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Rise and Fall of the National Agricultural Products Wholesale Price Index on May 22, 2015
According to monitoring by the Ministry of Agriculture, on May 22 the National Agricultural Products Wholesale Price Index was 198.77, down 0.43 points from yesterday, of which the "Vegetable Basket" Products Wholesale Price Index was 199.11, down 0.47 points from yesterday. As of 14:00 today, at the national agricultural products wholesale market, the average price of pork
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Heavy Rain Hits, Ministry of Agriculture Urgently Deploys Defense Work
Currently, this is a critical period for the maturity of summer grain and oil crops, and also an important stage for the growth and development of spring-planted crops. Since May, heavy rainfall has continued to occur in regions such as Jiangnan and South China, with some areas suffering from floods and waterlogging to varying degrees. According to forecasts from the Central Meteorological Observatory, in mid-to-late May most of southern China will still experience heavy to torrential rain.
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Rural Culture Must Not Fall into Marginalization and Desertification
Cultural products must carry values and emotions that suit farmers' tastes in order to touch farmers' hearts. At present, with changes in rural social relations and structures, the phenomenon of cultural marginalization has appeared in rural areas. Rural cultural development has been placed by some officials in a subordinate position to economic development, unhealthy social trends have spread wantonly into rural areas, excellent traditional culture has been abandoned and lost, vulgar culture has resurfaced, and the self-governing, courteous, and warm rural life of several thousand years has disappeared. The fertile soil that nurtured Chinese civilization is tending toward dryness. Although in recent years the central and local governments have allocated large amounts of special cultural funds for building public cultural facilities, the results are not encouraging. Many grassroots cultural facilities have become mere decorations, and cultural activities organized by officials are not enthusiastically received by the masses because they fall short of the people's actual needs. Against this background, it is not surprising that vulgar phenomena such as striptease at funerals and unattended rural reading rooms have appeared.
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Strawberries unsold amid cancer-causing acetochlor exceedance scare; prices fall in many places
Although the claim that strawberries had excessive acetochlor residues was later refuted by authoritative test results and industry experts, the earlier reports that "strawberry acetochlor residues exceeding the limit cause cancer" spread widely and quickly led to unsold strawberries in several major strawberry-producing areas, with prices falling sharply and growers and traders suffering serious losses.
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How can agricultural investment attract industrial and commercial capital to the countryside?
In China's agricultural sector today, one of the most eye-catching hot topics is none other than industrial and commercial capital rushing to stake a claim in agriculture. Most of them enter agriculture full of hope, believing that with money, people, and markets, they will navigate the agricultural field smoothly and triumphantly all the way.
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Southern japonica rice prices expected to keep falling; indica rice market remains stable
Since April, the volume of policy rice and reserve rice of all levels released from warehouses in the main southern japonica rice producing areas has increased markedly, boosting market supply; however, as temperatures rise, market demand for rice tends to weaken. At present, japonica rice prices in some southern regions have begun to decline, but due to
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3 pitfalls that agricultural product brands easily fall into during development
Food is the first necessity of the people, and safety comes first in food. Food safety problems occur frequently, making people anxious about every meal. Only when the agricultural products consumers buy are built on brands with sufficient safety can they effectively escape food safety fears. This kind of brand safety
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Rapeseed planting area shrinks, output may fall by around 10%
Entering April, rapeseed is nearing the market across China. Because wheat prices were ideal in the summer and autumn of last year, planting returns were clearly higher than those for rapeseed, causing China's rapeseed sown area to shrink further. In addition, poor weather during the rapeseed growing period caused some areas to suffer
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Significant rainfall in many parts of northern China this week, favorable for wheat jointing
Recently, according to the national agrometeorological report released by the China Meteorological Administration, it is expected that this week most areas of northern China will receive 15-40 mm of rainfall, which is very favorable for soil moisture replenishment and the jointing growth of winter wheat; the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River will see relatively heavy rainfall, and trenches should be cleared and land leveled in time
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Cotton prices keep falling; the move toward technology and mechanization should come sooner rather than later
The fireworks of March will soon pass, and the cotton-planting season has arrived. Every year at this time, cotton prices rise, but compared with previous years, the increase this year has been greatly reduced. At present, the average domestic spot price of ginned cotton is 13,330 yuan/ton, down 31.3% from last year and slightly up 0.11% from last
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