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More efforts still needed to tackle livestock and poultry farming pollution
Recently, the "Opinions of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council on Accelerating the Advancement of Ecological Civilization Construction" proposed strengthening the prevention and control of agricultural non-point source pollution and increasing efforts to prevent and control pollution from crop and livestock farming, especially large-scale livestock and poultry farming. It can be seen that the problem of livestock and poultry farming pollution has become an agricultural
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Agricultural machinery cooperative launches menu-style contract farming service
At the end of September, the critical period for late rice grain filling, Leng Weiguo, a major grain grower in Wangjiadi Village, Longguangqiao Town, Heshan District, Yiyang City, Hunan Province, rarely went to the fields to busy himself, spending most of his time at the Huimin Agricultural Machinery Cooperative maintaining farm machinery. His rice will be harvested in mid-October.
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Cotton farming weighed down by internal and external troubles: soon no one will grow it
This is the sentence that Du Min, a scientist in the economics post of the National Cotton Industry Technology System and a researcher at the Rural Economy Research Center of the Ministry of Agriculture, has heard most and said most often recently. In recent years, China's cotton planting area has plummeted. According to the latest national cotton
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Heavy Rain Causes Disasters in the South, but Farmers Manage Seeding and Harvesting Without Missing the Farming Season
The "double rush" is in full swing in the South, with frequent heavy rainfall. But under the unified deployment of local Party committees, governments and agricultural departments at all levels, seeding and harvesting proceed without missing the farming season. Since May, heavy rainfall has occurred frequently in the South, with southern Hunan, eastern Jiangxi, northeastern Guangxi, most of Guangdong
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What preferential policies are there for the rabbit farming industry? A quick guide to the support measures
Notice of the Ministry of Agriculture on the Issuance of the 2008 Fiscal Projects (Nong Cai Fa [2007] No. 99). In the application requirements for the One Village One Product characteristic industry project, it states: 1. Project objective: To support the development of the One Village One Product characteristic industry, in accordance with the requirements of the Scientific Outlook on Development, centering on the building of a new socialist countryside, deepening the adjustment of the agricultural structure, actively developing agricultural products with high added value, distinctive features and excellent quality, and promoting increases in farmers' income;
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Farm input prices are stable with a slight decline, what else do farmers care about when farming?
Editor's note: In order to promptly understand the situation of spring farming preparations for major crops such as grain, cotton, oil and sugar, as well as the market supply and prices of farm inputs and prominent problems, the Information Center of the Ministry of Agriculture, in mid-April, together with the information centers of the agriculture departments (commissions) of ten provinces (regions) including Hebei, Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Jiangsu, Shandong, Henan, Guang
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China's fur animal farming industry should be viewed objectively and fairly
China is a major producer and consumer of fur, and fur animal farming is an important part of the fur industry, attracting close attention from the industry at home and abroad. Su Chaoying, Chairman of the China Leather Industry Association, in order to make clear China's attitude toward developing the fur animal farming industry and to clarify the misunderstandings of certain
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How Large a Farming Scale Counts as Moderate Operation?
Although family farms, specialized cooperatives and other new types of agricultural business entities have gradually gained momentum, Zhang Baohua, a farmer in Zhangqiu City, has this year sharply reduced the area he devotes to grain cultivation. Just how large an area the new types of agricultural business entities should operate to count as moderate is a question worth pondering. If the area is too small, more
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Both grow more grain and earn more money, increasing income through farming without neglecting either
The modern agricultural machinery cooperative in Anquan Village, Changsheng Township, Kedong County, Heilongjiang, has more than 32,000 mu of arable land. "In 2012, the grain-growing profit rate reached 30%, and in 2014 it fell to 19%." said He Yongdong, head of the cooperative. "Rising land rent is one of the important factors pushing up the cost of growing grain.
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Rural Land Abandonment Is Serious; Investors Wait for a Chance to Pocket Subsidies
To accelerate the healthy development of land transfer, the key is to establish by law the rights and obligations of all parties involved in land transfer operations, and to push forward coordinated innovation in the institutions, mechanisms, policies and models related to land transfer. Rural land transfer is an important part of deepening the reform of the rural land system.
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