{"id":1400783,"date":"2022-03-25T16:15:23","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T20:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1400783"},"modified":"2022-03-25T16:15:39","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T20:15:39","slug":"china-claims-it-will-try-to-fill-wheat-shortage-caused-by-ukraine-russia-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-claims-it-will-try-to-fill-wheat-shortage-caused-by-ukraine-russia-war\/","title":{"rendered":"China Claims It Will Try to Fill Wheat Shortage Caused by Ukraine-Russia War"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchina-claims-it-will-try-to-fill-wheat-shortage-caused-by-ukraine-russia-war%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1400783&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">China\u2019s Agriculture and Finance Ministries issued a joint notice on Friday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/page\/202203\/1256802.shtml\">urging<\/a> farmers to maximize China\u2019s spring plowing season of wheat and soybeans from early April in an effort to alleviate an expected global food supply shortage caused by Russia\u2019s latest war with Ukraine, China\u2019s state-run <em>Global Times<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n<p>Beijing\u2019s recent edict encouraged local agriculture authorities to foment an \u201call-out effort to guarantee the harvest of summer wheat and expand the planting of soybeans by all means.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The document enumerated specific goals, including the \u201crelease [of] one-time subsidies to farmers to alleviate the impact of agricultural materials\u2019 price hikes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAuthorities will also offer subsidies to corn, soybean and rice producers, raising the minimum purchase price of rice and wheat, as well as implementing planting subsidies to farmers who boost the crop cultivation of corn and soybeans,\u201d according to the <em>Global Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">China will mull over an &#8220;all-out effort&#8221; to guarantee summer wheat harvest and expand soybean plantation &#8220;by all means&#8221; amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict that threatens global food security. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8Z4r8okKxe\">https:\/\/t.co\/8Z4r8okKxe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Global Times (@globaltimesnews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/globaltimesnews\/status\/1507296677597954050?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 25, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The notice comes in the wake of Russia\u2019s latest war with Ukraine, which <a href=\"https:\/\/tass.com\/politics\/1409329\">began<\/a> on February 24. Observers have expressed concern in recent weeks that the war could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/03\/02\/experts-mideast-nations-dependent-ukraine-russia-wheat-may-face-crisis\/\">jeopardize<\/a> the world\u2019s wheat supply as Russia and Ukraine combined account for more than 30 percent of the global wheat trade.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20372096\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1239155143-e1648195233726.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Ukrainian servicemen carry rocket-propelled grenades and sniper rifles as they walk towards the city of Irpin, northwest of Kyiv, on March 13, 2022. (DIMITAR DILKOFF\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>China\u2019s March 25 agriculture communique \u201chighlighted the latest of a concrete effort from the Chinese government to secure the spring plowing of staple grains and bumper harvest against the potential impact of geopolitical tensions,\u201d according to the <em>Global Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>China\u2019s government <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2022\/02\/25\/china-lifts-all-wheat-import-restrictions-russia-ukraine-crisis\/\">announced<\/a> on February 24 it had lifted all remaining wheat import restrictions on Russia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWheat from all of Russia\u2019s producing regions will be cleared for export to China, provided they meet certain requirements,\u201d China\u2019s General Administration of Customs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/page\/202202\/1253110.shtml\">said<\/a> at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Russian wheat exports to China were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2020-09-02\/wheat-king-russia-is-missing-out-on-china-s-buying-spree\">subject to<\/a> certain restrictions prior to February 24. Beijing had imposed the limitations on Russian wheat out of concern over Moscow\u2019s ability to prevent the transmission of dwarf bunt, an agricultural crop disease.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChina will now accept wheat and barley from all over Russia, up from a previously allowed seven regions which excluded major growing areas,\u201d Rosselkhoznadzor, the supervisor of Russia\u2019s agriculture ministry, said on February 4 after Moscow and Beijing first negotiated the wheat export arrangement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChina will no longer restrict trade in the cereals to certain parts of Russia, raising the prospect of Russia being able to send large vessels through the key Black Sea export route,\u201d Reuters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/russia-china-grains-idAFL1N2UF10Y\">reported<\/a> of the trade agreement on February 4.<\/p>\n<p>Beijing announced that it had finalized the deal relieving Russia of any remaining wheat import restrictions on February 24, the same day that the U.S. and the U.K. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/02\/25\/business\/list-global-sanctions-russia-ukraine-war-intl-hnk\/index.html\">imposed<\/a> financial sanctions on Moscow in response to its invasion of Ukraine hours earlier.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China\u2019s Agriculture and Finance Ministries issued a joint notice on Friday urging farmers to maximize China\u2019s spring plowing season of wheat and soybeans from early April in an effort to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1400783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1400783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1400783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1400783\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1400783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1400783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1400783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}