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Winter wheat planting generally assured; some areas may see consecutive autumn-winter drought
Right now, winter wheat planting is about to get underway on a large scale across the country. In order to effectively improve winter wheat planting quality, cultivate strong seedlings before winter, and lay a solid foundation for next year's summer grain harvest, the Ministry of Agriculture recently issued the "2015-2016 Technical Guidance on Wheat Autumn and Winter Planting." From
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Falling Chinese Agricultural Prices May Weigh on Global Prices
Reference News Network reported on September 21 that Japanese media said that measured by The Economist's Big Mac index, the value of China's renminbi still appears to be undervalued. Yet the prices of the ingredients used to make this hamburger present a completely different picture, namely high
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Cheap Western Agricultural Imports May Crush Chinese Agriculture
The impact of cheap agricultural imports on Chinese agriculture is obvious: phenomena that occurred during the era of capitalist economic crises, such as abandoned farmland, dumping milk, and slaughtering cattle, have been replayed in China. Recently, the author learned that after importing soybeans, corn,
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Is a Banana Shortage Coming? China's Market May Face a Banana Shortage in the Future
Bananas are undisputedly the staple commodity of the fruit industry. Due to declining supply from major domestic production areas and climate change, the persistently high "bull market" of 2014 brought far-reaching structural changes to the entire industry. Although supply and demand in the domestic market have returned to stability this year, industry insiders
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2015 Corn Temporary Storage Policy May Be Announced Early
In this year's corn market, wave after wave of bearish rumors about the temporary storage policy have battered the fragile psychological defenses of industry personnel. For a time, a thick bearish atmosphere pervaded the market, industry confidence was suppressed, and those working in the sector were gripped by anxiety. A sharp cut in the temporary storage purchase price would affect growers the most.
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Corn Becomes the Focus of Structural Adjustment: A Third of the Nation's Corn Acreage May Be Converted from Grain to Forage
In Shandong, a major grain-planting province, more than 80% of grain corn is used as livestock feed, while the nation's feed grain still depends on imports of 100 million tonnes per year. Under the food security strategy, grain used for livestock feed has been brought into policy consideration. In a recent public
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Drones May Become the Next Generation of Agricultural Tools, Helping Farmers Herd Cattle
Drones have become one of the most frequently used terms in the past two years, because in theory they may have very broad application prospects in the future. Logistics companies want to use drones to speed up parcel delivery, oil companies want to use drones
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Corn temporary storage policy may usher in new changes
At the 2015 China Rural Development High-Level Forum recently held in Beijing, Cheng Guoqiang, Secretary-General of the Academic Committee of the Development Research Center of the State Council, said at the forum that regarding temporary purchase and storage, he personally advocates that it should be withdrawn as soon as possible. In fact, since the pilot reform of target price subsidies was implemented for cotton and soybeans last year, there have been predictions that corn would become the next variety to undergo the pilot reform of target price subsidies.
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Farmers May See a Wave of Concentrated Grain Sales, Purchase Volume Expected to Grow
As this year's wheat harvest is already assured and supply is abundant, although some major producing provinces have introduced relevant subsidy policies to promote wheat purchases, such as Henan Province recently allocating 15 million yuan in fixed subsidies to cities and counties with excessive imperfect grains, the grain sources in farmers' hands and circulating in the market remain
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Agricultural Product Inventories May Hit a Record High, Hedge Funds Flee in a Hurry
From cotton to wheat, from corn to soybeans, persistently high agricultural product supplies are flooding the market like a deluge, and hedge funds cannot flee fast enough. Bloomberg News, citing a U.S. government report, said a global bumper harvest of agricultural products and slowing growth in market demand will push
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