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EX-32.1 - CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE AND FINANCIAL OFFICERS OF THE COMPANY, PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002 - Expedite 4 Incf10q1210ex32i_sochinalive.htm


 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 10-Q
 
x     QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
For the quarterly period ended December 31, 2010
 
o   TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
 For the transition period from ______to______.
 
Southern China Livestock, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in Charter)
 
Delaware
 
000-52866
 
N/A
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
 
(Commission File No.)
 
(IRS Employee Identification No.)
88 Guihuayuan, Guanjingcheng
Yujiang, Yingtan City, Jiangxi Province
People’s Republic of China
 (Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 _______________
 
+86 (701) 568-0890
 (Issuer Telephone number)
_______________
 (Former Name or Former Address if Changed Since Last Report)
 
Indicate by checkmark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the issuer was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x  No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).
Yes o No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company filer.  See definition of “accelerated filer” and “large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act (Check one):
 
Large Accelerated Filer o     Accelerated Filer o     Non-Accelerated Filer o     Smaller Reporting Company x
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. Yes o No x
 
State the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common equity, as of February 4, 2011: 7,144,071 shares of common stock.
 
 
 

 

SOUTHERN CHINA LIVESTOCK, INC.
(formerly Expedite 4, Inc.)
FORM 10-Q
December 31, 2010
 
INDEX
 
 
PART I-- FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.
Financial Statements
 
 
Consolidated balance sheets at December 31, 2010 (unaudited) and September 30, 2010
  2
 
Consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income for the three months ended December 31, 2010 and 2009 (unaudited)
  3
 
Consolidated statements of cash flow for the three months ended December 31, 2010 and 2009 (unaudited)
  4
 
Notes to condensed consolidated financial statements
  5
Item 2.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Result of Operations
10
Item 3.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
18
Item 4.
Controls and Procedures
18
 
PART II-- OTHER INFORMATION
 
Item 6.
Exhibits
20
 
SIGNATURES
 

 
 

 

 

PART I—FINANCIAL INFORMATION
 
Item 1. Financial Statements

SOUTHERN CHINA LIVESTOCK, INC. (Formerly Expedite 4, Inc.)
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(Expressed In U.S. Dollars)
       
   
December 31, 2010 (Unaudited)
   
September 30, 2010
(Restated - See Note 2)
 
ASSETS
           
Current Assets:
           
Cash
  $ 2,347,419     $ 2,417,302  
Accounts receivables, net
    -       253,996  
Prepaid expense and other receivables
    147,126       164,035  
Due from related parties
    -       164,642  
Advance for asset purchase
    765,000       765,000  
Inventories (note 4)
    5,308,298       4,650,041  
                 
Total current assets
    8,567,843       8,415,016  
                 
Property and equipment, net
    12,882,277       13,076,480  
Construction in progress
    4,284,562       3,846,439  
Biological assets, net
    1,798,710       1,665,572  
                 
Total assets
    27,533,392       27,003,507  
                 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
               
                 
Current liabilities:
               
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
    128,736       62,932  
Other payables
    -       1,656,577  
Due to related parties
    188,184       367,947  
                 
Total current liabilities
    316,920       2,087,456  
                 
                 
Commitments and contingencies (note 6)
               
                 
Equity:
               
Common stock($.001 par value; 7,144,071shares issued authorized
               
and outstanding as of December 31, 2010 and
               
September 30, 2010)
    7,144       7,144  
Warrants
    2, 418,619       2,418,619  
Additional paid in capital
    5,969,226       5,969,226  
Retained earnings reserves
    3,360,940       3,360,940  
Accumulated other comprehensive income
    2,862,025       2,568,315  
Noncontrolling interest
    305,036       284,497  
Retained earnings
    12,293,482       10,307,310  
                 
Total stockholders’ equity
    27,216,472       24,916,051  
                 
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
  $ 27,533,392     $ 27,003,507  
 
See accompanying condensed notes to consolidated financial statements.
 
 
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SOUTHERN CHINA LIVESTOCK, INC. (Formerly Expedite 4, Inc.)
Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income
(Expressed In U.S. Dollars)
(Unaudited)
 
   
Three months ended December 31,
 
   
2010
   
2009
 
             
Sales
  $ 10,661,716     $ 11,377,724  
Cost of sales
    8,055,452       9,468,686  
                 
Gross profit
    2,606,264       1,909,038  
                 
Operating expenses:
               
Selling expenses
    -       (5,765 )
General and administrative expenses
    (600,001 )     (102,466 )
                 
Income from operations
    2,006,263       1,800,807  
                 
Government subsidies
    -       263,627  
Other income
    458       59,957  
                 
Income before income taxes
    2,006,721       2,124,391  
                 
Income taxes (note 6)
    -       -  
                 
Net income
    2,006,721       2,124,391  
Less: net income attributable to the noncontrolling interest
    20,549       42,814  
Net income attributable to common stockholders
    1,986,172       2,081,577  
                 
Other comprehensive income:
               
Net income
    2,006,721       2,124,391  
Foreign currency translation adjustment
    293,710       1,241  
                 
Comprehensive income
  $ 2,300,431     $ 2,125,632  

Earnings per share allocable to common stockholders:
Basic
  $ 0.28     $ 0.38  
Diluted
  $ 0.28     $ 0.38  
 
Weighted average common shares outstanding
Basic
    7,144,071       5,623,578  
Diluted
    7,144,071       5,623,578  

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements
 
 
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SOUTHERN CHINA LIVESTOCK, INC. (Formerly Expedite 4, Inc.)
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(Expressed In U.S. Dollars)
(Unaudited)

   
Three months ended December 31,
 
   
2010
   
2009
 
             
Cash flows from operating activities:
           
Net income
  $ 2,006,721     $ 2,124,391  
Adjustments for
               
Depreciation and amortization
    505,189       314,666  
Gain on disposal of biological assets
            (96,049 )
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
               
Accounts receivable
    255,441       44,911  
Prepaid and other receivables
    18,276       -  
Inventories
    (599,543 )     1,896,369  
Accounts payable
    (1,665,999 )     (295,384 )
Accrued expenses and other liabilities
    65,168       (12,730 )
                 
Net cash provided by operating activities
    585,253       3,976,174  
                 
Cash flows from investing activities:
               
Purchase of property and equipment
    (390,203 )     (92,389 )
Purchase of biological assets
    (271,041 )     (145,804 )
Proceeds from disposal of biological assets
    -       120,226  
                 
