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Yuan Longping Talks About His Year of the Sheep Wish: Striving to Achieve the Super Rice Per-Hectare Target Ahead of Schedule
Yuan Longping (third from right) inspects rice ears in a super rice experimental field in Hunan Province. Photo by Zeng Yong (file photo) The target of 16 tons of super rice per hectare was originally planned for 2018, but we are striving to break through next year! The Year of the Sheep is almost here, and our super rice is the bellwether.
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Wheat Faces a Warm Winter, with Increased Risk of Freeze Damage and Drought
Wheat Faces a Warm Winter, with Increased Risk of Freeze Damage and Drought According to a report from the National Climate Center, the 2014 El Nino phenomenon has escalated again and is expected to peak in December, and northern China may see a warm winter this winter. At present, in China's Huang-Huai-Hai wheat region, wheat sown before October 7 is growing noticeably well; if a warm winter occurs, there is a clear trend toward excessive growth, especially in the southern Huang-Huai wheat region, where the risk of excessive wheat growth and winter-spring freeze damage is markedly increased. In the Heilonggang River basin and in Dezhou, Heze and other places in Shandong, because the land is saline-alkali, wheat emergence is poor; especially in areas with annual precipitation of only 500-600 mm, where wheat and corn are double-cropped in 1 year and there is no adequate irrigation, the risk of wheat encountering drought stress during a warm winter increases.
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China's national standards for free-range chickens and free-range eggs are about to be issued
Free-range chickens, free-range eggs, ecological chickens and the like have long been favored by consumers in recent years for their natural, original ecology, high nutritional value and traditional taste. However, because there are no national standards, nor provincial-level standards, for the rearing of ecological free-range chickens and their product, free-range eggs, the entire
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Reducing the Proportion of Corn in Feed Helps Break Free from the Vicious Cycle of Selling Low and Buying High
In the past, pig farming sometimes yielded zero profit; now things are better - using straw instead of corn as feed can increase income by 200 yuan per pig raised. These words from Liu Bin, a farmer in Kalun Village, Xingyuan Township, Songyuan Economic and Technological Development Zone, capture the encouraging changes in the village's pig farming industry. In earlier years, pork
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Why is it hard to keep college graduates in agriculture despite free tuition?
To attract and cultivate agricultural talent, since 2006 Zhejiang has funded a free-tuition policy each year for students from the province enrolled in university agriculture-related majors in crop cultivation and livestock breeding. But a recent survey by the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Agriculture showed that between 2011 and 2013, among those benefiting from the policy,
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Grain procurement and storage caught in a dilemma, Sinograin frees up 30 million tonnes of warehouse capacity in emergency
Although state granaries are overflowing, China's corn, rice and wheat are expected to see another bumper harvest in 2014, while market demand for grain is unlikely to pick up. A new round of state grain procurement and storage is imperative, and this will push China's grain inventories to a new record. China
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Sinograin Caught in a Dilemma Over Grain Purchasing and Storage, Rushes to Free Up 30 Million Tonnes of Warehouse Capacity
Although the state granaries are overflowing, China's corn, rice and wheat are expected to see another bumper harvest this year, while market demand for grain is unlikely to pick up. A new round of state grain purchasing and storage is imperative, and this will push China's grain inventories to a new record. China's grain storage
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Why can't rural homestead land be bought and sold freely?
Advancing land system reform, including the reform of the homestead land system, affects every part and must be carried out actively yet prudently, in a standardized and orderly manner, and with caution. City dwellers are busy trying to go to the countryside to buy homestead land, and this enthusiasm has never faded. Going to the countryside to buy homestead land,
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Free Chinese toon replaces free cherries, how much is Chinese toon per jin?
Do you like eating Chinese toon? It is exactly the season when Chinese toon hits the market, but I never expected the price of Chinese toon to be so high. The most expensive Chinese toon exceeds 200 yuan per jin. Why is that? Before, cherries were very expensive; now Chinese toon is expensive, so people say free Chinese toon has replaced free cherries.
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Is soil-free farming just hydroponics? A detailed look at aeroponics growing methods and advantages
According to a report released by the United Nations, by 2025, 70% of people will live in cities. The result of highly advanced urbanization will bring about a reduction in arable land and environmental pollution, which in turn triggers a food crisis. Taiwan, China startup team Airtree drew inspiration from NASA's cultivation
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