AgriChina News Alert 1302

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Crops 1
2012 China's agricultural produces output sees increase 1
2013 Lowest purchasing price of rice released 1
China imports corn from Argentina for the first time 2
2012 Import & export of agricultural produces in China 2
MOA suggests increasing 2013 lowest purchasing price of rice drastically 2
China's main grain production area shifts northward 3
Gumuzhen: 2012 net profit would decrease by 80%-93% 3
Shaanxi: an important fruit production region both for China and the world 3
Edible Fungi Research Center founded in Yunnan Province 4
China's cigarette output up less than 2.4% in 2012 4
China brews soybean industrial policy adjustment 4
MOF allocates USD19.4 billion subsidies to support spring farming 5
China: cotton reserve measure facing with dilemma 5
Twelfth Five-Year Circular Agriculture and Crop Straw Utilization Policy Seminar held 6
Oil content of China's rape variety YN171 breaks world record again 6
Sinograin purchased 37.47 million tonnes of grain in 2012 6
China's accumulated occurrence area of pests and diseases to hit 367 million ha. in 2013 6
Five kinds of agricultural production supported by central financial 7
2012: China's enterprises purchased 314 million tonnes of grain 7

Agricultural means of production industry 7
Seed companies' competitiveness to be enhanced in future few years 7
Biological Industry Development Plan to benefit seven main sub-industries 8
Denghai Seeds invests in a new subsidiary 9
Seventh China Biological Industry Convention to be held in June 2013 9
China to build three state-level grain seed production bases 9
2012: China's pesticide technical output and profit both increase 10
2012: Abamectin-aminomethyl becomes the hottest registered pesticide in China 10
Both volume and value of China's pesticide import & export increase greatly 11
Domestic pesticide demand to see growth in 2013 11
Consolidation of pesticide industry accelerates in China 11
Canpotex to offer Sinofert one million tonnes of potash fertilizer in H1 2013 12
China Ocean University Organism signs agreement with World Horticultural Exposition 12
Overcapacity intensifies competition of China's fertilizer industry 13
Agricultural machinery and technology integration project launched in Wuhu, Anhui 13
MOA revises 2013 state supporting agricultural machinery product list 13
State-level High Yield & Quality of Alfalfa Demonstration Project located in Huanghua, Hebei 14
AGCO increases investment in China 14

Livestock & poultry industry 14
Fast-growing chicken calls for more supervision 14
Gaoping City again introduces live pig project 15
Chongqing to build state-level pig trading market 15
Twelfth Five-Year Plan for National Livestock & Poultry Breeding Pollution Prevention issued 15
DHN: 2012 net profit to increase by 8%-28% YoY 16
2012: Number of China's live pig slaughtering enterprises declines by 26.2% 16
Kondarl acquires the largest pig breeding enterprise in Xiamen 16
Zhengbang Group to invest USD317 million in pig industry in Bayan, Heilongjiang 17
Sunner Development: 2012 net profit to decline by 70%-100% 17
Market risk fund of pig industry development launched in Ziyang, Sichuan 18
Pork price up sharply in early 2013 but may not continue in the whole year 18
Beef price rises for 11 consecutive years 18
China sees large increase in pork import 19
2012 Jiangxi leading animal husbandry enterprises gain USD16 billion in revenue 19
Sanquan Food intends to invest in pig breeding industry 19

Fishery industry 20
Output of Hubei's freshwater aquatic products ranks No. 1 for 17 years continuously 20
Strategic cooperation established between CMBC and China Fisheries Association 20
China's first state-level freshwater aquatic product wholesale market located in Jingzhou 21
Haid Group to invest USD188 million in nine feed projects 21
First aquatic index in China officially released 22
Baiyang Group intends to purchase 100% shares of Jiadexin Food 22
The U.S. launches countervailing investigation on shrimp from China 22
2012 Guangdong Port exports of aquatic products & seafood see increase 22

Food industry 23
Yashili invests USD175 million to build new milk powder factory in New Zealand 23
Domestic vegetable prices continue to rise in Jan. 2013 23
Yunnan coffee tries to gain pricing right 23
Lu Zhou Lao Jiao makes great efforts to develop medium-end white spirit 24
Jiugui Liquor: net profit down 43% at least in Q4 2012 24
2012/2013 State reserve of sugar launched 24
Heilongjiang: Q1 2013 raw milk purchasing price determined 25
Huishan Dairy to launch infant formula 25
Shunxin Agriculture to invest USD76 in wine project 25
COFCO Tunhe: 2012 net loss predicted to hit more than USD111 million 26
Mengniu Dairy denies rumors of taking over Modern Farming 26
China intends to finish existing food standards clear-up work by the end of 2013 26

Macroeconomy 26
China's CPI in Dec. 2012 up 2.5% YoY 26
China's urbanization rate hits 52.57% in 2012 27
China's 2012 GDP growth at 7.8% 27
China's 2012 foreign trade growth misses 10% target 27
Online shopping continues surging in 2012 27