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Agriculture Minister: Agricultural resources have long been overdrawn and over-exploited, there is no idle farmland left anywhere
China News Service, September 14 (Reporter) - The latest issue of Study Times published a Q&A with Han Changfu, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Minister of Agriculture, on unswervingly advancing sustainable agricultural development. Han Changfu pointed out that while China's agriculture has achieved tremendous successes, it has also paid a heavy price:
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Why international grain prices have fallen back to levels last seen 6 years ago
Without notice, international grain prices have returned to the low point seen during the 2008 financial crisis. The prices of wheat, corn, rice and soybeans have all fallen by more than 50% from the highs they rebounded to after the crisis. Although the drop in rice prices was less than 50%, because the rebound high during the crisis was not high enough, the current absolute price level is in fact substantially lower than the lowest level during the crisis.
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Agricultural insurance premiums must not be paid in vain; do not let farmers' interests suffer
Recently, reports have emerged that over ten thousand mu of corn in Dachangchang Town, Zhongning County, Ningxia suffered drought-induced yield reduction, with crops nearly failing completely. However, the corn planting insurance that farmers had previously purchased could not obtain compensation from the insurance company. In response, the insurance company explained that there was a lack of corresponding drought weather
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Industry expects corn prices may still have room to fall around National Day
Since the announcement of the new temporary corn reserve policy, corn prices in the North China and Northeast production areas have all declined, with prices in North China falling particularly sharply, and new and old corn prices are basically the same. At the same time, the pressure from the new corn coming onto the market is gradually emerging, and the corn market at northern and southern ports remains weak.
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Farmers also have significant wealth management needs, and the rural wealth management market deserves attention
In recent years, with the successive implementation and continuous introduction of various agricultural benefit policies in our country, farmers' incomes have continued to grow, and the demand for rural wealth management services has also continued to expand. However, farmers pay more attention to income growth while often neglecting the preservation and appreciation of income, and they pay insufficient attention to wealth management.
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Ministry of Environmental Protection Says Suspected Straw Burning May Have Caused Widespread Heavy Smog Across China in Early Autumn
BEIJING, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- China's Ministry of Environmental Protection reported in Beijing on the 18th that suspected straw-burning fire points had been monitored in 20 provinces over the past two weeks, and the pollution prevention and control situation is grim. Just from the 15th to the 17th, North China, East China and Central China had just experienced
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Grain harvests have been abundant for years, but strategic resolve must still be maintained
As China's grain harvests have been abundant for many consecutive years, major changes have taken place in the pattern of grain production and marketing, with phenomena such as high grain output, high procurement volumes and high stockpiles becoming prominent, and problems such as difficulties in operating grain enterprises and difficulties for farmers in selling grain emerging in some places. Domestic grain security is facing new
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What are farmers' new needs? Let's hear what farming households have to say
College graduates who go to the countryside to serve as village officials generally have a fire burning inside, but at first they may not be clear about what they can do at the grassroots level, because we are neither civil servants nor rural cadres. In July 2009, I first heard the title "college student village official"
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What Are the Five Worries and Five Hopes of Farmers During the Autumn Sowing Season?
During the autumn sowing production season, the author found while visiting rural areas that farmers currently have five worries and five hopes regarding autumn sowing. Worried about the difficulty of selling grain, hoping for market information to reach villages and households. Not knowing what to plant is a common confusion among farmers at present. This year's wheat is hard to sell and corn is unsalable, leaving farmers at a loss.
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Domestic grain inventories are high and warehouse capacity is tight, and purchasing and sales have entered a new normal
After a period of confusion, struggle and adaptation, in today's China, the judgment of the "new normal" of the economy has become a consensus. Under the shadow of the broader environment, domestic grain supply and demand have also gradually entered a new cycle, market contradictions have gradually become prominent, and grain purchasing and sales have also shown
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