China Business News yesterday reported severe soil contamination of up to 12m tonnes of grain a year, causing annual losses of over 20bn yuan.

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The majority of grain and vegetable stores in east Europe date back to the 1930s, in design if not in construction, and they are truly and hopelessly insufficient, amounting to losses of some 15m-25m tonnes of grain annually.

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The company stumbled during the recent U.S. recession, suffering rare losses as its hog-farming operations grappled with higher grain costs and an industrywide hog glut.

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