China's rising meat demand drives Brazilian soybean farming and resource use

Behind a steak served in China, there is often a soybean cultivation in Brazil. A new study, published in Nature Food, ...

China imports no US soy in September for the first time since 2018

Reuters’ Ella Cao and Lewis Jackson reported that “China imported no soybeans from the U.S. in September, the first time ...

China’s tit-for-tat tariffs are costing US soybean farmers billions of dollars in sales — here’s how the ripple effect could hurt you

U .S. soybean farmers headed into harvest season facing a problem possibly more daunting than a drought or a tornado. China, ...

How China weaponized soybeans to squeeze U.S. farmers — and spite Trump

China, the world’s biggest importer of soybeans, has stopped buying U.S. crops to put pressure on Trump ahead of his ...
Iowa Public Radio

U.S. ginseng growers and animal breeders rely on exports to China. Now they wait on a trade deal

Will Hsu of Hsu's Ginseng Enterprises touches ginseng growing under a shade cloth Thursday, June 5, 2025, in Wausau, Wisconsin. Hsu said trade tensions between the U.S. and China have put most of his ...

China's fur farms see opportunity as countries cull mink over coronavirus fears

As millions of mink are culled in Europe amid fears they could spread the novel coronavirus, struggling Chinese suppliers are defying calls for their business to be banned and taking advantage of a ...
Sixth Tone

Pet Degree: A Top Chinese School Debuts a Companion Animal Major

One of the country’s top academic institutions will this year launch the nation’s first undergraduate major focused on companion animals. The program, an offshoot of an existing animal science major ...

China tit-for-tat tariffs bite into soybean farmers’ sales — here’s how the ripple effect could hurt you

U.S. soybean farmers headed into harvest season facing a problem possibly more daunting than a drought or a tornado. China, ...