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2014 autumn grain season off to a good start, with a heavy disaster-prevention task ahead
As the farming proverb says, the 15th day of the seventh lunar month decides drought or flood, and the 15th day of the eighth lunar month decides the harvest. Right now, there is less than a month to go before drought or flood is decided, and two months before the autumn grain matures. At present, the foundation for autumn grain production is sound, but compared with previous years, an El Nino event of at least moderate intensity is very likely this year.
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Can organic farming only ever be a personal lifestyle?
In 2000, An Jinlei, a farmer in Dongzilong Village, Matun Town, Zaoqiang County, Hebei Province, contracted 40 mu of land in the village and began practicing his organic farming of "no pesticides, no chemical fertilizers, no herbicides," trying to pick up traditional farming methods. An Jinlei used fertilizer bags to collect
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Agricultural insurance gradually takes root in farming households: subsidies increased and a risk compensation mechanism introduced
File photo: Increase fiscal subsidy intensity, introduce a risk compensation mechanism, agricultural insurance gradually wins farmers' hearts. By He Wei, our reporter. Recently, Super Typhoon Rammasun caused major losses to agriculture in Hainan. According to statistics from the Hainan provincial government, the affected crop area reached 2.445 million mu, of which
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Pollution control in livestock farming is urgent, and method and cost are key
Recently, Yan Junfang, chairman of Yangling Benxiang Agricultural Industry Group, has been deeply troubled. Due to issues left over from the past, a farm under the group that can hold 200,000 pigs at full capacity has run into a thorny environmental protection problem. It is reported that the farm is only 170 meters away from the nearest surrounding village at its closest point. In the hot summer, the stench from the pig farm directly affects the daily lives of the villagers.
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Livestock farming must not come at the expense of the ecological environment
A large-scale pig farm located in Pingshui Town, Keqiao District, Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province, completed its closure inspection and acceptance several days ago. The farm had 259 pigs on hand and was built at the foot of a hill by a reservoir. The owner, Wei Jianjiang, had originally planned to raise pigs for the long term, so he built 4 pig houses covering 800 sq m. At the beginning of this year
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Mid-Autumn Festival: Farmers Everywhere Busy with Autumn Harvest and Autumn Field Management
On September 8, farmers in Shishang Village, Renshou Town, Jing'an County, Jiangxi Province, drove agricultural machinery to harvest mid-season rice. The day was the Mid-Autumn Festival and also White Dew, one of the 24 solar terms in the Chinese lunar calendar. Farmers everywhere stepped up autumn harvest and autumn field management, and the fields were bustling with activity. Photo released by Xinhua News Agency (Photo by Xu Zhongting)
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Dryland farming breaks the water dilemma; nationally, the share of effectively irrigated area is limited
Right now, the drought in China's Huang-Huai region has been effectively alleviated, but the drought in the Northeast region is still ongoing. In recent years, responding to large-scale, prolonged droughts has become the norm in grain production development. In 2007, the Northeast region suffered a summer-to-dog-days drought; in 2009, the northern winter wheat region suffered a winter-spring continuous drought
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How can dryland farming solve the water shortage problem?
Right now, the drought in China's Huang-Huai region has been effectively alleviated, but the drought in the Northeast region is still ongoing. In recent years, coping with large-scale, prolonged droughts has become the norm in grain production development. The 2007 summer-to-dog-days drought in the Northeast region, the 2009 winter-spring consecutive drought in the northern winter wheat region
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How can farming and the environment achieve mutual benefit and win-win coexistence?
Since the Regulations on the Prevention and Control of Pollution from Large-scale Livestock and Poultry Farming came into effect on January 1, 2014, localities have continuously introduced policies and provided financial and material support to develop clean farming. But quite a few farms still produce in violation of regulations, discharging livestock and poultry manure outside without strict treatment, causing great harm to
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