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China needs oils and grain security-Short, go to China today!
So says this article--why is not a better oil deal or wheat deal in China already in place? This is not new news. This is where Brad really failed us shareholders, unless deals are already on place and the SEC won't let them tell us until refiling is done.
The article>>
Friday, 10 July 2009, 8:36
:. Food Industry News
Categories: Food Ingredients News
China's Edible Oil Consumption to See Brisk Growth
Source: Reuters
10/07/2009
Beijing, July 10 - China, already the world's leading consumer of vegetable oils, will see imports surge over the next decade with farmland scarce and changing eating habits fuelling demand growth, a cabinet think-tank researcher said.
Daily News Alerts
The consumption of cooking oils such as soy and palm grew an average of 9.1 percent to reach 24 million tonnes last year, driven largely by changes in diet triggered by rising incomes, mainly in the countryside, said Cheng Guoqiang, of the State Council Development Research Center.
Consumption will continue to grow at between 6 and 9 percent a year in coming years, he added, suggesting even quicker import growth given limited scope to expand domestic crops without endangering its ability to remain self-sufficient in grains.
"If you compare mainland China with Taiwan, which shares the same dining culture, there is still a lot of room for Chinese consumption to grow," Cheng told an oilseeds conference.
Per capita consumption of cooking oil in China, where oily, fried food is popular on many dining tables, stood at 15.5 kg in 2007, compared to 25 kg in Taiwan, he said.
China is already the world's top importer of soybean, the raw material for both edible oils and animal feed, and there is little immediate alternative to rising dependence on imports, which now meet about two-thirds of its needs.
Soybean imports grew at an average of 27 percent over the past decade, and stood at 37 million tonnes last year, nearly 52 percent of total world trade, Cheng said.
China's palm oil imports have grown by an average of 18 percent over the past ten years, reaching 5.28 million tonnes in 2008, while soyoil imports grew 13 percent a year to nearly 3 million tonnes last year.
China does not produce palmoil, importing instead from top growers Indonesia and Malaysia, while its soy crop areas -- mainly in the northeast provinces -- have produced steady output over past years at about 15 million tonnes a year.
The country's rapeseed areas also remained relatively stable with annual output of between 10 to 13 million tonnes, said Cheng, and it would be forced to cut back production of vital corn or wheat in order to expand its oilseed acreage.
China, the world's largest wheat producer and consumer, needs about 100 million tonnes of wheat a year and grain security is a bigger concern in Beijing than other crops.
It has been state policy to try to be self-sufficient in grain, with world trade volumes insufficient to meet demand and large import rates likely to disrupt the global market.
"To import soybeans is the only choice. But how to achieve a steady inflow, that is the issue we are still studying," said Cheng.
China's soybean crushing industry, the world's largest with a daily capacity of 233,220 tonnes, is dominated by four major players that process half of its soy imports: Wilmar International with 21 percent, followed by state-owned COFCO Co. Ltd , Cargill Inc and Noble Group.
Beijing's stockpiling of soybeans since late last year has made domestic crops expensive and led crushers to import more cargoes this year, driving benchmark soy prices on the Chicago Board of Trade to a mine-month high in June.
http://www.flex-news-food.com/pages/24809/China/Soy/Vegetable-Oil/chinas-edible-oil-consumption-brisk-growth.html
When Short gets Z money stock .83?
I posted this before, but it is more relevant today. When GCFB got a bridge loan it's stock, on a closing basis, went from .19 on May 1st to .72 three trading days later. If NTRZ compares from today's close of .22, we would go to .83. Of course circumstances are different and NTRZ may not do that, but GCFB is losing tons of money and no big profits in sight. NTRZ should be cash flow positive probably Q4(All the legal fees will hurt Q3).
At any rate, I feel Z COULD go up 50% anyway on the day we get cash. The difference between GCFB and NTRZ is that Z should keep going up.
http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=GCFB&p=...
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/is?s=GCFB&ann...
Short sellers will be screwed, and deservedly so.
By the way, I have eaten at GCFB many times. I love their meatloaf.
