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Staple grain imports fall while sorghum and barley rise: changes in import structure prompt reflection
Affected by factors such as the inversion of domestic and international prices and demand pull, China's grain (cereal) imports in 2014 continued to maintain rapid growth, with imports reaching 19.516 million tons, up 33.8% year on year, and net imports of 18.747 million tons, up 40% year on year. At the same time, the structure of grain imports showed three
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Can farmers move to the city just by selling their homes? Be careful, you may be falling for a big scam
Should farmers' homestead land be allowed on the market? What are the prospects for large-scale operation of rural land? With the release of this year's No. 1 Central Document, how should the confirmation of rural land contractual management rights be carried out? Yesterday, Chen Xiwen, member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and deputy head of the Central Rural Work Leading Group,
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Five Major Pitfalls of Agricultural Investment, Be Sure to Pay Attention Before Investing
One. Where did the money go? The funding predicament of agricultural enterprises. Falling before dawn, this is the most tragic scene of many agricultural investments. The Qingdao blueberry and Sichuan kiwifruit bases acquired by Lenovo, to some extent, their original operating companies were also suffering the pain of a "darkness before dawn" style ordeal.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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