October 04, 2011

China redrawing the global food landscape

20 years ago China abandoned its soybean self-sufficiency drive and began to import oilseed, feeding its livestock, with this move the Chinese changed the industry. Well its about to happen again with corn, in the near future China will triple its corn purchases. This will have an effect on the global market, at present Japan is the worlds biggest corn importer, farmers will start to plant more to cope with demand also the amount of corn used for biofuels could start to shrink. Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little, The Global Miller, published and supported by the GFMT Magazine and the International Milling Directory from Perendale Publishers.
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