More positive health food trends article, bullish for NTRZ
Aging population could boost sales of healthy foods
By Caroline Scott-Thomas, 08-Jul-2009
Related topics: Consumer Trends
Foods that are perceived to bring added health benefits are forecast to be among the fastest growing market trends over the next decade, according to a new report from the NPD Group.
The report, A Look into the Future of Eating, suggests that organic and low-calorie foods in particular will experience a surge in popularity as the baby boomer generation gets older.
The report’s author and director of product development at NPD Ann Hanson said: “As the population ages, levels of concern regarding food and nutrition are expected to rise. For this reason, ‘better for you’ food options are forecasted to grow strongly over the next ten years.”
But even more than low-calorie and diet options, it is the organic sector which is predicted to experience to strongest growth – 41 percent over the next decade, compared to 18 percent for light/lite/diet/low-calorie labels.
Hanson told FoodNavigator-USA.com: “As they grow older, people are more likely to be overweight, to diet, and to have medical conditions. Attitudinally, they are more likely to be concerned about certain things…There is a growing awareness among consumers in general about healthy eating. People are becoming more sophisticated.”
She added that the study’s findings have major implications for food companies in terms of long-term product development.
Interest in organic foods has boomed over the past decade, although the sector’s growth has slowed recently as consumers have felt the pinch during the economic crisis.
Supply and demand
However, if the NPD Group’s prediction is correct that older consumers will ditch non-organic foods and help to reinvigorate the organic market, there are concerns that US suppliers may struggle to keep up with demand.
A recent report from the US Department of Agriculture said that although certified organic acreage has doubled in the US since 1997, organic food sales have quintupled over the same period, from $3.6bn to $21.1bn last year. This has led handlers to look to international markets for supplies – which can often be cheaper due to lower labor and input costs.
Fortified foods
Older consumers are also expected to show an interest in ingredients for health and wellness, so as their numbers swell, so will sales of foods with added health benefits. “Even though obesity is not expected to outpace population growth – we expect that nearly half of our population will continue to be overweight or obese and, tied with the aging of the population, will bring rising medical concerns,” said the report.
“Healthy options for ‘heart health’, for diabetics, for weight control or loss, and to address other health-related needs should also represent a growing opportunity.”
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the number of Americans aged 65 or over is expected to more than double by 2030 compared to 2000 levels, from 35m to 71m. It says that the rapid increase in the global median age is due to two factors: A 20-year increase in average lifespan during the second half of the twentieth century, and decreasing fertility.
http://www.nutraingredients-usa.com/Consumer-Trends/Aging-population-could-boost-sales-of-healthy-foods
bbb--have you seen this screen for bio?---
http://finviz.com/screener.ashx?v=111&f=ind_biotechnology
Frisko and all.
Posts must be NTRZ related or they have to be erased. If you messages is erased, it does not mean you are kicked off. YouTube is not allowed unless it is about NutraCea. Thanks for your support.
1/3 of NTRZ got the stock to $5.
Think about this, Two years ago last May, the stock was $5.00 on a dream. We had high hopes, $50,000,000 from a pipe and the stock was hyped to $5.00
But, we and the public knew NOTHING about RICE BRAN OIL AND STABILIZED WHEAT. NOTHING, NOTHING, NOTHING.
Imagine Robert Short getting a wheat deal signed and China oil going and all the investment letters starting to hype NTRZ again. We have been through heII and so have many advisory letters, funds, institutions and others. If NTRZ could be hyped to $5.00 with NO PROFITS, we can certainly be hyped higher with PROFITS, OIL, and WHEAT. We are at the bottom and few are recommending NTRZ. Just wait til the band wagon starts rolling, and the bandwagon WILL get rolling again.
Here is an example of one unknown group recommending NTRZ in January. They did last August also. This is one of hundreds of advisory services. More will jump on soon IMO.
A real no lose proposition from this price.
Robert Short brings turn around experience, financial experience, licensing experience, and China and Brazil connections. A quote from the NYT tells us he will waste no time.
