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China's agricultural trade deficit may hit a record high
The reporter recently learned from a relevant person at the Ministry of Agriculture that there is little doubt this year's grain production will achieve a record eleventh consecutive increase, farmers' incomes are also expected to achieve an eleventh consecutive increase, and the income gap between urban and rural areas is very likely to narrow to within 3:1 for the first time. At the same time, due to
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One Year After Listing, Egg Futures Market Functions Gradually Emerge
At the recently held Second (2014) China Egg Industry Chain Supply and Demand Situation and Egg Futures First Anniversary Analysis Meeting, a relevant person in charge of the Agricultural Products Department of the Dalian Commodity Exchange said that since its listing on November 8, 2013, egg futures have shown a good development trend,
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Three achievements in rapeseed direct seeders and windrowers pass appraisal
Recently, 3 achievements in rapeseed direct seeders and windrowers led by the research team of the College of Engineering at Huazhong Agricultural University passed appraisal by the Hubei Provincial Department of Science and Technology. Luo Xiwen, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and professor at South China Agricultural University, and Chen Xuegeng, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and researcher at the Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural Reclamation Sciences, served as chairman and vice-chairman of the appraisal committee respectively. Zhu Ming, president of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Engineering Research and Design, and Wang Hanzhong, director of the Oil Crops Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, attended the appraisal meeting. After appraisal, the expert panel concluded that all 3 technologies are at the international advanced level, with some at the international leading level. Experts said that China is a major rapeseed-growing country, yet the level of rapeseed mechanization remains low, and the mechanized sowing level of wheat in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River is 37%, far below the national average of 87%. After the promotion and application of the 3 achievements, rapeseed (including wheat) planting will take a solid step forward on the road to full mechanization.
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Permanent basic farmland protection must start with the big cities
Recently, the Ministry of Land and Resources and the Ministry of Agriculture jointly issued the Notice on Further Improving the Delineation of Permanent Basic Farmland, requiring that high-quality farmland around cities and towns and along transportation routes that is currently vulnerable to being occupied be given priority in being designated as permanent basic farmland, and explicitly proposing to start with big cities of
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Four Key Issues Facing the Development of Modern Agriculture
Recently, the author traveled to Rongcheng City and Rushan City in Weihai, Shandong, and to Muping District and Penglai City in Yantai, to investigate the development of modern agriculture. Overall, the current agricultural resource endowments and factor conditions are undergoing profound changes. As long as breakthroughs are identified and the situation is guided along its natural course and actively promoted, traditional agriculture will certainly be able to accelerate its transformation into modern agriculture.
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What does Yuan Longping's rice yield mean?
Recently, while on a trip to the countryside for an interview, just as the rice flowers were filling the air with fragrance, I chatted with a few farmers beside a rice paddy, and the conversation turned to the new record set not long ago by Academician Yuan Longping's super rice of 1026.7 kg per mu. One farmer said, that is the yield of those scientists; for us farmers, it is
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The ideas of the farming masses are worth listening to more
Recently, a certain town mayor went to mediate a dispute between two villagers in the village over their two fish ponds becoming connected due to heavy rain. The two sides fell into a deadlock because they could not reach a compensation agreement. The town mayor thought it over and over but had no suitable solution. At that moment, a villager at the scene said, take a net and cast it into the fish ponds a few times and you will know.
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Why is agricultural policy a political issue?
Recently I read Weber's essay from the late 19th century, "The Special Tendencies of Germany's Move Toward Capitalism," also known as The Development of Rural Labor Conditions in the Eastern Elbe Region, and found it quite illuminating, because it ultimately touches on a question concerning the reform of the land system. Weber's
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Farmers busy building granaries to store grain, safeguarding every single grain
The reporter recently went to the rural areas of Pingdu County, Shandong, for an interview, and everywhere could see farmers drying grain on the roads, with vehicles coming and going driving over the roads covered with grain, leaving clouds of dust in their wake. Local farmers told the reporter that there is now a lack of drying grounds in rural areas, so they have no choice
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First batch of China's overseas self-produced soybeans successfully shipped back to China
Recently, it was learned from the Heilongjiang Province Agricultural Industry Association for Russia that, with strong support from customs, inspection and quarantine and other departments, the first batch of Russian imported soybeans from the largest China-Russia agricultural cooperation project - the China-Russia (Primorsky Krai) Modern Agricultural Industry Cooperation Zone - entered the country via the
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