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Target price for cotton set at 19,800 yuan per ton, reform pilot officially launched
On September 3, the National Development and Reform Commission announced that, with the approval of the State Council, the 2014 cotton target price has been set at 19,800 yuan per ton. According to the State Council's arrangements, the Xinjiang cotton target price reform pilot will be launched in 2014. The NDRC said the "Cotton Target Price Reform Pilot Plan"
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Strong calls for expanding agricultural insurance, farmers hope for more comprehensive protection
Patches of sugarcane lay fallen on the ground, their leaves torn. At 4 pm on August 29, an unexpected gale mixed with thunderstorms and hail battered Ye Xuelin's sugarcane in Yunxi Village, Yunxi Township, Qujiang District, knocking it down askew. That wind blew wildly for a full hour, with thunder and
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Black soil is brimming with new vitality in agricultural transformation
For the "number one granary under heaven," how can agriculture achieve further increases in output, efficiency and income on the existing foundation? Yushu City has given its answer: accelerate the pace of agricultural transformation and upgrading, and go all out to advance modern agriculture. Today, whether in agricultural production methods or business
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Machine-transplanted early rice yields a bumper harvest, with strong momentum for mechanization promotion
Despite being affected by prolonged continuous low temperatures, overcast and rainy weather, and insufficient sunlight, the machine-transplanted early rice at Datonghu Farm of Hunan State Farms still achieved a bumper harvest. Expert inspection data show that the average yield of machine-transplanted early rice in the area was 532.8 kg per mu. At the same time, more than 110,000 mu of machine-transplanted early rice in the area
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Cotton Price Reform Pilot Advances: NDRC Has Launched Monitoring Work
According to the NDRC, in accordance with the deployment of the State Council, the Xinjiang cotton target price reform pilot was launched in 2014. With the approval of the State Council, the 2014 cotton target price has been announced at 19,800 yuan per ton; the "Cotton Target Price Reform Pilot Plan" has been issued to the pilot areas; the "New
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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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Oilseed rape polyploid genome jointly decoded by Chinese and foreign scientists
Recently, led by the International Brassica Genome Sequencing Consortium, the genome sequencing of Brassica napus (oilseed rape) was completed for the first time. This is the first complete sequencing and assembly of the complex genome of a traditional polyploid crop internationally, and it also completed a systematic comparison and
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Agricultural insurance escorts the development of new-type agricultural business entities
It is undeniable that China's agricultural production has not yet completely escaped the predicament of relying on the weather, with abnormal weather occurring frequently and the impact of disasters expanding day by day. Under such circumstances, how to minimize the losses to individual farmers' interests while ensuring the smooth realization of the national strategy for food security is a major issue.
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In the first half of 2014, the national usage of formula fertilizer for major grain crops reached 5.3 million tons
In the first half of this year, the national usage of formula fertilizer for major grain crops reached 5.3 million tons (in terms of pure nutrients), with an application area of 360 million mu-times, up 17.8% and 20% respectively compared with the same period last year; formula fertilizer already accounted for about 40% of the total fertilizer applied to major grain crops. This was learned by the reporter at the meeting to evaluate the results of the demonstration county creation for promoting formula fertilizer through agricultural enterprise cooperation.
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State-owned forest farm reform closely tied to ecological forestry and livelihood forestry
This year is the first year of China's comprehensive deepening of reform. Forestry reform involves every aspect, but state-owned forest farm reform is clearly the top priority. At the national forestry directors' meeting held at the beginning of the year, Zhao Shucong, Director of the State Forestry Administration, stressed that this year efforts must be concentrated on drafting and completing the state-owned forest farm reform plan, and striving to fully launch state-owned forest farm reform.
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