The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) terminated a purchase contract worth $240,000 with Chinese-owned Smithfield Foods that had been awarded under the Trump administration’s agricultural trade bailout program, a move taken at the company’s request, a department spokesman said on Friday [16 November 2018]…Full Article: The Global Times Nov 2018 Key Point In October 2018,
A delegation of nearly 50 people from the US state of Iowa started their 10-day visit to China on Sunday [17 September 2017] and a groundbreaking for a China-US Friendship Demonstration Farm, believed to be the first of its kind, is set for Saturday. Terry Branstad, the new US ambassador to China, will attend the
Some 20-odd Chinese and US enterprises on Thursday [13 July 2017] signed agricultural transaction contracts worth $5.012 billion, under which Chinese enterprises will import 12.53 million metric tons of soybean and 371 tons of pork and beef from the US companies. Nearly 100 officials and enterprise representatives from China and the United States attended the
In the heartland of Iowa lies a small town named Tama. Of the town’s small population of 2,830, over 800 work in the Iowa Premium Beef processing plant. The plant reached a landmark moment when it recently applied to export beef to China. It is now busy preparing documents requested by the US Department of
The United States’ best-known farm in China, Kimberley Farms in Iowa, received a group of leading think tank researchers from Beijing for the first time on Sunday [11 June 2017], after becoming an attraction for Chinese visitors since President Xi Jinping’s visit five years ago. Nearly 20 members of top Chinese think tanks, including the
Agriculture diplomacy is behind a plan to re-create an Iowa farm in Hebei province similar to the one that President Xi Jinping visited nearly five year years ago. The farm in Hebei province near Chengde will be modeled after a 4,000-acre corn and soybean farm operated by Rick and Martha Kimberley in Maxwell, Iowa, which
More than a dozen Chinese and the US enterprises on Friday [14 October 2016] signed agricultural transaction contracts worth $2.1 billion, under which Chinese enterprises will import 5.1 million tons of farm products from the US companies. Nearly 100 officials and enterprise representatives from China and the United States attended the signing ceremony held in
Members of a trade delegation from China, the world’s top soybean importer, signed agreements to buy a record 13.18 million metric tons of the oilseed worth around $5.3 billion from United States shippers after annual negotiations. US industry representatives and members from the Chinese delegation announced the agreements on a conference call after talks in
Hebei province and the US state of Iowa have been friends for 30 years, but 2013 could be a breakthrough year in their business relationship. “We have a number of exchanges, including in education and culture,” Iowa Governor Terry Branstad said on Thursday. “In the area of Chinese business, we’re really just getting started.” About
Xi Jinping “Paramount Leader” General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Chairman of the CPC Central Military Commission 1953: Born in Beijing 1969: His father falls out of favor during the Cultural Revolution. Xi Jinping (age 16) is sent to work on a farm in Yanchuan County, northwest Shaanxi province (one of China’s poorest