''He is manic and driven and determined,''
Also, when he was at Joe Boxer, he was only there two months and the company was sold. So, if NTRZ can not come up with needed money, he could sell it. I have heard other good posters try to put a value on NTRZ and it has ranged from .80 to $2.50. I wish I could find the link, but a pharma company last year paid $100,000,000 for a patent to clone cows. With management warrants thrown in, NTRZ has about 190,000,000 shares maximum. I believe compared to the cow clone patent that Z is worth $500,000,000 easily. It would cost ADM more than that to license wheat technology in every country it is in in a 10 year period easily. Many companies would really like to have a monopoly on NY+TRZ's technology and now is the time before wheat is licensed. $500,000,000 get's NTRZ $2.63 per share.
If one bought higher, you better buy more to get your average down soon. Either NYTZ get's wheat and oil licensing soon, or get's sold. No in between. Just my opinion. But I want the licensing. No reason the stock is not $10 a year from now with Robert Short in the drivers seat. But 25 cents for this stock-no way.
frisko and ricecrispees--We really got to stick closer to the topic of NTRZ, thanks. ricecrispeez, check your mail at the top of this page.
mwwell
Mark, we got two read all the PR's today and one theme is in all his recent jobs--TURNAROUND. I hear from one who wants to be anonymous that the Espirt turnaround was sensational. We need a turn around guy right now badly.
Second, food sector would be nice, but Patty's food experience did NTRZ little good.
Third, remember that NTRZ's systems now have patents. The SRB was "Trade Secret" before. Why the change? Look at the PR this morning and the key line, "CEO of San Francisco-based global licensing company Esprit International". The word LICENSING hit me over the head. NTRZ changed from Trade Secret to patents to maybe LICENSE the SRB systems for stage 1 and oil. I see no difference between licensing wheat or srb.
So, we now have a turn around artist who specializes in licensing. I don't think it get's any more exciting than that. We need to get turned around and I would like rapid expansion using other companies money. That beats the heck out of what Brad was trying to do and what food expert Patty did.
Just my opinion.
Frisko--You mean the bamboo network.
This fills your computers slow, but is well worth the read. It sure could be possible herbal Science, PAHL, and Bright Foods are all involved in the bamboo network. If Z gets in, all is well. With the international experience of Short, it might help. This on top of him turning around 3 companies and rumored to be a licensing specialist makes him a perfect CEO fro NTRZ at this point in time, IMO.
Bamboo>>>
http://www.strategy-business.com/press/16635507/9702
GL ALL
4-jacks
That's a logical good thought. He does not have to sign off on anything from the President's position. Smart man if that's the reason. I would not want to sign off on the refiling s if I was new. I hope they are near completion.
RHINO--SUWN might get a buyout from one of the big boys and they might accept with the stock not soaring. So, yes it could do will from here. But, I remember you and I buying it in 2007, you at .50 and me .58 or such on it's way to $1.00. All there was then was hope, now the approval is here and the stock sits at .16--go figure. But then again, NTRZ sat at $5.00 on hope and is .23 now with much more promise, lol.
To repeat-SUWN is a big disappointment. With Stevia approved and use readily accepted, it should have soared. I guess the big boys passed them by and Cargill get's all the action.
frisko--nobody has found any dirt on him yet. I even like the fact he went to a black tie affair without a black tie and had a pony tail. He is a free spirit and not afraid of change. Definitely a "geter done" guy.
Short turned around Joe Boxer. He took over Joe Boxer in a time of crisis, He should be able to handle NTRZ just fine.
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2001/01/22/story1.html?page=2
Thunderbird School of Global Management looks good to me where short got his MBA. Nice list of Graduates on my link for a small school.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderbird_School_of_Global_Management
Short is long on the international scene and I like his consumer products and strong international banking experience.
It should be an interesting day. If Short is President, they must have a double home run in mind for CEO.
Anybody speak Portuguese? Video from NTRZ's Irgovel site in Brazil>>>
Nice changes to NTRZ's home page.
http://www.ricebranproducts.com/
http://www.risolubles.net/
http://www.risolubles.net/mike
http://www.ribalance.com/
I'd like to see some video's made and maybe even place on YouTube
coyle
People in the wheat industry really exaggerate problems, in fact all farm sectors. They think they can mouth the price up. And, it could me someone like Andrew Meharg behind the story pushing his genetically modified wheat. I would guess that the problem will be solved.
