China Agriculture View

BEIJING, July 16 – China’s summer grain output, which includes mainly winter wheat, rose 2.2 percent to 123.35 million tonnes, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Thursday.

The rise was the result of increased acreage for wheat and rapeseed, said the bureau.

Pork output in the first half of the year grew 8.1 percent to 23.63 million tonnes, said the bureau. Beijing’s subsidy programme for breeding sows have encouraged farmers to increase the numbers of the livestock.