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Company News May 10, 2019

EU Agricultural Mission to Japan highlights interest in consumer demographics, organic markets and retail innovation

This week Meros' Managing Director Chisa Ogura presented on Japanese consumer food trends to delegates of the High Level EU Agricultural Mission to Japan led by EU Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan. There were over 70 delegates, including agricultural industry reps, SMEs and farmers from throughout the EU, all looking to understand how the new EU-Japan […]

#EU
#EU-Japan Economic Partnership
#export
#Japan
#marketing
#organic

Market Trends February 22, 2019

Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) in China is Developing its Own Characteristics

In honor of “CSA Day” today February 22, I thought I would share some observations from my recent exploration into the community supported agriculture movement in China. I am familiar with trends in Japanese agriculture related to ecological agriculture, organic farming, rural community development and alternative food movements, and have had the opportunity to […]

#agri-tech
#China
#CSA
#food tech
#organic

Company News February 21, 2019

Former IFC-Executive Takuro Kimura Joins Meros as Strategic Advisor

Meros Consulting is pleased to announce that Takuro Kimura, former executive at the International Finance Corporation (IFC), has joined Meros as Strategic Advisor. “We are thrilled to have Takuro join our team and be able to share his extensive experience in public and private sector agribusiness investment, particularly in the context of investment in agriculture […]

#Team Meros

Company News February 1, 2019

New study projects CPTPP and Japan-EU trade agreements will reduce US dairy exports to Japan and boost competitors

A Meros Consulting study released Wednesday by the U.S. Dairy Export Council projects that the two new trade agreements made by Japan will benefit global dairy suppliers such as the EU and Oceania, while costing the US dairy export industry billions of dollars in lost sales. The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) entered into force […]

#CPTPP
#dairy
#EU
#EU-Japan Economic Partnership
#Japan
#trade
#USA

Market Trends December 7, 2018

From the Field: The US-China Trade War Rumbles On and China’s Traders Aren’t Panicking

When Meros first visited China in July to discuss the brewing trade war and its potential impact on US agricultural exports, Chinese ag traders were optimistic. This may blow over in a few months, they assured us. But by September and October when we returned and discussed dairy, grains and soybeans, the mood was decidedly […]

#China
#export
#feed grain imports
#feild research
#One Belt One Road
#US-China trade war
#USA

Company News November 22, 2018

Meros in the Media: The Disappearing US-China Soybean Trade

Meros discusses how China was able to substitute US soybeans so quickly. Meros’ Lucia Vancura recently chatted with Nathan VanderKlippe of Canada’s Globe and Mail newspaper about how China was able to so quickly and completely eliminate US soybean imports in the last few months since the 2018 marketing year started in September. Did they […]

#China
#media
#soybeans
#swine feed
#US soybean exports to China
#US-China trade war
#USA

Market Trends October 15, 2018

Five Key Trends in Global Agricultural Land Investing

The Global AgInvesting Asia 2018 conference was held October 2nd and 3rd at the Tokyo American Club, marking the third time the event has been held in Tokyo since it moved from its previous host city of Singapore. The event aims to help Japanese institutional investors gain a better understanding of overseas agricultural investment opportunities […]

#agribusiness
#agricultural land
#impact investing
#investing
#Japan
#SDGs

Market Trends September 18, 2018

Invasive Seafood Species is Not Bad News for Bulgaria

Seafood industry highlights from a recent article by Meros’ Tina Peneva in the Bulgarian gastronomy magazine Bacchus. Fish consumption is booming in Bulgaria For years, eating fish was typically a seasonal activity for Bulgarian consumers and was mainly limited to two varieties of fish. In the summer, Bulgarians would often have a plate piled high […]

#bulgaria
#food culture
#Rapana venosa
#seafood industry

Company News September 28, 2017

Kanpai! Sake needs new markets, in Japan and out

Kanpai! Meros joined the discussion on NHK World’s current BizBuzz episode on the Japanese sake industry. The episode can be seen streaming on NHK World for the next few weeks. Sake, also called nihonshu, is an alcoholic beverage brewed from rice, water and the critical ingredient koji mold which helps convert the starch in rice […]

#Japan
#marketing
#NHK World
#sake

Market Trends September 21, 2017

Meros presents overview of agricultural opportunities in the Russian Far East

Meros presented an overview of the agricultural opportunities in the Russian Far East at a seminar on September 13 held by the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) and hosted at Nomura Research Institute. Japanese industry players and government authorities are watching Russian Far East development closely and over 40 participants from Japanese […]

#export
#greenhouse
#meat
#Russia
#soybeans
#vegetables

Market Trends August 28, 2017

Italy’s Valpolicella has no lack of young winemakers ready to continue its exports

We never know exactly where we will find the agriculture stories that can inspire new ways of looking at food chain challenges and common problems. Food value chains are both intensely local and also deeply entwined with global trends, meaning that insights from one country are very likely relevant to many others. We’ve seen fishery […]

#agribusiness
#export
#Italy
#Valpolicella
#wine

Company News June 23, 2017

Meros shares green tea industry insights on NHK's Biz Buzz Japan

Meros is back on this season’s Biz Buzz Japan on NHK World. This time Meros' Global Markets director Lucia Vancura discusses the Japanese green tea industry and export marketing challenges with tea expert and certified tea instructor Oscar Brekell, and host Jon Kabira. Green tea exports from Japan have doubled over the past decade to […]

#agribusiness
#BizBuzz
#export
#green tea
#Japan
#marketing
#NHK World

News & Insights

EU Agricultural Mission to Japan highlights interest in consumer demographics, organic markets and retail innovation

Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) in China is Developing its Own Characteristics

Former IFC-Executive Takuro Kimura Joins Meros as Strategic Advisor

New study projects CPTPP and Japan-EU trade agreements will reduce US dairy exports to Japan and boost competitors

From the Field: The US-China Trade War Rumbles On and China’s Traders Aren’t Panicking

Meros in the Media: The Disappearing US-China Soybean Trade

Five Key Trends in Global Agricultural Land Investing

Invasive Seafood Species is Not Bad News for Bulgaria

Kanpai! Sake needs new markets, in Japan and out

Meros presents overview of agricultural opportunities in the Russian Far East

Italy’s Valpolicella has no lack of young winemakers ready to continue its exports

Meros shares green tea industry insights on NHK's Biz Buzz Japan

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