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China's feed demand has already reached 2.5 times its grain demand for human consumption
In recent years, China's per capita grain ration dropped from 207.1 kg in 1986 to 148 kg in 2010, a decrease of 28.5%, but at the same time, per capita consumption of meat, eggs, milk and other foods has been climbing steadily. For more than 30 years, Ren Jizhou, a grassland science expert in China and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering,
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Severe drought hits autumn grain crops in multiple regions; Ministry of Agriculture demands efforts to ensure stable yields and a bumper harvest
In recent days, 12 provinces in China including Henan, Shaanxi, Inner Mongolia, Shanxi and Xinjiang have been hit by severe drought. The spreading drought has dried up reservoirs and river channels, made drinking water scarce for people and livestock, and may leave autumn grain crops in some areas facing total crop failure. Minister of Agriculture Han Changfu recently traveled to He
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Rising Domestic Demand for Soybean Meal in China May Cause Exports to Decline in the Second Half
Traders and analysts say that China's soybean meal exports in the first half of this year tripled compared with the same period a year earlier, but as domestic soybean crushing margins improve and domestic soybean meal demand rises, China's soybean meal export supply may decrease. Analysts say that reduced Chinese soybean meal exports
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Mainland Agricultural Product Prices Caught in a Recurring Cycle of Rises and Falls; Supply-Demand Imbalance Hurts All Parties
Mao Yugui, a 60-year-old vegetable farmer in Lanzhou, lost money on all four mu of cauliflower he planted this year. The price slump in cauliflower, which has been on the market for nearly a month, has dealt the old man a heavy blow: since mid-July, cauliflower prices began falling from 1 yuan per jin (RMB, same below), down to 1 jiao, 5 fen... until no one would even ask about it, and in the end it could only be dumped or fed to livestock.
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Variety breeding must be guided by market demand
Large in size, 3 chili peppers measure one meter long; high in yield, with an output of over six or seven thousand jin per mu; rich in nutrition, with the content of various nutrients being several times that of ordinary high-quality chili peppers. Ningxia goji chili peppers sell well on the market thanks to their many advantages. Ultimately, today's buyers in the market
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Development Demands in International Agricultural Trade Should Be Taken Seriously
Recently, the author noticed that due to the tough stance taken by India and other countries on the issue of agricultural subsidies, the only trade liberalization agreement reached since the founding of the World Trade Organization (WTO) stalled at the end of July. Some commentators believe that this move may deal a blow to the outside world's
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Severe overcapacity of grandparent layer breeding stock, China's market supply exceeds demand
In 2014, egg prices in China continued to rise, and in late August the national average purchase price of eggs exceeded 11.0 yuan/kg, the highest price level in nearly 5 years. The fundamental reason for the continued rise in egg prices and their reaching a historic high was the decline in layer inventories. China National Poultry Industry
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Bumper Grape Harvest Meets Weak Demand, Sales Under Pressure in Many Parts of the Country
Autumn has arrived, and all across the country it is the good season when grape varieties come onto the market one after another to treat people's taste buds. At this time of year in the past two years, grape growers would smile from ear to ear because of both a bumper harvest and good sales. This year, however, the nationwide grape market has
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China plans to supply fruits and vegetables to Russia; 10% of Shandong's output value could meet Russia's entire national demand
Staff at a logistics center in the Russia-China border region distributing fruits and vegetables from China (RT website) Reference News Network reported on September 26 that an article titled "China Ready to Provide Fruits and Vegetables to Russia" published in the Russian newspaper Izvestia on September 24 stated that Chi-
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China's domestic cotton supply-demand gap for the 2014 season is about 2 million tons
According to relevant forecasts, in the 2014 season (September 2014 to August 2015), China's textile cotton demand will stabilize and rebound. The domestic cotton supply-demand gap for the new season is expected to be about 2 million tons, an increase of about 1 million tons over the previous season. This was learned by reporters on the 25th from the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Finance
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