed Bag of Information from the Week that Was: August 17, 2018· Though the week started seemingly weaker with traders still reeling from last week’s production outlook surprise, ideas that trade dispute resolution is right around the corner helped push the markets to a higher close. When the closing bell rang on Friday afternoon we saw corn up 6, wheat up 13 and November beans up 35 for the week... Some analysts believe cracks are beginning to form in China’s stoic façade when it comes to weathering the most recent trade troubles... · Concerns are also developing in China over a potential outbreak of African Swine Fever... In reality as with any story out of China actual implications will likely remain unseen for some time...

Citizens Weekly Newsletter November 23, 2018

By Angie Setzer

Published Nov 23, 2018

• Not much in the way of significant news throughout the week, as typical for this time of year in the grain markets most traders are already in holiday mode. Soybeans have managed to hold their own after a rough start to the week, while corn and wheat are testing the downside of the most recent trading range. • Corn traders continue to monitor what is taking place in the crude market as selling pressure there has ramped up significantly... • Several stories out of China circulated the news cycle this week as the G20 summit and the highly anticipated meeting between President Trump and President Xi will take place late next week. First President Trump tweeted late last Friday that he didn’t feel additional tariffs would be necessary if China was willing to negotiate...

Categories: Agribusiness

Citizens Weekly Newsletter October 5, 2018

By Angie Setzer

Published Oct 5, 2018

· A new NAFTA, heavy rainfall wreaking havoc across much of the Corn Belt, solid exports for 2 out of 3 majors and ethanol margin struggles were the topics most heavily discussed by traders this week. · Late Sunday news broke that an agreement had been reached by the US, Mexico and Canada to salvage the once tri-lateral North American Free Trade Agreement. The newly dubbed USMCA (US, Mexico, Canada agreement) kept much of the former agreements language but with a few new clauses attached for better market facilitation... · While there is some confusion as to whether or not this particular clause impacts US interests or not it is very clear the US is still working to isolate China economically for one, and that the possibility remains the US/China trade spat is setting up to go on for the long haul... However considering China is nowhere to be found on the purchase side the fact that other buyers have made their presence known can be seen as slightly supportive...

Categories: Agribusiness

Citizens Weekly Newsletter November 30, 2018

By Angie Setzer

Published Nov 30, 2018

· The moment we have all been waiting for is just a day away as the G20 summit kicks off and the world awaits the dinner meeting between President Xi and President Trump scheduled for Saturday... On the China side we cannot ignore what is taking place when it comes to the spread of African Swine Fever... · Traders have been monitoring the situation closely, wondering when we could see China enter into the buy side of our pork export market... Neither thought was right it appears as China was the 3rd largest buyer of 2018 pork supplies in this week’s export sales report and responsible for over 70% of purchases made for 2019... · Aside from China we are revisiting refinery waiver and biofuel blending requirements as well...

Categories: Agribusiness

Citizens Weekly Newsletter December 14, 2018

By Angie Setzer

Published Dec 14, 2018

· The week started with Reuters reporting China was looking to purchase 5-8 mmt of soybeans and that sales were just days away. President Trump agreed in an interview Tuesday saying China was in the market buying large amounts... 3 bln bushels) to China a year so while any purchases are a great first step in rebuilding the trade relationship we so desperately need when faced with a tremendous amount of on-hand supplies, we definitely need to see more... · Interesting to also see reports China will be looking to buy US corn for the first time in several years... Considering both the USDA and the Chinese government raised on hand corn supplies in the November report by several billion bushels, the idea China will need corn sooner than later is intriguing...

Categories: Agribusiness