80 percent of worlds wheat crop in danger?
Wheat bran stabilization will be a must for wheat farmers and millers if the Stem Rust fungus problem is not solved. Article says 80% of the world's wheat crop could be affected in the long term.
http://stocks.investopedia.com/stock-analysis/2009/The-Upcoming-Wheat-Crisis-GRU-DBA-SYT-JJG0702.aspx?partner=YahooSA
More evidence of a food bull market >>> NutraCea in the right place in history with the right line of products, IMO.
Professional investors look toward overseas farmland
NEW YORK, NEW YORK, U.S. — More than 90 investment funds have emerged that are investing directly in overseas farmland, Rabobank announced on June 1.
"Highly populated, ‘food insecure’ countries with limited additional farmland capacity have started looking for ways to increase food security and resources," said Rabobank analyst Brady Sidwell from Hong Kong. "Thus emerged the recent phenomenon of countries investing in other countries’ farmland to secure food supply."
Sidwell said third world or developing nations such as Madagascar, Ethiopia, Cambodia and Mozambique are the countries receiving the most investment. He added that food insecurity and malnourishment in these countries is already dire.
"Countries who are dependent on the rest of the world to satisfy local food security were forced into action last year," Sidwell said. "We’re likely to see more overseas land investments going forward as countries aim to avoid the precarious situation of low domestic stock levels amid tight international supplies experienced last year, especially in those countries very dependent on imports."
But investments in local infrastructures could yield positive results. Sidwell cited Africa as an example, because many parts of the country are rich in land and water resources.
"Yet, a lack of scale, infrastructure and best practices management prevent such resources from being properly utilized. Investments in infrastructure could untap these resources," Sidwell said.
He added that making land more farmable and desirable in countries like Mozambique and Tanzania, could provide for the local citizens and meet the demands of the international market.
"The agricultural industry will in some ways transform as more investment in agriculture leads to more publicly listed companies and targets of the professional investment community including private equity, hedge funds as well as institutional and retail investors," said Sidwell. "However, with so much investment needed in the upstream of the agricultural supply chain, agriculture is the next big thing, and there are plenty of opportunities to go around."
http://world-grain.com/news/headline_stories.asp?ArticleID=103909
NutraCea fits into 2009 food trends, especially organics and natural and nutrition for prevention.
http://www.foodprocessing.com/articles/2009/iri_key_trends.html
Watching the 2009 numbers come in, IRI has identified some key trends for 2009:
* Nutrition for Prevention -- Consumers are focused on nutrition as a preventative medicine, and CPG marketers are capitalizing on this trend with fervor. Look for new product innovation and marketing efforts to focus not only what is in the product, but also what is not in the product. Innovation will provide consumers easier access to nutritious snacks and meal opportunities, ranging from reduced fat and calories to added vitamins and nutrients. Better-for-you is not going to go away any time soon. In years to come, the trend is expected to gain steam regardless of economic conditions.
* Organic and Natural Products Gain Steam -- The popularity of natural and organic products seems to increase every day despite a recessionary economy. Organics/natural products have permeated every retail department: from healthcare to fresh/perishable, from center store to general merchandise, and consumer appetite is keeping step.
* Sustainability as a Differentiator -- Sustainability goes beyond natural and organic. An estimated 85 percent of food and beverage CPG manufacturers currently employ environmental sustainability practices – from plant to packaging to promotion. In a recessionary economy, newcomers to eco-friendly behavior are key drivers of segment growth. Look for manufacturers to drive penetration through the ongoing development of products, packaging and promotional programs from within and from outside the traditional sub-set of sustainable products to address a growing call for earth-friendly CPG.
If we got an IPO with Bright Foods.
An article says that Chinese IPO's go up nicely the first day, but more than half are down after 20 days.
