The largest pork producer in America is owned by a Chinese company, and a lot of people don’t like that. Critics of the corporate acquisition that took place in 2013 argued that Smithfield Foods ...

Politics aside, a Chinese-dominated pork perk in the Farm Bill poses a grave threat to our agricultural sovereignty. Over the last decade, foreign ownership—especially from China—in U.S ...

And that was before a Chinese company announced its intention to buy US pork giant Smithfield Foods in 2013. The way things are going, the United States is poised to become China’s very own ...

Pork belly drying in the village of Gang Biansun, near the pig farm in Hubei Province. When it comes to the Chinese diet, pork carries a special cultural and culinary significance. Credit ...

China's announcement that it will stop buying U.S. farm products is yet another setback for farmers already weary of a trade war that's dragged on for more than a year. "We need to find an end to ...

The shift toward mega-farms accelerated in 2018 when African swine fever ravaged China’s pork industry and wiped out, by some estimates, 40% of its pig population.

China last week made its largest cancellation of pork orders since the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, halting a shipment of 12,000 tons of pork, according to the Department of Agriculture. Meanwhile ...

While politicians pose in front of barns, tractors and fields for campaign ads, meaningful agricultural security policy sits ...

Targeting American farm products is a key part of Beijing’s response. It put 10-15% tariffs on $21 billion of American imports, including pork, chicken, soybeans and other farming goods ...

There is no more room for growth in Chinese pork consumption in the near future, Zhu Zengyong, ... Pigs are seen standing in a pen at a farm in Carambei, Brazil September 6, 2018.

In October, the federal government imposed tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles. In response, China placed a 25 per cent tariff on Canadian pork, raising concerns for Saskatchewan’s producers.