The sizable spread between China’s domestic wholesale pork price and foreign-produced pork, which went as high as RMB 26.74/kg ($4.02/kg) in Shanghai this past June, has opened the door for record imports, and the market signals there remain quite bullish for the balance of 2016. Oilseeds Soymeal Inventories Top 1 MMT Ongoing sluggish demand from the feed market pushed China’s estimated soymeal inventory last week to 1.03 MMT, up 50,000 MMT (+5.1 percent) from the previous week. It was also the sixth consecutive week of increases. However, the total was 29.41 percent lower against the same week in 2015. Among the surveyed regions, the soymeal inventories in north China and Guangxi fell to 139,200 MT (-7.75 percent) and 75,700 MT (-14.73...
The magpie goose (Anseranas semipalmata) is the sole living representative species of the family Anseranatidae. This waterbird is found in northern Australia and southern New Guinea.[2] The species is not truly migratory but it sometimes travels large distances to find food and water, especiall...
The common ostrich (Struthio camelus), or simply ostrich, is a species of flightless bird native to certain areas of Africa (and historically, Arabia) and is the largest living species of bird. The common ostrich is one of two extant species of ostriches, the only living members of the genus St...
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A pika (/ˈpaɪkə, ˈpiːkə/ PY-kə, PEE-kə[3][4]) is a small, mountain-dwelling mammal native to Asia and North America. With short limbs, a very round body, an even coat of fur, and no external tail, they resemble their close relative the rabbit, but with short, rounded ears.[5] The large-eared pi...
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