Net cash used in investing activities
    (661,244 )     (117,967 )
                 
Cash flows from financing activities:
               
Repayment of loans from stockholders
    (18,480 )     (3,374,322 )
                 
Net cash used in financing activities
    (18,480 )     (3,374,322 )
 
               
                 
Net increase (decrease) in cash
    (94,471 )     483,885  
Effect of foreign exchange rate changes
    24,588       112  
                 
Cash, beginning of period
    2,417,302       1,201,160  
                 
Cash, end of period
  $ 2,347,419     $ 1,685,157  
                 

 
Supplementary cash flow disclosure:
Interest paid
    -       -  
Taxes paid
    -       -  

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements
 
 
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SOUTHERN CHINA LIVESTOCK, INC. (Formerly Expedite 4, Inc.)
Notes To Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Expressed In U.S. Dollars)
(Unaudited)

NOTE 1 ---ORGANIZATION AND PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES

Southern China Livestock, Inc. (the “Company”) was incorporated in the state of Delaware as of September 27, 2007 under the name Expedite 4, Inc. with the objective of acquiring an operating company under a reverse merger on an agreement. The Company’s corporate name was changed to Southern China Livestock, Inc. on July 9, 2010. Since March 29, 2010, the Company has been in the business of breeding and raising commercial hogs in the People’s Republic of China (“China” or the “PRC”).

On June 9, 2010, the Company incorporated Jiangxi Southern China Livestock Technology Limited as a wholly owned foreign enterprise under the laws of the PRC.

On March 29, 2010, the Company acquired all the stock of Southern China Livestock International Inc. (“SCLI”), a Nevada corporation incorporated on July 28, 2009, pursuant to a share exchange agreement dated March 29, 2010. On March 29, 2010, pursuant to the share exchange agreement, the Company issued 5,623,578 shares of common stock in exchange for all of the 10,000,000 outstanding shares of SCLI.
 
Upon the completion of the transaction, the Company owned 100% of the stock of SCLI which owns the operating entities in China. Under generally accepted accounting principles, the acquisition by the Company of SCLI and its subsidiaries is equivalent to the acquisition by SCLI of the Company, then known as Expedite 4, Inc., with the issuance of stock by SCLI for the net monetary assets of the Company. This transaction is reflected as a recapitalization, and is accounted for as a change in capital structure. Accordingly, the accounting for the acquisition is identical to that resulting from a reverse acquisition. Under reverse acquisition accounting, the comparative historical financial statements of the Company, as the legal acquirer, are those of the accounting acquirer, SCLI. The accompanying financial statements reflect the recapitalization of the stockholders’ equity as if the transactions occurred as of the beginning of the first period presented. Thus, only the 5,623,578 shares of common stock issued to the former SCLI stockholders are deemed to be outstanding for all periods reported prior to the date of the reverse acquisition. As a result of the reverse acquisition effected by the share exchange agreement, the Company’s business has become the business of the SCLI. The 1,500 shares of common stock that were outstanding on March 29, 2010, net of the 98,500 shares that were cancelled for no consideration pursuant to the share exchange agreement, are treated as if they were issued on March 29, 2010, as part of a recapitalization.
 
 
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SOUTHERN CHINA LIVESTOCK, INC. (Formerly Expedite 4, Inc.)
Notes To Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Expressed In U.S. Dollars)
(Unaudited)

NOTE 1 ---ORGANIZATION AND PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES (CONTINUED)

Details of the Company’s subsidiaries as of December 31, 2010 were as follows:

       
Date of
 
Beneficial
   
Place of
 
incorporation or
 
ownership
Company name
 
incorporation
 
establishment
 
interest
             
Southern China Livestock International Inc.
 
U.S.
 
July 28,2009
 
100%
Mayson International Services Limited
 
BVI
 
July 25,2008
 
100%
Mayson Enterprises Services Limited
 
BVI
 
July 25,2008
 
100%
Mayson Holdings Limited
 
Hong Kong
 
July 14, 2008
 
100%
Beijing Huaxin Tianying Livestock Technology Co., Ltd
 
PRC
 
September 9, 2008
 
100%
Jiangxi Yingtan Huaxin Livestock Co., Ltd
 
PRC
 
April 8, 2005
 
100%
Yujiang Fengyuan Livestock Co., Ltd
 
PRC
 
August 4, 2003
 
99%
Yingtan Yujiang Zhongtong Swine Co., Ltd
 
PRC
 
October 27, 2003
 
99%
Yujiang Xianyue Livestock Feeds Co., Ltd
 
PRC
 
August 16, 2001
 
99%
Jiangxi Yingtan Fuxin Development and Trade Co., Ltd
 
PRC
 
March 31, 1999
 
99%
Yingtan Livestock Feeds Development Co., Ltd
 
PRC
 
December 29, 1995
 
99%
Yujiang Xiangying Swine Co., Ltd
 
PRC
 
January 11, 2001
 
99%
Yujiang Decheng Livestock Co., Ltd
 
PRC
 
October 27, 2003
 
99%
Jiangxi Southern China Livestock Technology Limited
 
PRC
 
June 9, 2010
 
100%
 
On July 25, 2008, Mayson International Services Limited (“Mayson International”) was incorporated in the British Virgin Islands (“BVI”) as a wholly-owned subsidiary of SCLI. On the same day Mayson Enterprises Services Limited (“Mayson Enterprises”) was incorporated in the BVI as a wholly owned subsidiary of Mayson International.

Mayson Holdings Limited (“Mayson Holdings”) was incorporated on July 14, 2008 under the laws of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the PRC as the wholly-owned subsidiary of Mayson Enterprises. Beijing Huaxin Tianying Livestock Technology Co., Ltd (“Beijing Huaxin”) was incorporated on September 9, 2008 as a limited liability company under the PRC laws. Beijing Huaxin is a wholly foreign-owned enterprise under the PRC laws, with its 100% equity interests being held by Mayson Holdings.

On August 26, 2008, Beijing Huaxin acquired 99% of the equity interest of Jiangxi Yingtan Huaxin Livestock Co., Ltd (“Jiangxi Huaxin”) which owned 98.01% of the equity interest of Yujiang Fengyuan Livestock Co., Ltd, Yingtan Yujiang Zhongtong Swine Co., Ltd, Yujiang Xianyue Livestock Feeds Co., Ltd, Jiangxi Yingtan Fuxin Development and Trade Co., Ltd, Yingtan Livestock Feeds Development Co., Ltd, Yujiang Xiangying Swine Co., Ltd and Yujiang Decheng Livestock Co., Ltd. (collectively, the “Seven Subsidiaries”) which are the Company’s main operating entities.