But a key line is, "About 54 percent of investors who traded on a company's debut day had bought the shares after they had already surged more than 300 percent, the exchange said."
New rules may make the 2nd day the big day.
The whole article>>>>>>>>>
THE Shenzhen Stock Exchange will limit price fluctuations of shares in small and medium-sized companies on their debut trading day to curb speculation and protect investors in a move that an analyst said would likely prove ineffective.
Trading will be suspended for 30 minutes on a company's debut day if its share price rises or falls by more than 20 percent from the opening, the Shenzhen bourse said in a statement on its Website yesterday. Another 30-minute suspension will be enforced when a share price fluctuates by more than 50 percent in either direction.
"The new rule won't curb speculation very much because it only limits trading on the first day," said Lu Jiehua, an analyst at Shenyin Wanguo Securities Co. "Investors can continue buying shares in the following days if they expect high returns."
Chinese investors typically favor initial public offerings as prices almost always surge on the first day of trading. However, more than half of these investors suffer losses after 20 trading days as the share price tends to drop rapidly after an initial spurt, the smaller of the Chinese mainland's two stock exchanges said.
About 54 percent of investors who traded on a company's debut day had bought the shares after they had already surged more than 300 percent, the exchange said.
"The bourse will closely monitor trading of debut stocks, suspend stock accounts that use continuous bidding, cancellations or make high bids from trading and report them to the China Securities Regulatory Commission for investigation," the statement said.
The new rule came on the heels of the resumption of new share sales after a nine-month hiatus.
Guilin Sanjin, the first company to be listed in Shenzhen after the suspension was lifted, was 584 times oversubscribed for the retail portion of its share issue and attracted 455 billion yuan (US$66.6 billion) in investor subscription funds.
Zhejiang Wanma Cable Co, which will launch the next IPO, said it increased the amount it planned to raise by 68 percent after institutional investors sought 189 times the shares made available to them.
This article will fill your computer very slow because of translations.
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=406304&type=Business
Calinvestor and blackray Welcome. We can certainly support both boards, but a new investor looking at yahoo for the first time may not look to hard with the non NTRZ stuff on it and the new investor is our target is it not? Another big plus here is that when we make Investors Hub's most active list many other investors see it. It only takes about 150 messages on a tradinbg day to make the list.
http://investorshub.advfn.com/
One more possibility as to why 2 science officers are gone is that they are working with herbal Science on Z's behalf. I guess Sloan is gone.
coyle, that patent points out a question I have. Last October, NTRZ had two science officers, Dr. Patel and Dr. Mathewson and a food expert named Bruce Sloan we did not know about. All three appear to be gone. So,
1. Is their work done
2. Cost cutting got them axed
3. Herbal Science is doing more or somebody else
4. Or are they advance people into coming IPO's or strategic partnerships representing NTRZ.
I hope door 4 is the one.
Fresh Healthy Fruit Juice with Stabilized Rice Bran
Ricer bran helps fight cancer--coyle find
Coyle sent me some finds, here is one on cancer.
http://www.gordonresearch.com/Presentations/GRI_mar07/articles/overlooked_cancer_cure.html
2 new rice harvest videos in the ibox. Here is one of them, good music too.
Louisiana rice crop looks good even with the current drought in the south 2/3's of the state.
Rice Crop Nears Harvest
Posted: July 1, 2009 03:54 PM
Updated: July 2, 2009 02:46 PM
Rice Farmers Prepare to Harvest
Rice farmers will be heading out to the fields to harvest within the next month. Has the drought affected the crop? Farmers say the crop is looking good despite the lack of rain. But that doesn't mean they stand to make a large profit.
Durel Romaine, a Vermilion Parish Rice farmer says, "The rice crop's almost finished so the rain is not going to affect the crop that much. Right now the rice actually looks pretty good."
Farmers say the drought hasn't directly affected the rice crop but when mother nature doesn't provide the rain, they have to irrigate. And that comes out of their pocket.
Dr. Steve Linscombe, LSU Ag Center station director says, "It costs a lot to run the wells and the pumps to keep those fields flooded."
