The Chinese poultry industry is a major consumer of maize (corn) and reports on that industry provide an insight on the Chinese maize production ^[1] , which is the sole source of the feedstock of that country's furfural production.

In August 2013, there were heavy floods in one of the major production territories. Although the total impact of this years floods ^[2] have not been fully understood, we know that some furfural companies have lost their stockpiles and others will struggle to procure sufficient cobs for the 2013/14