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Growing japonica rice with more confidence, where does our confidence come from?
"Old Li, for the one-season late japonica Yongyou 12, the 1000-grain weight is more than 23 grams, right?" At the "Hunan Province New Japonica Rice Variety Field Observation Meeting" held on October 14, Liu Nianxi, member of the Party Leadership Group of the Hunan Provincial Agricultural Commission and chief agronomist, casually pulled up a rice ear, weighed the grains in his hand, and shouted to
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Why Is Grain Not Grown After Land Transfer? An Analysis of the Reasons
To curb the "non-grain" trend in land transfer, farmers must find grain growing profitable, and limits must also be placed on large-scale farming by industrial and commercial capital in rural areas. Behind today's land transfer boom, the "non-grain" phenomenon is worth watching. Recently, a survey released by a major grain-producing province showed that large households transferring land
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What development challenges do large-scale growers face after transitioning to family farm owners?
Editor's Note: Recently, Premier Li Keqiang pointed out in a speech at the FAO that agricultural modernization should be advanced on the basis of family management. Promoting appropriately scaled operations and developing modern agriculture on the basis of family management will help better feed China and also contribute to world food
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Winter storage vegetables growing well; China's vegetable production mode transition proceeding smoothly
Due to falling temperatures in Shandong, Liaoning, and the Beijing and Hebei areas, vegetables have gradually shifted from open-field to greenhouse cultivation. After the production mode transition and adjustment over the past period, the volume of vegetables arriving from outside southern regions such as Guangdong Province has decreased. In addition, some provinces and regions have successively entered
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Zero growth in pesticide and chemical fertilizer use achieved by 2020
Data from the Ministry of Agriculture shows that degraded farmland now accounts for more than 40% of China's total farmland area. The black soil layer in the Northeast is thinning, soils in the South are acidifying, the plow layer of the North China Plain is becoming shallower, and in particular some reclaimed farmland is of low quality grade. These problems seriously affect farmland output.
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China plans to support prices of key grains to raise farmers' grain-growing income
According to the website of the Legislative Affairs Office of the State Council, the National Development and Reform Commission recently revised and improved the "Grain Law (Draft for Review)" that was publicly solicited for comments in February 2012, and is now publicly soliciting comments on the revised "Grain Law (Draft for Review)". The draft
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How can grain growers be so confident?
The harvest is not bad, averaging over 1,240 jin per mu. Sha Cairong, 46, standing in a warehouse stacked with rice at the village entrance, told the reporter, look, this is the rice from over 100 mu, to be processed into milled rice and then sold. The rice from the remaining 250 mu has already been sold, third-grade mixed rice
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Small grains also have a big future: why are farmers unwilling to grow them?
When people talk about miscellaneous grains, they habitually attach the word "small" to them. Compared with field crops, miscellaneous grains are mainly intercropped along ditch edges and embankments and on dry slopes in mountainous areas, with small planting areas, and they are not staple foods, so they are called "small miscellaneous grains." In the past, Gaoqing County, Shandong Province, once widely grew small miscellaneous grains, especially intercropped with cotton. But now, cotton fields in Gaoqing County have shrunk sharply, and the area of miscellaneous grains has plummeted accordingly. The once-flourishing scene of every household growing cotton and every household enjoying the fragrance of miscellaneous grains is hard to see again.
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Northeast China's excellent rice is grown through strict management
From the cold regions of Northeast China to the mild and humid Yangtze River basin, and further to the hot and humid Hainan Island, rice, as one of China's main food crops, is planted from north to south. And in China's family of rice, when it comes to quality and taste, many people will blurt out, of course it's Northeast
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Sorghum prices keep falling: how should growers respond in 2014?
Since the start of 2014, sorghum prices have failed to match last year's highs and have kept falling. As of December 9, the purchase price of new-crop sorghum held at 1.00 yuan/jin, down another 11% compared with September, while the ex-factory price of old-crop cleaned grain fell by as much as 22%. 2014 sorghum prices
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