NOTE 2 --- BASIS OF PRESENTATION -- RESTATEMENT

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been presented in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) applicable to interim financial statements and do not include all the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements.  In the opinion of management, the interim financial statements include all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments, considered necessary for a fair presentation of the results for the interim periods presented.
 
 
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SOUTHERN CHINA LIVESTOCK, INC. (Formerly Expedite 4, Inc.)
Notes To Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Expressed In U.S. Dollars)
(Unaudited)
 
The consolidated financial statements include the financial statements of SCLI and all its subsidiaries. All transactions and balances between the SCLI and its subsidiaries have been eliminated upon consolidation.   As all of the above entities are under common control, they have been consolidated based on their carrying values for the periods presented.

Operating results for the interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ended September 30, 2011. Interim unaudited consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the year ended September 30, 2010.

Subsequent to the issuance of the company’s financial statements, management determined that balances due to/from related parties were not accurately reflected in the consolidated financial statements. Management has adjusted the amounts previously reported to correctly reflect the balances outstanding as at September 30, 2010 (see note 9). This correction does not affect prior years.

The consolidated balance sheet at September 30, 2010, has been restated.  The effect of the restatement is summarized as follows:

   
9/30/10
As previously reported
   
9/30/10
As restated
 
Current assets:
               
Due from related parties
   
-
     
164,642
 
Total current assets
   
8,250,374
     
8,415,016
 
Total assets
   
26,838,865
     
27,003,507
 
                 
Current liabilities:
               
Other payables
   
-
     
1,656,577
 
Due to related parties
   
1,859,882
     
367,947
 
Total current liabilities
   
1,922,814
     
2,087,456
 
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
   
26,838,865
     
27,003,507
 

NOTE 3 --- USE OF ESTIMATES
 
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Significant accounting estimates reflected in the Company’s financial statements include collectibility of account receivable, value of live hogs, useful lives and impairment of property and equipment. Actual results when ultimately realized could differ from those estimates and the differences could be material.

NOTE 4 --- INVENTORY

Inventories are stated at the lower of cost and net realizable value. Cost is calculated on the weighted average basis and includes all costs to acquire and other costs incurred in bringing the inventories to their present location and condition. The Company evaluates the net realizable value of its inventories on a regular basis and records a provision for loss to reduce the computed weighted average cost if it exceeds the net realizable value.
 
 
 
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SOUTHERN CHINA LIVESTOCK, INC. (Formerly Expedite 4, Inc.)
Notes To Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Expressed In U.S. Dollars)
(Unaudited)
 
 
Inventories on December 31, 2010 and September 30, 2010 consisted of the following:
 
   
December 31,
2010
   
September 30,
2010
 
 
               
Raw materials
  $
227,639
    $
211,324
 
Live hogs
   
5,080,659
     
4,438,717
 
                 
    $ 5,308,298     $ 4,650,041  

NOTE 5 --- INCOME TAXES

The Company is incorporated in United States of America. The Company’s subsidiaries are incorporated in the BVI, Hong Kong and the PRC. The management and control of the Company is in PRC, and the Company’s business is conducted in the PRC. The Company’s PRC subsidiaries pay no income tax in the PRC pursuant to an exemption from taxes under the current tax laws of the PRC which are applicable to agriculture companies. For the three months ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, the Company was not subject to any income tax either in the United States, the BVI, Hong Kong or the PRC. As such no current or future income tax asset or liabilities are recorded in its financial statements for such years.

NOTE 6 --- COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

CAPITAL COMMITMENTS

As of December 31, 2010, there were capital commitments amounting to $2,970,787, which were mainly related the construction work of the buildings.

LEASE COMMITMENTS
 
The Company leases land (in which the company’s building are locked) office space, employee living space, and certain pigsties under non-cancelable operating leases.  Future minimum rental commitments for the next five years are as follows:
 
         
2011
 
$
23,708
 
2012
   
23,708
 
2013
   
16,158
 
2014
   
16,158
 
2015
   
16,158
 
2016 and then after
   
314,805
 
         
Total
 
$
410,695
 
 
Contingent Liability

Seven of the Company’s subsidiaries declared and they or the Company paid dividends to the then stockholders of these subsidiaries in the amount of $13,064,075 and $8,897,167 for the years ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively. According to the Income Tax Laws in the PRC, the Company is required to withhold income tax of 20% on the dividends paid to stockholders, which the Company failed to do. In the event that these taxes cannot be collected from the stockholders, the Company may be liable to pay the unpaid amount of approximate $4.4 million and late payment penalty may be levied in an amount ranging from 50% to maximum of five times the taxes owing. The Company believes that the likelihood of the taxes and penalties being levied against the Company is remote as of the date hereof. In the event that the taxing authorities assesses the Company for these taxes, they will be recorded as appropriate, depending on whether the amounts can be recovered from the stockholders or not.
 
 
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SOUTHERN CHINA LIVESTOCK, INC. (Formerly Expedite 4, Inc.)
Notes To Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Expressed In U.S. Dollars)
(Unaudited)

Liquidated Damages

During the year ended September 30, 2010, the Company sold to a group of investors a total of a total of 759,496.5 units at a purchase price of $10.00 per unit, resulting in gross proceeds of $7,594,965 and net proceeds of $5,567,293. Each unit consisting of two shares of common stock and four-year warrants to purchase one common share of the Company, at an exercise price of $5.50 per share, for a total of 1,518,993 shares of common stock and warrants to purchase 759,497 shares of common stock.
 
In connection with the private placement, the Company agreed to file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the shares of common stock that were (i) included as part of the units and (ii) issuable upon exercise of the warrants included as part of the units within 45 days after the final closing and to use its best efforts to have the registration statement declared effective within 180 days after the final closing of the private placement. The final closing was on May 6, 2010. The registration statement was filed within the required time period.

The registration statement was required to be declared effective by November 2, 2010.  Since the registration statement was not declared effective by the required date, the Company is to pay to investors, liquidated damages of 1% of the purchase price for each calendar month (pro-rated for a fractional month) during the period of such failure, up to a maximum of 5% of the purchase price.  On December 31, 2010, recorded liquidated damages amount $151,900, which was 2% of the purchase price for the three months ended December 31, 2010.

