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Corn bears the brunt as the drought map expands, putting granaries in many regions to a major test
Since July, Henan, Shaanxi, Inner Mongolia and other places have suffered severe drought one after another. Currently at the critical stage of autumn grain production, how is grain production faring under this "roasting" test? Analysts interviewed by the China Securities Journal pointed out that, from a nationwide perspective, the current
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Water-saving irrigation proves effective, calmly resolving the challenge of severe drought
In the face of a severe drought rarely seen in decades, crops in some areas of Henan and Liaoning provinces suffered serious damage, highlighting shortcomings in water conservancy facilities (see "In a Year of Severe Drought, a Test for Farmland Water Conservancy" in this section, August 19), but must a severe drought inevitably bring agricultural disaster? Not necessarily. On the road to modern ag
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Autumn Tea Hits the Market and Faces Its Test: Tieguanyin or White Tea, Who Will Win
The ancients said that spring tea is bitter, summer tea is astringent, and for good drinking, there is autumn White Dew; the "autumn White Dew" mentioned here refers precisely to autumn tea. Right now, the peak picking season is underway, and autumn tea picking in major production areas is proceeding at full pace, preparing the taste of autumn for consumers' palates. It is understood that
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Rising Risk of Corn Price Pullback, Tight Supply of High-Quality Grain May Ease
Since June and July, corn futures prices have risen sharply, driven by drought weather and tight supply of high-quality grain, with the near-month 1409 contract showing the most pronounced trend. In the short two months to the end of August, corn 1409 rose about 14.58%, and 1501 rose about 4.35%. The earlier rapid
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Rising Risks for Corn as Prices Face a Pullback; Tight Supply of High-Quality Grain May Ease
Since June and July, corn futures prices have risen sharply, driven by drought weather and tight supply of high-quality grain. Among them, the nearby 1409 contract showed the most obvious trend, with corn 1409 rising about 14.58% and 1501 rising about 4.35% in the short two months to the end of August. The earlier rapid rise in corn futures prices
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Domestic cotton prices face further downward pressure, with production down 14.2%
According to a survey by the China Cotton Association, this year's cotton production is expected to be around 6 million tons, a decrease of 1 million tons, or 14.2%. Facing changes in cotton production and the market situation, as the new cotton harvest approaches, the Agricultural Development Bank of China continues to play its role as the main channel for supplying cotton procurement funds.
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How Cultural Development Is Changing the Face of Agriculture, Rural Areas and Farmers
On the writing desk, farmer calligraphers and painters wield their brushes and splash ink; under the green shade, farmer poets express their aspirations and feelings; on the stage, one performer exits as another enters... At the cultural station of Dongyangzhuang Township in Bazhou City, Hebei Province, farmers come here year-round during the slack farming season and after tea and meals to discuss poetry, paint, sing opera and enjoy entertainment.
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Many Places in China Hit by Agricultural Water Crisis, Farming Faces a Major Transformation
Well holes everywhere, yet not one yields water. Water resources are becoming increasingly scarce, and the water bottleneck constraining agricultural development is growing ever more prominent - during this year's severe droughts in many places, this problem has been exposed even more fully. In some areas, because the groundwater level keeps dropping, wells drilled only last year or the year before can no longer pump water to irrigate the cracked fields.
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Land reform shelved, collective ownership faces challenges
Continuing to shelve reform of collective ownership and merely tinkering with the separation of the three rights makes it difficult to resolve the institutional predicament facing China's rural development. At a forum recently held by China Agricultural University, Liu Shouying, deputy director of the Rural Department of the Development Research Center of the State Council, put forward this argument
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Farmers no longer face difficulty getting loans; they can apply as long as they have a guarantee or collateral
The cooperative has more than 500 farmer households holding shares and over a thousand mu of land contributed as shares. It produces high-quality waxy corn and engages in contract farming. Industrialized development requires a large amount of capital. Previously, because there was no collateral, it could not get loans from banks and often had to resort to private lending, which carried high interest and high
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