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Eco-friendly feed becomes a new market trend, feed products become more refined and distinctive
According to the latest data from the Ministry of Agriculture, as of March 16, 2015, the total number of enterprises producing complete feed, concentrated feed and concentrate supplements nationwide was 5,987, and the number of single feed production enterprises was 1,700. The number of feed enterprises dropped by about 1/3 compared with the end of 2013. In 2014, national feed
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Why are cotton farmers abandoning cotton? Some plots have been converted to growing trees
Right now is precisely the season for raising cotton seedlings, but, affected by the decline in cotton purchase prices, the enthusiasm of cotton farmers for planting cotton in some of the main cotton-producing areas in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River has generally declined, quite a few cotton fields have been converted to other crops or left fallow, and in some fields trees have even been planted.
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China's agricultural grain reserves have been damaged; how should the "grain rats" be cleaned up?
Before the honor of being named an outstanding unit in the 2014 national grain quality and safety supervision work had even cooled, Liaoning and Jilin were exposed in a "grain rat" scandal of passing off old grain as new. According to a CCTV report, media recently reported that multiple grain depots in Liaoning and Jilin colluded with grain traders to
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Capital goes to the countryside: strong enough to grab land, but not capable of farming it
Land lessees unilaterally break contracts or even abscond, land rent is hard to collect, and returned land either has lost its boundaries or has seriously damaged motor-pumps and pipes, or even misses the farming season and is left abandoned. In early April, a China Youth Daily reporter in Baixiang and Wei County of Xingtai City, Hebei Province
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Why does ordering a chicken require waiting nearly a year?
Last year on "Double 11," as the news of "selling over ten million Qingyuan chickens in a single day" made headlines across major websites, the development of rural e-commerce in the eastern, western, and northern regions of Guangdong also became a hot topic. Taobao came, JD.com came... and the accompanying "astronomical" orders are gradually activating
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The price gap between japonica and indica rice is expected to have room for further widening later
According to statistics from relevant institutions, the policy-based procurement volume of japonica rice this year was higher than the previous year, while the procurement volume of mid-to-late indica rice was lower than the previous year. Even taking into account the factor of increased production of mid-to-late rice, the market circulation volume of japonica rice is still expected to be smaller than that of mid-to-late indica rice. In addition, the mid-to-late indica rice sold through centralized auctions in January will be concentrated in outbound shipments in the near future.
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Why Have Corn Seed Prices Soared? An In-Depth Analysis of the Causes
"Last year a bag of 50,000 kernels of Demeiya No. 1 seed cost 500 yuan, this year it has risen to 1250 yuan. How can it rise so much? That's outrageous." said Pang Long, a large grain farmer in Wudalianchi City, Heilongjiang. One hao of land (one hao equals 15 mu) needs two bags of seed, so the seed cost alone increases by
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Why farmers should have confidence in their own agricultural products
8 years ago, China lifted its 4-year-long ban on rice imports from Japan. Among the first batch of rice Japan resumed exporting to China, two brands were very well known: one called "Koshihikari" and one called "Hitomebore." They became famous because they sold for too
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Do saplings planted after Arbor Day have a high survival rate?
On March 10, at Tuohou Wetland in Xuecheng District, more than 300 cadres and workers from the Municipal Housing and Urban-Rural Development, Administrative Law Enforcement, Municipal Landscape and Gardening, Planning and other units swung their shovels to dig the soil, water and add seedlings. In the course of one morning, they planted black pine, deodar cedar, tall glossy privet, evergreen tree species and flowering shrubs and other
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What are the "six fears and six worries" farmers have about land transfer?
With the advancement of urbanization, young and middle-aged people in rural areas are finding jobs that suit them in cities and enterprises, and farmland is more often managed by the elderly left behind. This "elderly farming" situation has objectively accelerated the process of rural land transfer. The author, in Zaoyang City, Hubei Province, which has won the national advanced unit for grain production for five consecutive years, visited and listened to the voices of farmers.
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