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CHINA, with one-fifth of the world's population and rapidly rising incomes, is a country that has naturally been open to speculation about its ability to feed itself and meet its [...]

Projections to 2030 for China reveal that it can meet its cattle feed requirements without additional imports of feedstuffs mainly due to the large proportion of crop residues fed to [...]

Due to increases in milk yield per cow and shifts to larger farm sizes, the total number of dairy farms in Japan is projected to decline from 34,000 in 2000 [...]

A recent survey shows a substantial number of large and very large size pig, broiler and laying hen farms currently exist in China. There are no comprehensive statistics on livestock [...]

China remains a major agricultural producer despite environmentalists' claims that it is inexorably losing its arable land to feed its growing population. Pasture and agricultural land predominate land use in China and it has a density of four persons per hectare, a figure that is more similar to that of European countries than Asian countries. At the same time, the government is also converting non-agricultural land into cropland to maximize agricultural production. China may also become a primary importer of livestock feeds.

China will not have to import feedstuffs until the year 2030, remaining a net exporter of a number of commodities. Even a slowdown in the economy will not warrant importation of feedstuffs, as the country can meet its feed requirements with domestic production. This was gleaned from an assessment of the supply-demand situation in the country and an analysis of its trade patterns. The country, however, will still import certain feeds such as fish meal, barley and wheat. It may also have to source feeds overseas in some years owing to meager harvests.

CATTLE accounted for about 26% of all metabolizable energy (ME) and 14% of crude protein (CP) requirements by animals and aquaculture in China in 2007 (Table 1), and by 2030, [...]

CHINA, with one-fifth of the world's population and rapidly rising income, is a country that has naturally been open to speculation about its ability to feed its people over the [...]

No sorghum grain There is considerable demand for sorghum grain to be fed directly to livestock rather than using it for bio-ethanol as well as other uses such as distilling [...]

THE sheer size of China, its rapid economic growth, relatively low per capita consumption of milk products (currently 17 kg, Table 1) yet very high growth rate in the past [...]

Total pork production in China is projected to increase from 42 million metric tons in 2000 to 57 mint in 2030, during which time pig inventory is calculated to decline. [...]

The demand for livestock product in China is expected to rise significantly as the country undergoes exceptional economic growth. This can be gleaned from the analysis of the country's per capita and total production of animal products from 1980 to 1995. Production figures during this period indicate profitable future for China's poultry industry.

Research on socio-political trends in Southeast Asia and China shows that the two regions will become major feedstuff markets by the year 2000. With population in the two regions expected to reach nearly one billion by the year 2025, increased food demand will naturally force crop and livestock producers to double their production. Increased livestock production will favor feedstuff suppliers who will then have to increase their production efforts.

FEEDSTUFFS will play a key role in China's ability to feed its people going forward. Results from energy and protein requirements are converted into trade-related data in Table 1, with [...]

A meeting sponsored by the Millennium Institute of Arlington highlights the current status of China's agricultural industry and what changes the country can expect. Findings suggest that the country's agricultural sector is lagging behind most of the economy in terms of development and that livestock projections presented may not be that accurate. The study also considered water supply and soil productivity.

LESTER Brown, president of the Earth Policy Institute, has done it again with his March 11 Washington Post Armageddon scenario titled 'Can the United States Feed China?' This is not [...]

Japanese dairy producers, like US and Canadian producers, are concerned over costs relating to liberalization in milk imports, and the development of the industry in Japan is very similar to that of the US. The industry has seen raw milk production rise 3.1%/year between 1975 and 1991, although butter production fell 2.3%/year between 1985 and 1991. Only small amounts of raw milk is exported but cheese exports have risen. Milk consumption has risen 1.5% per year from 1985 to 1991, although the number of dairy farms has fallen.

Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Richard Fisher's recent visit to Tokyo, Japan, during which he complained about the greatly expanded trade deficit the U.S. has with Japan, is just the beginning [...]