NOTE 7 --- RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

During the year ended September 30, 2010, the Company purchased sows, hogs and other assets from five non-affiliated parties for a total purchase price of $5,930,000, of which $2,837,723 was paid at the time of the contract and the balance of $3,092,277 was due in installments that were due by December 31, 2010 and February 28, 2011.Pursuant to agreements among the Company, its chairman, who is also a director, and the sellers, the chairman assumed and paid the Company’s obligations to these sellers in the amount of $1,435,700 during the month of September 2010 and the remaining $1,656,577 during the month of December 2010. The balance due to the chairman from the Company with respect to these payments is included in “Due to related parties.” The amount due to related parties was $367,947 at September 30, 2010 and $188,184 at December 31, 2010.

At September 30, 2010, there was a balance due from related parties in the amount of $164,642, which was paid in October 2010.
 
 
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Item 2.  Management’s Discussion andAnalysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

The following discussion and analysis of the results of operations and financial condition at December 31, 2010 and for the three months ended December 31, 2010 and 2009 and, should be read in conjunction with our financial statements and the notes to those financial statements that are included elsewhere in this report.

This quarterly report contains forward-looking statements regarding our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects. Words such as “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “seeks,” “estimates” and similar expressions or variations of such words are intended to identify forward-looking statements, but are not deemed to represent an all-inclusive means of identifying forward-looking statements as denoted in this report. Additionally, statements concerning future matters are forward-looking statements.  Although forward-looking statements in this report reflect the good faith judgment of our management, such statements can only be based on facts and factors currently known by us. Consequently, forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties and actual results and outcomes may differ materially from the results and outcomes discussed in or anticipated by the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences in results and outcomes include, without limitation, those specifically addressed under the headings “Risks Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in our annual report on Form 10-K, which we filed with the SEC on December 23, 2010 as amended by a Form 10-K/A which we filed with the SEC on February 7, 2011, in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in this Form 10-Q and in other reports and registration statements that we file with the SEC.  You are urged not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this report.  The forward-looking statements include, among other things, statements relating to:
 
·  
our expectations regarding the market for our products;
 
·  
our expectations regarding the continued growth of the hog breeding industry in the PRC;
 
·  
our ability to retain our existing customers and develop a new customer base for our hogs;
 
·  
our ability to implement and operate profitably our proposed fertilizer business;
 
·  
our ability to price our pigs competitively and obtain feed at a price which enables us to sell our pigs profitably;
 
·  
our ability to expand our inventory of sows and hogs; and
 
·  
the absence of any epidemics or material diseases affecting our pigs or the pig industry in general.
 
Forward-looking statements represent our estimates and assumptions only as of the date of this report. You should read this report and the documents that we refer to in this report, or that we filed as with the SEC with the understanding that our actual future results may be materially different from what we expect.
 
Except as required by law, we assume no obligation to update any forward-looking statements publicly, or to update the reasons actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in any forward-looking statements, even if new information becomes available in the future.
 
COMPANY OVERVIEW

Through our subsidiaries, we breed and raise commercial hogs for sale in the PRC. We own and operate 24 breeding farms with a current annual production capacity of approximately 220,000 live hogs. Our annual production capacity is the number of hogs that we can deliver to the market annually, assuming the pigs stay healthy, the sows’ breeding pattern is consistent with our past experience, we can provide the necessary feed and epidemic prevention and we can efficiently and timely deliver the hogs to market. Our hog breeding farms are located throughout Yujiang County.
 
 
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According to the US Department of Agriculture report entitled “2010 Trade Forecast Revision: Pork Higher; Beef and Broiler Meat Stable,” China is the world’s largest pork producer, accounting for nearly half of the world’s total production. For 2010, China produced approximately 50 million metric tons of pork out of a projected estimated world production of approximately 109 million metric tons.
 
Our business is primarily affected by the cost of feed and the market for and the selling price of live hogs. Our largest expense is feed for our pigs. We rely on a single supplier of feed, which accounted for approximately 84% of our purchases for the three months ended December 31, 2010, and approximately 82% of our purchases for each of the years ended September 30, 2010 and 2009.  If we are not able to purchase from our supplier, we may have difficulty in purchasing feed from other suppliers at a reasonable cost. Since our sales prices are based on market price, we may not be able to increase our price for pigs to cover any increase in the cost of feed.
 
Our three largest customers accounted for approximately 90% of our sales for the three months ended December 31, 2010, 94% of our sales for the year ended September 30, 2010 and 98% of our sales for the year ended September 30, 2009. Our largest customer, Shenzhen Dexing, accounted for approximately 54% of our sales in the three months ended December 31, 2010, approximately 70% of our sales for the year ended September 30, 2010, and approximately 75% of our sales for the year ended September 30, 2009.  We sell hogs to this customer pursuant to contracts, one of which provides for us to sell 50,000 hogs per month, for a total of 600,000 hogs per year, and the other of which provides for us to sell the customer 500,000 hogs for the year commencing September 1, 2010. The agreements provide for the shipment date and quantity to be subject to future agreement. We do not believe that our present inability to deliver 1,100,000 hogs per year will impair our ability to sell a substantial percentage of our production to this customer. However, the loss or significant reduction in orders from this customer would have a significant impact on our ability to remain profitable. We plan to significantly increase our inventory of hogs as well as breeding sows in anticipation of being able to significantly increase our sales. However, we can give no assurance that our existing customers will purchase these pigs or that we will be able to expand our customer base.  We have filed a registration statement with respect to a public offering of our common stock. We cannot assure you that we will be able to complete the offering, and our failure to raise money either in the public market or otherwise, could impair our ability to expand our production significantly.
 
During 2009, pig farmers in China suffered from a reduced demand for pigs and pork products which resulted in a significant decline in the sales prices for pigs. Although government intervention helped to reduce the price drop, the government may not step in to prevent declines in the price of pigs in the future.
 
Our sales of hogs are primarily cash sales which are handled by employees of our farms, none of whom are our officers. In addition, these employees are also responsible for purchases of feed and supplies and other consumables, which they generally purchase with cash. They are responsible for weighing the pigs, determining and collecting the purchase price and making payments on behalf of the subsidiary. The funds are maintained in bank accounts known as savings cards, which are in the name of the employee. Cash from the sale of hogs, net of any funds used to make purchases on behalf of the Company, is deposited in these savings cards and cash is withdrawn to make purchases. At a corporate level, we have little, if any, control over the activities of these employees. As a result, in addition to the difficulty in developing and maintaining internal controls, we are subject to the risks of any business in which payments are received and disbursed in cash, including theft and fraud.
 
