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New grain hits the market with prices steady to slightly higher, farmers actively selling
Wang Chengqiang, Li Lei, Chu Ruizhen, Ma Kuiyu Survey date: Thursday, September 25, 2014 Survey route: Day two: Hegang to Fujin, survey areas include Baoquanling Management Bureau, Gongqing Farm, Junchuan Farm, Suibin Farm, Mingshan Farm, Puyang Farm and other farms
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High costs and heavy losses: 99% of fresh produce e-commerce businesses are losing money
The development and spread of e-commerce is gradually influencing people's lifestyles and habits. Fresh produce commonly seen in vegetable markets and supermarkets is now being moved onto e-commerce websites, and the "online vegetable basket" has emerged as a result. The fresh produce market is huge with broad prospects,
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Blueberries command a high price: why do premium fruits sell for so much
In recent years, blueberries have been selling well in the market under the label of being "high-end and upscale," and titles such as being rich in antioxidants and vitamins have also made them command a high price. However, experts point out that although blueberries are a good fruit, this does not match their price. Yun, PhD in Food Engineering from Purdue University in the United States
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Higher thresholds force tea production toward standardization
Recently, the EU officially implemented new pesticide residue limit standards for tea exported to the EU. The new standards mainly involve 4 pesticide residue indicators, including isoproturon, picoxystrobin, pyrimethanil and acetamiprid. All the standards are 1 times higher than before, with the content changing from 0.1ppm to
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Peanut prices open high, market looks forward to future gains
On September 17th, amid continuous autumn rain, Zhuang Bingwen, a large-scale peanut grower in Qiugeng Village, Huagou Town, Gaoqing County, Shandong Province, was busy spreading out his newly harvested peanuts to dry in his own shed. Quite troublesome, as it has been cloudy and rainy for three or four days straight, and these undried peanuts easily become moldy and black, which will affect the selling price.
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Cotton target price returns to the market, cotton planting is guaranteed and highly profitable
Currently, the Turpan region of Xinjiang has fully begun purchasing cotton. This year's cotton purchasing differs somewhat from previous years, with monitoring of cotton prices intensified in many parts of Xinjiang, in order to ensure the steady progress of the pilot reform of the cotton target price. According to this year's Central
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Corn planting area may hit a new record high, seed industry enters a new round of prosperity
Recently, the industry publication Oil World in Hamburg, Germany, stated that because farmers switched to planting corn, China's soybean planting area will decrease by 7% this year, dropping to the lowest level in 22 years, while the corn planting area may increase to a record level. This year, both corn output and imports will
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High risk of major rice pests and diseases recurring at the heading stage
Since late August, rice areas in the south have been affected by excessive rainfall and "late autumn without cool weather," causing the population density of the two migratory rice pests to rise rapidly, rice blast is still spreading, and there is a relatively high risk of major pests and diseases recurring at the heading stage. Localities, in accordance with the Ministry of Agriculture's
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China's wheat total production and per-unit yield increases both hit an 8-year high
According to a report by CCTV.com, building on the high base of consecutive years of grain production increases, China's wheat has again achieved a bumper harvest this year, with the increases in both total production and per-unit yield reaching their highest levels in 8 years, making it the only one of the three major staple grains to achieve 11 consecutive years of increased production. The latest statistics show
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Farm Machinery Subsoiling and Land Preparation Help Achieve High Grain Yields
In order to gradually improve the quality of cultivated land, promote stable and high grain yields and increase farmers' incomes, on August 20, the Henan Provincial Agricultural Machinery Bureau and the Provincial Department of Finance jointly formulated the "Henan Province 2014 Farm Machinery Subsoiling and Land Preparation Pilot Work Plan," using subsidies to guide farmers in carrying out farm machinery subsoiling operations,
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