Well, Ghana has been refusing to take GMOs. They are probably pretty hungry. China has refuse literally TONS of corn because of GMOs and there are several other countries in Europe that either ban or require Labeling. I think Russia has a moratorium on GMOS for 10 years. So yeah, no one want it. The value of wheat from Kansas took a huge hit when they got contaminated by Monsanto GMO wheat. There is a lawsuit. No one but fools want GMOs.
Whole Food Markets is going completely organic. Yeah.
China does not give one gawd dam fu#k about what they feed their population! It's clear they are trying to manipulate the global market as they do our currency and it's working. They want cheap corn and that's all!
Here are some facts:
A US genetically modified corn shipment of 55,000 tonnes has been rejected by China on arrival at the Shenzhen-Shekou terminal near Hong Kong because it was not on Beijing's approved GM food list.
To date China has imported a record amount of corn from 5.23 million tonnes in fiscal 2012/2013 to record seven million tonnes of corn from September 2013 to August 2014, said the US Department of Agriculture.
(China, the world’s biggest meat consumer, may double beef imports by 2018 as consumers can afford to buy more products they deem to be safer and healthier, according to Rabobank International.
Shipments from overseas may exceed 500,000 tonnes as domestic output fails to meet demand, Beijing-based analyst Pan Chenjun, said in an interview. Consumption of processed pork products will rise by more than 10 per cent a year, she said.
A gain in China’s demand for higher-priced meat will help the beef producers including Australia and Brazil and benefit processors such as Tyson and Smithfield Foods, owned by Hong Kong-based Shuanghui International. China last week said it is seeking an agreement to resume US beef shipments by July 2014 after they were banned in 2003.
“China has a structural beef shortage” after losses in 2006 prompted farmers to slaughter herds, Pan said yesterday. Rising grain prices and the long growth cycle for cattle have prevented a quick rebound in output, she said.
China may want to add the US as a supplier to help diversify its sources, Pan said.
The country has banned American beef since a mad cow disease scare in 2003. It is also studying to lift a ban on Brazilian meat, Agriculture Minister Antonio Andrade said November 8.
Consumers will eat more processed meat because a more urban lifestyle demands convenience, benefiting Shuanghui and overseas companies that can cater to Chinese consumers’ tastes, Pan said. Spending on meat products is forecast to gain more than 10 per cent a year in the next five years, out pacing a 2 per cent annual increase in volumes, indicating people are buying more expensive products, she said.
As China produces almost all its pork, it will need to import more corn and soybeans to feed the herds, she said.)
Brazil grows GMO corn and soybeans for feed as does the US. Both countries us growth hormones for meat production as well as milk production.
Mad cow disease has nothing to do with GMO and first was discovered in Europe and spread to Canada and then into the US. People need to do their own research and then decide what they are eating and how far reached our food supply actually is.