Although the government of the PRC has broad powers to adopt price controls, as of the date of this report, it has not sought to apply price controls to either the sale of hogs or the sale of corn or other feed grains. If price controls are adopted, our sales would be affected, and, if price controls are placed on the sale of hogs and not the sale of feed, we would not be able to increase our sales prices to cover increases in the cost of feed. If price controls are imposed on both the sale of pigs and the sale of feed, the government could effectively determine our gross margin.
 
 
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The market price for hogs is subject to fluctuation, and future market prices cannot be predicted with any degree of accuracy.  Following a decrease in the market price during 2009, the market price for hogs increased during 2010 and reached relatively high levels in November and December.  We normally seek to sell our hogs when they reach the target weight of approximately 105 to 110 kilograms.  Hogs generally reach this weight at about five months.  However, we may sell younger hogs in order to protect ourselves against a decline in the price of hogs.  To the extent that we sell hogs that are younger than five months in any quarter, it may result in a decline in the number of hogs sold in a subsequent quarter.  Furthermore, since the typical breeding cycle is approximately five months, and a breeding sow can give birth 2.2 times a year on average, the number of hogs that reach the target selling weight can vary significantly from quarter to quarter.  These factors can result in a significant change in sales and net income from quarter to quarter, and they affected our sales for the three months ended December 31, 2010.  Because we sold hogs at a lower weight in order to take advantage of a relatively high market price during the quarter ended September 30, 2010 and because of the normal breeding cycle of the sows in the quarter ended September 30, 2010, we had a lower inventory of hogs at the target weight which resulted in a decline in sales from the three months ended December 31, 2009 (the “December 2009 quarter”), to the three months ended December 31, 2010 (the “December 2010 quarter”).
 
In April 2010, we began to increase our pig inventory through the purchase of sows and hogs from local pig farmers. Through September 30, 2010, we entered into agreements with several pig farmers pursuant to which we purchased a total of approximately 2,400 breeding sows and approximately 21,000 hogs. Subsequent to September 30, 2010, we did not make any significant purchases of sows or hogs. These agreements typically provided for the payment of the purchase price in installments. The total purchase price for these pigs was $1.8 million. In connection with the purchase of the pigs for inventory, we also acquired certain other assets. The total purchase price for these other assets was $4.1 million.  Of the total of $5.9 million, we paid $2.8 million at the closing, and $1.4 million in September 2010, leaving a balance of $1.7 million which was paid in December 2010.   The September and December payments were advanced on our behalf by Mr. Dengfu Xu, our chairman and a director, and we have reimbursed Mr. Xu with respect to substantially of the money he advanced on our behalf.  See Note 7 of Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
 
We plan to take advantage of our rural location and the fact that we are surrounded by rice and vegetable farms by processing our organic waste and selling it as organic fertilizer. With the anticipated increase in our pig inventory, and with our advantageous location in a southern province with many farmlands, we believe that we can develop a profitable fertilizer business. Organic fertilizers made from livestock manure are commonly used in China. They are environmentally friendly products, are fully exempt from VAT, and are exempt from EIT for the first three years. As of December 2010, the types of organic fertilizer we plan to produce were sold in the range of $120 to $135 per ton, using the current currency exchange rate. We plan to allocate a portion of the proceeds from our proposed public offering to begin development of an organic fertilizer line of business. We plan to spend $2.3 million of these proceeds to build an organic fertilizer line following the completion of the public offering. We will not commence our efforts with respect to the fertilizer business until we receive the funding either from the public offering or from another financing source. Accordingly, if we do not receive funding either from our proposed public offering or another funding source, we may not seek to enter the organic fertilizer business. The organic fertilizer will be primarily made from pig waste. We anticipate that, if we receive adequate financing, it will take about six months to build such production line and that the production line would become operational within three months thereafter. We believe that we will be able to generate revenue from this business as soon as it becomes operational. However, we do not have experience in the fertilizer business, which is a business that is different from the raising and selling of hogs. Our cost and time estimate may not be accurate, and it may take longer to establish a production facility and the costs may be greater than the $2.3 million which we have allocated to the project. To the extent that our costs exceed $2.3 million, we believe that our cash flow from operations can satisfy any additional cash requirements although we may use cash generated from financing or investing activities for this purpose. Further, since our management does not have experience in the fertilizer business, unless we are able to hire qualified personnel to manage the fertilizer business, we may not be able to generate a profit from this business.
 
In connection with our private placement of common stock and warrants during March through May 2010, we agreed to register the shares of common stock that were issued in the private placement and were issuable upon exercise of the warrants that were issued in the private placement and to have the registration statement declared effective by November 2, 2010.  Since the registration statement was not effective on that date, liquidated damages accrue at the rate of 1% per month until the registration statement is declared effective, with a maximum of 5%.  During the December 2010 quarter, our accrued liquidated damages were approximately $152,000. The maximum liquidated damages are approximately $380,000.
 
 
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Reverse Acquisition
 
On March 29, 2010, we acquired all of the capital stock of Southern China Livestock International, Inc. (“SCLI”) in a reverse acquisition transaction, which was accompanied by a financing.  Pursuant to a share exchange agreement, we issued 5,623,578 shares of common stock in exchange for all of the outstanding shares of SCLI. Upon the completion of the transaction, we owned 100% of the stock of SCLI which owns the operating entities in China. Under generally accepted accounting principles, our acquisition of SCLI and its subsidiaries is equivalent to the acquisition by SCLI of the Company, with the issuance of stock by SCLI for our net monetary assets. This transaction is reflected as a recapitalization, and is accounted for as a change in capital structure. Accordingly, the accounting for the acquisition is identical to that resulting from a reverse acquisition. Under reverse acquisition accounting, the comparative historical financial statements of the Company, as the legal acquirer, are those of the accounting acquirer, SCLI. Our financial statements reflect the recapitalization of the stockholders’ equity as if the transactions occurred as of the beginning of the first period presented. Thus, only the 5,623,578 shares of common stock issued to the former SCLI stockholders are deemed to be outstanding for all periods reported prior to the date of the reverse acquisition. The 1,500 shares of common stock that were outstanding on March 29, 2010, net of the 98,500 shares that were cancelled for no consideration pursuant to the share exchange agreement, are treated as if they were issued on March 29, 2010, as part of a recapitalization.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

General

Our sales are primarily generated from the sale of hogs which we breed.  Our cost of sales consists primarily of the fodder expense, and we have limited influence on such cost. Cost of sales also includes depreciation of our breeding sows.  We use grain fodder, and the price of fodder is determined solely by suppliers and generally reflects the price of grain. Our largest supplier, from whom we purchased feed, accounted for approximately 84% of our purchases in the December 2010 quarter and 82% of our purchases in the fiscal year ended September 30, 2010, or fiscal 2010,  and the fiscal year ended September 30, 2009, or fiscal 2009.  Although we will seek to obtain more beneficial pricing from our supplier by offering to increase our purchases from the supplier, our increased purchases in the December 2010 quarter and in fiscal 2010 have not had any significant effect on our supplier’s pricing policies. We may not be able to get more beneficial pricing terms and may become more dependent upon a single supplier.