Jimmy Hoppe, a Jeff Davis parish farmer says, "The water costs have dropped because of fuel cost. That's down, fertilizer has come down. So our input costs are not as great but at the same time the price we receive for the rice has gone down as well."
Now after all that wishing for rain, It's the last thing they want to wash away any profit they may have.
"If we actually just started getting a lot of rain it actually could hurt the rice once we start harvesting," says Durel Romaine.
The bottom line...the cost to produce the rice is down but we'll also pay less for it so farmers won't make a large profit.
Kari Hall
kari.hall@katctv.com
http://www.katc.com/global/story.asp?s=10628295
bbb--pretty active board the last few days. I'm glad I got three days to read it all, lol. Thanks!!! I got nothing to offer, been too busy to research.
coyle--It is a little different here. The first eight words will be the title of your new post. We know if it is a reply by what you say, and the top of your message will say "reply to santa claws, message #366."
So to start a message, just start you topic like you just did.
I am so glad we got a good science poster here like you. Thanks for posting.
Frisko--some of these posters may not be used to you poetic intellect. It makes me think, hope the others get as much as i do from your posts.
Two patents found by xybrfuture.
They might not be related to NTRZ, but they sure could be customers of NTRZ's RiBran and that would explain why sales have gone a bit slow with RiBran so far. If they need a patent for a product, it takes time. But with patents out now buy Asian sounding people, maybe sales of RiBran are picking up.
http://v3.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?DB=EPODOC&adjacent=true&locale=en_V3&FT=D&date=20090409&CC=KR&NR=20090035140A&KC=A
http://v3.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?DB=EPODOC&adjacent=true&locale=en_V3&FT=D&date=20090318&CC=KR&NR=20090027850A&KC=A
And related to those two patents>>>>
Dr. Paul Mathewson is not listed as NTRZ's science officer and Z does not have on listed. Dr Paul can not be found anywhere on the internet taking a new job. So, is he
1. Working with ADM, Cargil or such in advance of a wheat joint venture
2. Working with a pharma in advance of a pharma jv?
Those patents in my previous shows that many unannounced things are going on with NTRZ--bring the re-filing on please.
Rice Bran pasta--things going on?
Bigbass found a couple of patents by Z.
http://v3.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/originalDocument?CC=US&NR=2009162514A1&KC=A1&FT=D&date=20090625&DB=EPODOC&locale=en_V3
http://v3.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/originalDocument?CC=US&NR=2009162513A1&KC=A1&FT=D&date=20090625&DB=EPODOC&locale=en_V3
GL ALL
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Welcome all!!!
A good fit for Canada--SW Bran?
I think stabilized wheat bran might qualify for Manitoba, and Canadian money.>>>>>
Canada invests in agricultural development
(World-Grain.com, July 01, 2009)
CARMAN, MANITOBA, CANADA — The Governments of Canada and Manitoba announced on June 30 a partnership that will invest C$39 million to drive innovation for farm families in Manitoba.
According to the federal government, the fund is cost shared with C$19.77 million from Manitoba and C$19.48 million from the federal government over five years.
"Farmers are always looking for new and better ways to give Canadian agriculture a competitive edge and these investments are going to drive that innovation," said Vic Toews, federal Treasury Board president. "These investments are giving Manitoba farmers access to new technologies and markets to keep our agricultural sector strong."
The Innovation Fund supports projects that create and develop new methods, products and technology that will improve Manitoba's competitive edge in the agriculture sector.
"Manitoba's agriculture sector succeeds on so many fronts today because of the innovative spirit of our agricultural producers and processors," said Rosann Wowchuk, Manitoba Minister of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Initiatives. "By encouraging diversity and adaptation to environmental, production and market challenges, we have established an industry with a reputation for quality and competitiveness, and this needs to continue if we are to meet changing local and global market demands."
The federal government said Innovation Funding will be channeled to projects submitted through two funding avenues: the Industry Innovation Suite that supports investment in innovative projects brought forward by participants in the sector, and the Strategic Innovation Suite that supports investment in strategically important initiatives brokered by the province among government and industry stakeholders.
http://www.world-grain.com/