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Why have corn prices fallen, and how big is the impact on farmers?
After a heavy snowfall, a grain broker came to the home of corn grower Zhao Jincheng to inspect the grain. "Now it has to be graded as third-class; it doesn't make second-class." "If it's third-class, after deducting freight and delivering it to the destination, it can only sell for 0.71 yuan." The corn price fell from 0.90 yuan per jin in 2014 to 0.71 yuan per jin this year. Neighbors and relatives all stored their corn, waiting to see how the price would move. But Zhao Jincheng urgently needed money, so he had to sell even at a low price, because he still had a loan to repay as soon as possible.
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Grain prices plummet, farmers' incomes drop sharply, and finances and stockpiles are under pressure too
This year's grain prices have fallen too hard. Liu Xueyou said helplessly. Liu Xueyou, 51 this year, is a major grain grower in Xi County, Xinyang City, Henan Province, with more than 16,000 mu of transferred land, accounting for one percent of the county's total arable land, and is known as the "Grain King of Henan." The fall in grain prices caught him
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New breakthroughs achieved in transforming the development model and adjusting the structure of grain production
In 2015, facing multiple tests including severe natural disasters in some areas, frequent biological disasters, and a volatile market environment, a breakthrough was achieved in defending grain production at a high level. This year's grain output reached 62.1435 million tons, an increase of 1.4408 million tons, setting a new record high. Crop production maintained
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The commodity attributes of farmers' homestead land should be recognized
To achieve the goal of building a moderately prosperous society in all respects, solving the problems of farmers and rural development is key. If rural areas cannot develop and farmers cannot become prosperous, the goal of building a moderately prosperous society in all respects will fall through. China has long had a urban-rural dual structure,
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Fresh Ideas and Methods for Building a New Agricultural Ecosystem
After the term "Internet Plus" proposed at the 2015 Two Sessions became hugely popular, every industry was brewing cross-sector integration with the Internet, and even the oldest and most traditional agriculture was no exception. Unexpectedly, "Internet Plus agriculture" was the first to grab the policy bonus. Entering
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Deepening Production-Sales Cooperation Is Still Needed to Reduce Grain Inventories
On December 18, several grain processing enterprises from Jilin City, Jilin Province, came to Beijing to promote this year's newly marketed rice. This is already the second time Jilin City has come to Beijing to promote rice. The grain production-sales cooperation between Jilin City and Beijing gives full play to the resource advantages of major grain-producing areas and
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Grain prices fall and large-scale grain growers can only break even - do farmers still want to grow grain?
Grain prices have fallen, but do farmers still want to grow grain? A survey from Qing'an County, Heilongjiang Province. Large-scale grain growers can only break even, and enthusiasm for land transfer may be affected. On December 9, the Major Snow solar term had already passed, and northern Heilongjiang was freezing cold. A heavy snowfall from a few days earlier still lay thick in the fields, with stray bits of crop straw showing on top.
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An Analysis of the Legal Nature of Land Management Rights under the Separation of Three Rights
In line with farmers' wish to retain their contract rights and transfer their management rights, achieving the parallel separation of contract rights and management rights is a major innovation in China's agricultural land system. This year's No. 1 Central Document proposed defining the rights relationships among rural land collective ownership, farmers' contract rights, and land management rights, which requires first defining the legal nature and powers of each of the three rights, and land management rights, as a newly created independent form of right, especially need to be defined in a timely manner.
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How can we seize the historic opportunity for agricultural transformation and upgrading?
Last year they planted corn, and this year they began rotating crops with soybeans, using 100 jin less fertilizer per hao of land. The nitrogen-fixing and soil-enriching effect of soybeans was also fully brought into play, greatly improving soil fertility. Xing Haijun, chairman of the Xinrong Cooperative in Yangjia Township, Bei'an City, Heilongjiang Province, who had grown corn continuously for many years
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Land reclamation and consolidation should be advanced in step with winter water conservancy construction
The annual winter water conservancy construction will kick off in various places. Years of practical work have taught us: the topsoil and surplus soil from winter water conservancy construction are valuable soil sources that can be fully utilized for land reclamation and consolidation, and are also an important source of soil needed for land reclamation and consolidation.
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