Operating expenses include selling expenses, which were not significant, and overhead expenses such as rent, management and staff salaries, general insurance and offices expenses, including expenses associated with our status as a public company.  We did not incur public company expenses prior to the reverse acquisition in March 2010.

The government has recently provided subsidies during a period of depressed prices in the market for live hogs.  As a result, we received government subsidies of approximately $1.3 million in fiscal 2010 and $1.1 million in fiscal 2009.  As a result of the increase in the price for hogs, the government has phased out this subsidy program.  We did not receive any subsidy for the December 2010 quarter, and we do not know whether we will receive any subsidy for the balance of the current fiscal year.
 
 
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Three Months Ended December 31, 2010 and 2009

The following table sets forth a summary of certain key components of our results of operations for years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009 in dollars and as a percentage of sales (dollars in thousands).
 
   
For the Three Months Ended December 31,
       
     2010    2009    Change ($)      %  
Sales  
$
10,662     100.0 %  
$
11,378     100.0 %  
$
(716 )   (6.3 )%
Cost of sales
   
8,055
   
75.6
%    
9,469
   
83.2
%    
(1,413
)   (14.9 )%
Gross profit
   
2,606
   
24.4
%    
1,909
   
16.8
%    
697
   
36.5
 %
Operating expenses
   
600
   
5.6
%    
108
   
1.0
%    
492
   
454.4
 %
Income from operations
   
2,006
   
18.8
%    
1,801
   
15.8
%    
205
   
11.4
 %
Government subsidies
    -    
0
%    
264
   
2.3
%    
(264
)   (100.0 )%
Other income (expense)
     -    
0
%    
60
   
0.5
%    
(60
)   (100.0 )%
Income before income tax provision
   
2,007
   
18.8
%    
2,124
   
18.7
%    
(118
)   (5.5 )%
Net income before non-controlling interest1
   
2,007
   
18.8
%    
2,124
   
18.7
%    
(118
)   (5.5 )%
Net income attributable to common stockholders
   
1,986
   
18.6
%    
2,082
   
18.3
%    
(95
)   (4.6 )%
 
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We are exempt from payment of enterprise income taxes since we are in the business of agricultural breeding of livestock. If we were required to pay income taxes at the statutory rate of 25%, our net income attributable to common shareholders would be $1,489,629, or $0.21 per share (basic and diluted), for the three months ended December 31, 2010 and $1,561,183, or $0.28 per share (basic and diluted), for the three months ended December 31, 2009.

Sales

For the December 2010 quarter, our sales decreased approximately $716,000, or 6.3%, to approximately $10.7 million from approximately $11.4 million for the December 2009 quarter. During the December 2010 quarter, we sold hogs weighing approximately 4.9 million kilograms, representing a decrease of 1.6 million kilograms from approximately 6.5 million kilograms for the December 2009 quarter. The average unit selling price in RMB increased 22.0% from approximately RMB11.98 per kilogram in the December 2009 quarter to approximately RMB 14.61 per kilogram in the December 2010 quarter. The average unit selling price, converted into dollars based on the average exchange rate during the quarter, also increased 25.1% from $1.75 per kilogram in the December 2009 quarter to $2.19 per kilogram in the December 2010 quarter. The average unit selling price during the December 2009 quarter reflected the effects of increased competition in the hog market resulting from a decline in demand and an oversupply of hogs. The price increased in fiscal 2010 reflecting an overall improvement in the market for hogs, which reached a 24-month high during the months of November and December 2010.  However, the reduced total weight of hogs that we sold in the December 2010 quarter reflects the effects of our sales in the quarter ended September 30, 2010, or the September 2010 quarter.  During that quarter, in order to take advantage of what we considered a high price for live hogs, we sold hogs at an average weight which is less than our target weight.  Our target weight for selling hogs is in the range of 105 to 110 kilograms, which is between 231 and 242 pounds.  The average weight of the hogs that we sold in the September 2010 quarter was approximately 95 kilogram.  As a result, we sold in the September 2010 quarter hogs which would, if we retained them until they reached the target weight, would have generated sales in the December 2010 quarter.  Our sales in the December 2010 quarter were also affected, to a lesser extent, by the breeding pattern of our sows.  We anticipate that commencing in the current quarter, which ends on March 31, 2011, our sales will improve as more of our hogs reach the target weight for sales.

Cost of Sales; Gross Margin

Cost of sales includes, in addition to the cost of fodder, depreciation of our breeding sows. The cost of sales decreased by 14.9%, from approximately $9.5 million in the December 2009 quarter to approximately $8.1 million in the December 2010 quarter, which was a lesser percentage increase than our sales, reflecting primarily a smaller increase in our cost of feed than the price at which we could sell our hogs. As a result, our gross profit increased approximately $697,000, or 36.5%, from approximately $1.9 million in the December 2009 quarter to approximately $2.6 million for the December 2010 quarter and our gross margin increased from 16.8% in the December 2009 quarter to 24.4% in the December 2010 quarter.
 
 
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Operating Expenses

Operating expenses increased approximately $492,000, or 454%, from approximately $108,000 in the December 2009 quarter to approximately $600,000 in the December 2010 quarter, primarily reflecting the increase in professional fees and expenses which we began to incur when we became a public company March 2010, including increased remuneration for our personnel and legal and audit expenses.  In addition, for the December 2010 quarter, our operating expenses include liquidated damages of $152,000 for failing to register under the Securities Act the shares of common stock issued in the 2010 private placement.

Government Subsidies

During fiscal 2010 and 2009, PRC government provided subsidies to pig farmers because of the decline in the market price for hogs. Since we received our full subsidy for calendar 2010 during fiscal 2010, we did not receive any government subsidies during the December 2010 quarter.  Because of the increase in the price of hogs, we do not know whether we will receive any government subsidies for the balance of the current fiscal year.  For the December 2009 quarter we received government subsidies of approximately $264,000.

