China wants to stop buying American soybeans entirely
Last edited Wed Oct 24, 2018, 12:59 PM - Edit history (1)
Source: CNN Business
By Daniel Shane, CNN Business
Updated 12:50 AM ET, Wed October 24, 2018
Hong Kong (CNN Business) First, Beijing slapped tariffs on American soybeans. Now, it wants to wean its farmers off them altogether. China has been facing a potential soybean shortage after it put a new 25% tariff on importing them from the United States in July, part of the escalating trade war between the two countries
China is the world's biggest buyer of soybeans, using them as a protein-rich feed for livestock such as pigs and chickens. More than a third of its supply comes from the United States.
Beijing's solution to get by without US beans? Give the animals less to eat.
One of the country's top industry groups this month proposed cutting the amount of protein used in livestock feeds, saying animals could get by with less than is required at the moment. The government-run China Feed Industry Association said a reliance on imported soybeans is creating a "bottleneck" for the country's farming industry.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/24/economy/china-soybeans-trade-war/index.html
7962
(11,841 posts)And I thought WE were bad about importing things!
marble falls
(57,102 posts)7962
(11,841 posts)And I know hogs feed people, it just seems like it would be expensive as hell to ship hog food across the Pacific
marble falls
(57,102 posts)food products. Hell, the Chinese are buying you tax dollar subsidized soy beans and corn. We live in an age of cheap energy.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,321 posts)(which are USA, Brazil and Argentina) in good condition in time. I guess it's cheaper to ship the unfrozen but bulkier beans. European countries and Japan also import animal feed - mainly soybeans and maize.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10705-017-9885-3
7962
(11,841 posts)Maybe not enough quality land
muriel_volestrangler
(101,321 posts)China's area is 9.6 million sq. km - 25% more than the 48 states' 7.7 million. But they have more than 4 times the US population.
dlk
(11,569 posts)That awful thing he and other Republicans continually rail about.
Roy Rolling
(6,917 posts)Louisiana farmers are losing millions in lost soybean sales. Their response? "Have you seen Trump's stock market? It's booming."
beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)spooky3
(34,457 posts)plus global stocks have been weak all year, thanks in part to Trump's unpredictability and bad policies.
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,492 posts)Higher margins and stock buybacks mean less money in yo pocket, bubba....... ......
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)GeoWilliam750
(2,522 posts)Also, would love to see the link.
BumRushDaShow
(129,084 posts)and especially for corn and cotton farmers.
But hey, MAGA!!!!111!1!!
Firestorm49
(4,035 posts)Bengus81
(6,931 posts)When they start their job at WalMart.
RainCaster
(10,883 posts)We will find some creative way to keep the subsidies going for all those DFT voting fly over farmers.
roamer65
(36,745 posts)Including corn-based ethanol production.
Let them stand on their own or go bankrupt.
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)Which would be the net result of the loss of counter-cyclical payments and farm income stabilization.
marble falls
(57,102 posts)7962
(11,841 posts)Others will prattle on not understanding
RussBLib
(9,019 posts)Oh, yeah, I'm sorry, the key phrase there is "Trump said" which we have all come to realize means that he is lying.
You seriously cannot trust one thing coming out of that scumbag's piehole.
modrepub
(3,496 posts)My sister works for a small private school in ME. A fair number of her students come from China, I should say did. Her school is now working on getting some type of international certification so they can take international students from other countries to make up for the loss of students from China. I'm going to assume there are similar drop offs at other institutions.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)about 2,000 now and they ALL want international students because federal money for local kids won't pay private school owner/leadership fabulous salaries.
ref
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https://www.privateschoolreview.com Find Schools
For the 2018-19 school year, there are 1,912 top private schools in Texas,
same for colleges in America-international students pay high tuition's . With the current Admins barriers to visas- they'll go to the excellent colleges in other less troublesome countries.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)shame for Americas 'soybean farms' to lose the "trade" with a country like China where the demand for meat has grown 80% in the past 10 years.
china has a growing middle class who can afford some 'extras' like meat because unlike the USA, chinas' middle class & their salaries are on the rise.
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)This is another stinking mess the republicans have created
farmbo
(3,122 posts)...will fill a lot of that market.
But gwad... the soybean growers worked their aces off for 30 years to gain access to Chinese markets, and Trump has destroyed that market overnight.
But as farmers certainly know... you reap what you sow.