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  • Southwest Michigan vegetable regional report – May 14, 2014

    Date:2014/05/18

    Much needed rainfall occurred during the past week. Unfortunately, so did the appearance of asparagus beetles and brown marmorated stink bugs. Posted on May 14, 2014 by Ron Goldy, Michigan State University Extension According to Michigan S...

  • Southeast Michigan vegetable regional report – May 14, 2014

    Date:2014/05/18

    Hail and wind hit Southeast Michigan, and rainy conditions are in the forecast and may delay planting. Posted on May 14, 2014 by Lina Rodriguez Salamanca, Michigan State University Extension Weather In the past week, rainfall recorded in S...

  • West Central Michigan vegetable regional report – May 14, 2014

    Date:2014/05/18

    Crop progress has been slow in West Central Michigan, but pests are becoming active. Posted on May 14, 2014 by Ben Werling, Michigan State University Extension The common asparagus beetle was sighted in asparagus last week. Be on the lookout...

  • Flint, Michigan area urban agriculture report - May 14, 2014

    Date:2014/05/18

    Warm weather has arrived along with abundant rainfall in the past week that has delayed some planting in the field. Posted on May 14, 2014 by Terry McLean, Michigan State University Extension Warm weather has arrived along with abundant r...

  • Apple trees respond to warm weather

    Date:2014/05/18

    It’s amazing what five days of warm weather can do. Check out these pictures of apple tree growth occurring over a span of just five days. Posted on May 13, 2014 by Amy Irish-Brown, Michigan State University Extension Warmer weather in the...

  • Prospects for the 2014 wheat crop

    Date:2014/05/18

    It’s difficult to predict the prospects for the 2014 wheat crop, but a 20 percent loss in production following the harsh winter may be a reasonable estimate. Posted on May 13, 2014 by Martin Nagelkirk, Michigan State University Extension Typ...

  • Northwest Michigan fruit regional report – May 13, 2014

    Date:2014/05/18

    Warmer temperatures have increased tree fruit and vine development across the northeast region, and growers have been actively covering the new tissue. Posted on May 13, 2014 by Nikki Rothwell, Emily Pochubay and Duke Elsner, Michigan State Univ...

  • Southeast Michigan fruit regional report – May 13, 2014

    Date:2014/05/18

    Warmer temperatures in the last week are finally pushing rapid growth of our fruit crops, insects and diseases, too. Posted on May 13, 2014 by Bob Tritten, Michigan State University Extension Weather With warmer temperatures in the last we...

  • Southwest Michigan fruit regional report – May 13, 2014

    Date:2014/05/18

    Fruit crops are looking good. With hot weather, peaches and cherries are blooming, and apple and blueberry flowers are opening. Posted on May 13, 2014 by Mark Longstroth, and Bill Shane, Michigan State University Extension Peach bloom near C...

  • Equity transfer will plays an active role to Zhejiang Yongtai

    Date:2014/05/16

    Additionally, equity transfer will plays an active role to Zhejiang Yongtai, suggested by Guan Hui, a secretary of chairman of Zhejiang Yongtai. “Apart from the increase in registered capital, the equity transfer fund would also service the cir...

  • Vice Minister Yu Kangzhen meets Polish Minister Marek Sawicki

    Date:2014/05/19

      Vice Minister Yu Kangzhen met with Mr.Marek Sawicki, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of the Republic of Poland and his delegation in Beijing on May 16th, 2014. The two sides talked about intensifying bilateral trade and economic ...

  • Chinese women get 180b yuan micro-financing

    Date:2014/05/19

    Updated: 2014-05-17 15:0   BEIJING -- Over 3.6 million Chinese women had received micro-financing worth 180 billion yuan ($28.8 billion) by the end of March, according to a statement issued by the All-China Women's Federation on Friday.&nbs...

  • Alibaba targets farmland in new project

    Date:2014/05/19

    Updated: 2014-05-16 15:59 (www.cnchemicals.com)   China's e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd has launched a new project under which farmers can rent out their land online to the company to grow crops, according to Xinhua news agency.  ...

  • Eatable roses planting in China's Yunnan

    Date:2014/05/19

      A farmer shows roses in Xuanwei City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, May 17, 2014. Xuanwei has planted 133 hectares of eatable roses for food processing. (Xinhua/Lin Yiguang)   Farmers pick roses in Xuanwei City, southwest China's Y...

  • China's agricultural investment in Africa not "land grabbing": expert

    Date:2014/05/19

    WASHINGTON, May 16 (Xinhua) -- China's investment in African agriculture has nothing to do with "land grabbing," an agricultural expert said at a seminar on China's agricultural investment in Africa Friday.   "I think the land grabbing idea is a...

  • Different situations in cyclamate exports for main export destinations in 2013

    Date:2014/05/19

    There shows different situations in cyclamate exports for main export destinations. In 2013, China’s cyclamate export volume to South Africa, the largest cyclamate export destination of China, was up by 55.0%. Similarly, compared with...

  • China’s Cyclamate Export: Both Volume and Price Fall in Q1 2014

    Date:2014/05/19

    China Customs’s data shows that the export volume of China’s cyclamate in Q1 2014 had been fallen by 7.2% year on year, and the product’s average export price was down by USD0.07/kg year on year. In fact, in 2013, the export vol...

  • Export volume of China's diquat TK down 16.88% YoY in 2013

    Date:2014/05/16

    In 2013, the total export volume of diquat TK and formulations in China was about 6,993.67 tonnes, drop by 6.61% compared with that in the previous year, according to the General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China (C...

  • Export volume and price of diquat formulations in China, 2013

    Date:2014/05/16

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  • Difference between imports and exports of TiO2 widens in China in Mar. 2014

    Date:2014/05/16

    Exports in particular In Mar. 2014, the domestic top five exporters exported 26,134 tonnes of TiO2, accounting for 53% of total exports. Among them, the top two were Sichuan Lomon Titanium Co., Ltd. (Sichuan Lomon) and Henan Billions Chemic...