Income before income taxes

As a result of the foregoing, our income before income taxes decreased approximately $118,000, or 5.5%, from approximately $2.12 million in the December 2009 quarter to approximately $2.01 million in the December 2010 quarter.

Income tax provision

Our business of agricultural breeding of livestock has been exempt from enterprise income tax since January 2007. Accordingly, we did not pay EIT for either the December 2010 or December 2009 quarter.

Net income attributable to non-controlling interest

Seven of our subsidiaries had a 1% minority interest during the December quarter and an approximately 2% minority interest during the December 2009 quarter. Accordingly, under GAAP, the interest of the non-controlling shareholders is deducted from net income in determining net income allocable to common shareholders. The minority interest was approximately $21,000 in the December 2010 quarter and approximately $43,000 in the December 2009 quarter.

Net Income Allocated to Common Stockholders

As a result of the foregoing, our net income attributable to common stockholders decreased from approximately $2.08 million, or $0.37 per share (basic and diluted), for the December 2009 quarter, to approximately $1.99 million, or $0.28 per share (basic and diluted), for the December 2010 quarter.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
 
At December 31, 2010, we had working capital of approximately $8.3 million, as compared with working capital of approximately $6.3 million at September 30, 2010. The increase in working capital reflects primarily cash flow from operations and the reduction in accounts payable which related to our purchase during fiscal 2010 of hogs, breeding sows and other assets.
 
 
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The following table sets forth information as to the principal changes in the components of our working capital (dollars in thousands):

   
December 31, 2010
   
September 30, 2010
 
Change
 
Percent Change
Current Assets:
                 
Cash
 
$
2,347
   
$
2,417
 
(70
(2.9
)%
Accounts receivable, net
   
-
     
254
 
(254
(100
)%
Prepaid expense and other receivable
   
147
     
164
 
(17
  *  
Due from related parties
   
-
     
165
 
(165
(100
)%
Advance for asset purchase
   
765
     
765
 
0
    *  
Inventories
   
5,308
     
4,650
 
658
 
14.2
 %
Total current assets
   
8,568
     
8,415
 
153
 
1.8
 %
Current Liabilities:
                       
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
   
129
     
63
 
66
 
104.8
 %
Other payables
   
-
     
1,657
 
(1,657
(100
)%
Due to related parties
   
188
     
367
 
(179
(48.8
)%
Total current liabilities
   
317
     
2,087
 
(1,606
(83.5
)%
Working capital
   
8,251
     
6,328
 
1,759
 
27.1
 %
 
* The percentage is not included since it would not provide meaningful information.
 
In the December 2010 quarter, we generated approximately $585,000 from operations, primarily reflecting our net income of approximately $2.0 million, a reduction in other payables of approximately $1.7 million, resulting from the payment of the balance due for our purchases of sows, hogs and other assets during fiscal 2010, an increase in inventory of approximately $600,000 and an increase in depreciation of approximately $505,000.  Our cash flow from investing in the December 2010 quarter reflected payments that were made in the quarter for the purchase of sows (approximately $271,000) and other assets (approximately $390,000) that were made pursuant to agreements which we entered into during fiscal 2010.  Our cash flow from financing activities represented net repayments of loans from related parties of approximately $18,000.

In the December 2009 quarter, we generated approximately $4.0 million from operations, primarily reflecting our net income of approximately $2.1 million and a reduction if inventory of approximately $1.9 million. Our cash flow from investing in the December 2009 quarter reflected the purchase of sows of approximately $146,000, the purchase of property and equipment of approximately $92,000 and the proceeds from the sale of sows of $120,000. Our cash flow from financing activities represented repayments of loans from related parties of approximately $3.4 million.

OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENTS
 
There were no off-balance sheet arrangements during the December 2010 quarter or fiscal 2010 that have, or are reasonably likely to have, a current or future effect on our financial condition, sales or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources that is material to our interests.
 
CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES, ESTIMATES AND ASSUMPTIONS
 
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires our management to make assumptions, estimates and judgments that affect the amounts reported, including the notes thereto, and related disclosures of commitments and contingencies, if any. We have identified certain accounting policies that are significant to the preparation of our financial statements. These accounting policies are important for an understanding of our financial condition and results of operation. Critical accounting policies are those that are most important to the portrayal of our financial conditions and results of operations and require management’s difficult, subjective, or complex judgment, often as a result of the need to make estimates about the effect of matters that are inherently uncertain and may change in subsequent periods. Certain accounting estimates are particularly sensitive because of their significance to financial statements and because of the possibility that future events affecting the estimate may differ significantly from management’s current judgments.
 
We believe the following critical accounting policies involve the most significant estimates and judgments used in the preparation of our financial statements.
 
 
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Use of Estimates -- The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of sales and expenses during the reporting period. Significant accounting estimates reflected in our financial statements include collectability of account receivable, value of live hogs, useful lives and impairment of property and equipment and the valuation of warrants. Actual results when ultimately realized could differ from those estimates and the differences could be material.
 
Inventories – Inventories are stated at the lower of cost and net realizable value. Cost is calculated on the weighted average basis and includes all costs to acquire and other costs incurred in bringing the inventories to their present location and condition. We evaluate the net realizable value of our inventories on a regular basis and record a provision for loss to reduce the computed weighted average cost if it exceeds the net realizable value.
 
Revenue Recognition –We recognize revenue upon transfer of ownership of the hogs to the customer. This occurs at the time the live hogs are weighed and the weight and price have been agreed upon between us and the customer, as evidenced by a signed transportation delivery note.
 
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets – We apply the provisions of ASC 360-10, which requires that long-lived assets be reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable through the estimated undiscounted cash flows expected to result from the use and eventual disposition of the assets. We periodically evaluates the carrying value of long-lived assets to be held and used in accordance with ASC 360, which requires impairment losses to be recorded on long-lived assets used in operations when indicators of impairment are present and the undiscounted cash flows estimated to be generated by those assets are less than the assets’ carrying amounts. In that event, a loss is recognized based on the amount by which the carrying amount exceeds the fair market value of the long-lived assets. Loss on long-lived assets to be disposed of is determined in a similar manner, except that fair market values are reduced for the cost of disposal. Based on our review, we believe that, as of September 30, 2010 and 2009, there were no significant impairments of our long-lived assets.
 
