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BOABC cracks how to react to the acquisition of Potash Corp

In recent, BHP Billiton bids $45 bln for Potash Corp. If BHP Billiton finally purchases Potash Corp, its capacity will reach 25 million tons in 2015 accounting for half consumption in the world. Then BHP Billiton will probably monopolize potash fertilizer market that means a big threat to major crop producing nations

like China. Lately, the interference of Sinochem Group is becoming more possible. How will China do to react to the challenge? Mr .Chen Shuwei, Deputy General Manager of BOABC points out China does not have to compete with BHP Billiton, it is recommended to take certain other measures instead......


Price upsurge hits moon cake market

Middle Autumn Festival is just around corner and the season for moon cake sales has arrived. Different from years before, price upsurge hits moon cake market this year. Costs of materials, packaging and labor are all rising greatly. The price of moon cakes averagely increases by 5%-10%.
BOABC analyzes the price rise is mainly caused by the overall price increase of materials include flour, vegetable oil and fillings including eggs, green beans, red beans and lotus seeds, etc.....


Low Carbon£ºmodern agriculture¡¯s way back

Part Six: other facilities in eco-industrial park
Besides of energy supplier and professional biogas corporation, other facilities are required in the eco-industrial park, including organic compound fertilizer plants, fodder corporations, large scaled vegetable greenhouses and livestock and poultry raising corporations. These facilities will help achieve the balance of energy and nutrients in the park..
1 Organic compound fertilizer plants
Constructing organic compound fertilizer plants aims to reduce dependence on chemical fertilizers. With the utility of agricultural waste.....




HFCS project of Luzhou Food is about to starts production

A new project of high fructose corn syrups (HFCS) carried out by Luzhou Food Group started in Meishan, Sichuan Province at the beginning of this year. The project invested RMB 200 million has capacity of 150,000 tons and will start production in November. As the most advanced processing line in China, the whole process will achieve automated operation. It will produce various syrup products including F42 and F55....


Limited room for compound fertilizer price growth
Compound fertilizer price gained a rise of RMB50 ~ 100/MT in Aug., with RMB1,950 ~ 2,000/MT for chloride-based compound fertilizer with 45% nutrient and RMB2,100 ~ 2,200/MT for sulfur-based compound fertilizer with 45% nutrient currently...

Latest estimates of cotton acreage & production

Based on latest statistics, BOABC readjusts its estimates of cotton acreage and production in 2010. China¡¯s planted cotton acreage and cotton production are estimated to be 5.4 million ha. and 7.511 million MT this year, 0.47% and 265,000 MT more than last year respectively, 28,000 ha. less but 19,600 MT more than our previous estimates respectively.....


Broiler price going down
On 8 Sep, 2010, at the broiler wholesale markets of the 36 medium-sized and large cities, the average price of broiler¡¯s white meat is RMB13.16/kg, up by 1.46% an last week¡¯s. This week broiler factory price went up slightly. This week the average price of live broilers is RMB10.81/kg in producing regions, unchanged from last week. But broiler slaughter increase will lead to price down. It is predicted that ...

Upslope sulfur price expected
Sulfur price has been going north in the international market recently. International sulfur suppliers¡¯ quotation to China has moved up to $140/MT. Domestic sulfur price quotation is above RMB1,200/MT.As fertilizer producers¡¯ sulfur stock is still large, sulfur import price and domestic market price are actually at $120/MT and $1,150/MT respectively. Sulfur is mostly traded among traders in China currently. Large phosphorus producers, such as Yuntianhua and Hubei Yihua...

Stable hog price expected

The hog price hike in the near past was attributable to a temporary tight supply incurred by rampant epidemics and hog farms¡¯ controlled sale in an attempt to profiteer from higher prices. Spurred by high profit, hog farms were active in supplementing piglets to pigsties in the last few months. It is predicted that hog market may be roughly balanced in Sep. While pork consumption peak arrives around the festivals, hog supply is presumed to pick up in the meantime...


Vegetable price rising substantially

On August, the prices of Chinese cabbage, celery, spinach and brassica chinensis averaged RMB 2.66/kg, up 34.26% compared to the previous month and increase 11.78% compared to the same period of previous year. The prices of the four kinds of vegetables reached RMB 1.27, 2.13, 5.00 and 2.25 /kg, up 21.07%, 19.82%, 54.06% and 20.96% respectively compared to the previous month and increase 23.75%, 16.58%, 11.62% and 2.53% respectively compared to the same period of previous year...

key words :Potash Corp acquisition, BHP Billiton,Mooncake price rise,Chinese agricultural investment,Olympus Capital, Low-carbon agriculture

How to react to opportunities and challenges of Chinese agricultural investment
-interview with Mr. Shao Nan, Executive Director, Olympus Capital
Nowadays, with Chinese agriculture developing and policy support getting stronger, agriculture becomes a new field

for investment. But it is not easy for PE/VC to make choice. Recently, we invited Mr. Shao Nan, Executive Director of U.S. Olympus Capital to crack the code of Chinese agricultural investment. .....


Cheese is a dairy product with best nutritional value and health care function, and it is widely popular in many countries in the world with good taste and diverse flavor. In countries with developed dairy industry and some developing countries, cheese occupies an important position in the residents¡¯ dietary structure. To some extent, per capita cheese consumption is an important measure of dietary quality and level......



Potash Corporation, the world's largest fertiliser producer, probably doesn't want China to win control in a takeover war with BHP Billiton, says an analyst at Beijing Orient Agribusiness Consultant.
"China's potash demand will be more substantial in the long run than that of Brazil's or India's," said Xu Hongzhi."Who would want their biggest customer potentially to take control and tell them
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1.Special Report on China's Corn Seed Market in 2010

2.Special Report on China's Seed Market in 2010

3.Research Report on Application of D70 & D90 in the Market of Formula Milk Powder for Infants in China

4.Special Research Report of China's Coffee Beverage Market 2010

5.Research Report on Wheat and Processed Products in China

6.Research Report on China¡¯s Dairy Cattle Farming Industry

7.China's Cheese Market Research


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