China probes fake milk amid increased health monitoring
Alleged scandal could worsen consumer confidence in wake of coronavirus.
China uses dairy factory to show it’s getting back to work
As milk bottles and yogurt six-packs zipped past on a conveyor belt at a state-owned dairy, reporters heard a sales pitch from a Communist Party official: China Inc. has reopened for business.
Class III benchmark milk price hits five-year high
The October Federal order Class III benchmark milk price hit a five-year high this week at $18.72 per hundredweight, up 41 cents from September, $3.19 above October 2018, and the highest Class III since November 2014.
Trump Gives Farmers $16 Billion in Aid Amid Prolonged China Trade War
The United States and China are digging in for a prolonged trade war, with the Trump administration unveiling a new $16 billion bailout for farmers hurt by Beijing’s tariffs on Thursday and more companies saying they are redirecting supply chains away from China.
Can the world quench China’s bottomless thirst for milk?
China’s leaders have championed milk as the emblem of a modern, affluent society – but their radical plan to triple the nation’s consumption will have a huge environmental cost.