Income tax – We utilize ASC740, “Accounting for Income Taxes,” which requires the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of events that have been included in the financial statements or tax returns. Under this method, deferred income taxes are recognized for the tax consequences in future years of differences between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their financial reporting amounts at each period end based on enacted tax laws and statutory tax rates applicable to the periods in which the differences are expected to affect taxable income. Valuation allowances are established, when necessary, to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized. Our business of agricultural breeding of livestock has been exempt from income tax since January 2007. Accordingly, we did not pay EIT for either fiscal 2010 or fiscal 2009.
 
Government Subsidies– We record as income government subsidies when received from local government authority which are not subject to future return or reimbursement.

Foreign Currency Translation – We follow ASC 830, “Foreign Currency Translation”, for both the translation and re-measurement of balance sheet and income statement items into U.S. dollars. Resulting translation adjustments are reported as a separate component of accumulated comprehensive income (loss) in stockholders’ equity.
 
Our functional currency is the United States dollars. Our subsidiaries maintain their books and accounting records in RMB, the PRC’s currency, being their functional currency. Transactions denominated in foreign currencies are translated into the functional currency at the exchange rates prevailing on the transaction dates. Assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into the functional currency at the exchange rates prevailing at the balance sheet date. Any translation gains (losses) are recorded in exchange reserve as a component of shareholders’ equity. Income and expenditures are translated at the average exchange rate of the year.
 
 
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Fair Value of Financial Instruments – We apply the provisions of ASC Subtopic 820-10, Fair Value Measurements, for fair value measurements of financial assets and financial liabilities and for fair value measurements of nonfinancial items that are recognized or disclosed at fair value in the financial statements.  ASC Subtopic 820-10 also establishes a framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. These estimates can have significant impact on our financial statements based on the assumptions we use. We did not have any financial instruments that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of September 30, 2010 and 2009.
 
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
 
There are no recent accounting pronouncements that have a material effect upon our financial statements.
 
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Not required for smaller reporting companies.
 
Item 4. Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Pursuant to Rule 13a-15(b) under the Exchange Act, our management, including our chief executive officer and our chief financial officer, evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of December 31, 2010, the end of the period covered by this report.

Disclosure controls and procedures refer to controls and other procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports we file or submit under the Securities Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the SEC and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. In designing and evaluating our disclosure controls and procedures, management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives, and management is required to apply its judgment in evaluating and implementing possible controls and procedures.

Management conducted its evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures under the supervision of our chief executive officer and our chief financial officer. Based on that evaluation we believe that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of December 31, 2010.

Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies and procedures may deteriorate.

Our management, including our chief executive officer and our chief financial officer, is responsible for establishing and maintaining for us adequate internal control over financial reporting as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Securities Exchange Act.  Our internal control system was designed to, in general, provide reasonable assurance to our management and board regarding the preparation and fair presentation of published financial statements, but because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements.  Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
 
 
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Our management is also required to assess and report on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting in accordance with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (“Section 404”). Our management, including our chief executive officer and our chief financial officer, assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of September 30, 2010.  In making this assessment, we used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) in Internal Control – Integrated Framework.  During our assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of September 30, 2010, management identified significant deficiencies related to (i) the U.S. GAAP expertise of our internal accounting staff, (ii) our internal audit functions, (iii) the ability of our internal accounting staff to record our transactions to which we are a party which necessitates our bringing in external consultants to supplement this function, and (vi) a lack of segregation of duties within accounting functions. Therefore, our internal controls over financial reporting were not effective as of September 30, 2010. However, management believes that these deficiencies do not amount to a material weakness.

We became a reporting company on March 29, 2010, with the completion of the reverse acquisition.  We began to prepare to be in compliance with the internal control obligations, including Section 404, for our fiscal year ending September 30, 2010.  Prior to March 29, 2010, our internal accounting staff was primarily engaged in ensuring compliance with PRC accounting and reporting requirements for our operating subsidiaries and was not required to meet or apply U.S. GAAP requirements.  As a result, with the exception of certain additional persons who we hired subsequent to March 29, 2010 to address these deficiencies, our current internal accounting department responsible for our financial reporting is relatively new to U.S. GAAP and the related internal control procedures required of U.S. public companies.

In order to correct the foregoing deficiencies, we engaged consultants who are familiar with PRC GAAP and US GAAP to assist us in the preparation of financial statements in accordance with US GAAP, and, in October 2010, we hired a chief financial officer who was familiar with US GAAP.  Under the direction of our chief financial officer we are taking steps to improve our internal audit staff so that the staff will become familiar with both US GAAP and the establishment of internal controls, including controls relating to the operations and cash control at our farms.  We anticipate that, because of the need to hire and train qualified accounting personnel, we will continue to use an independent consultant to assist us in preparing our financial statements in accordance with US GAAP.  We have also, in December 2010, established an audit committee comprised of three independent directors.

Due to our size and nature, segregation of all conflicting duties may not always be possible and may not be economically feasible.  However, to the extent possible, we intend to implement procedures to assure that the initiation of transactions, the custody of assets and the recording of transactions will be performed by separate individuals.

We believe that the foregoing steps will remediate the significant deficiencies identified above, and we will continue to monitor the effectiveness of these steps and make any changes that our management deems appropriate.

A material weakness (within the meaning of PCAOB Auditing Standard No. 5) is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of our annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. A significant deficiency is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting that is less severe than a material weakness, yet important enough to merit attention by those responsible for oversight of the company’s financial reporting.

Our management is not aware of any material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting, and nothing has come to the attention of management that causes them to believe that any material inaccuracies or errors exist in our financial statements as of December 31, 2010.  The reportable conditions and other areas of our internal control over financial reporting identified by us as needing improvement have not resulted in a material restatement of our financial statements, and we are not aware of any instance where such reportable conditions or other identified areas of weakness have resulted in a material misstatement of omission in any report we have filed with or submitted to the Commission.  However, because of the significant deficiencies described above, we believe that our financial controls were not effective.
 
 
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Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There were no changes in our internal controls over financial reporting during the first quarter of the year ended September 30, 2011 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting


PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
Item 6. Exhibits.
 
Exhibit
No.
  
Description
     
31.1
 
Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
     
31.2
 
Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
     
32.1
 
Certification of Chief Executive and Financial Officers of the Company, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
     

SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
 
 
SOUTHERN CHINA LIVESTOCK, INC.
   
Date: February 7, 2011
By:  
/s/ Luping Pan
   
Luping Pan
President and Chief Executive Officer
     
     
Date: February 7, 2011
By:
/s/ Wei He
   
Wei He
   
Chief Financial Officer
 
 
 
 
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