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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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Super Rice Crop Failure Total: Allegations of Concealed Defects; Longping High-Tech Responds, Says Abnormal Weather Was the Cause
According to a report by Southern Weekly, Yuan Longping High-Tech Agriculture Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Longping High-Tech, 000998, SZ)'s super rice Liangyou 0293, affected by rice blast, suffered total crop failure over a large area in Anhui, and affected farmers questioned whether the seed-producing company Longping High-Tech was involved in
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Sustainable use of black soil is key to safeguarding China's food security
In May 2014, the Population, Resources and Environment Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference formed a special research group and conducted on-site research in Jilin and Heilongjiang provinces on the issue of black soil protection. The research group believed that protecting China's precious black soil brooks no delay, and vigorous measures must be taken to ensure the sustainable use of black soil and provide strong support for China's food security. Recommendations:
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Current state of chemical fertilizer use: farmers willing to use organic fertilizer if subsidized
Fertilizing is already like smoking marijuana, you can't do without it. During the spring plowing season, in Congyan Village, Yingqiu Town, Changle County, Weifang City, Shandong Province, the reporter met 53-year-old farmer Tang Lixin, who was irrigating the field together with his wife. Tang Lixin said his plot totals 4 mu, and since it rained on the 27th day of the 12th lunar month last year, there has been no more rain, so he is irrigating with well water from the edge of the field while applying urea.
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Cracking Down on "Kill-All Nets" to Ensure the Sustainable Use of Fishery Resources
At present, driven by economic interests, various forms of "kill-all nets" are still being used in specific waters and during specific periods in some places; the use of banned fishing gear and "three-no" vessels for illegal fishing is also fairly common. In response, Minister of Agriculture
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How Does Agricultural Information Reach Villages and Households? A Full Look at How Services Are Delivered on the Ground
Speaking of this village's "Yinong Information Service Station," Zhu Jinhong always has endless thanks to express, because every year he worried about how to sell the chickens his family raised. Last year, after posting information online through the station, within a few days, buyers from Shanghai and other places called one after another to place orders, and one Hangzhou
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Sinograin accused of passing off old grain as new; local officials say they have no authority to inspect warehouses
"Recycling grain" keeps appearing, and the root cause points directly at Sinograin. As long as the supervision of reserve grain has not escaped the problem of Sinograin acting as both player and referee, "recycling grain" incidents involving passing off old grain as new will not stop. The problem of Sinograin acting as both player and referee remains unresolved. Recently,
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Information-to-village pilot program to cover all provinces nationwide next year
To accelerate the development of rural informatization, China will speed up the pilot program for bringing information to villages and households. The plan is to arrange about 10 new pilot provinces this year, cover all provinces next year, expand to more than 1/10 of counties in 2017, and strive to basically cover all counties and administrative villages by 2020.
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Rural brain drain poses challenges to cultivating professional farmers
Solving the problem of cultivating professional farmers The difference between farmers and new-type professional farmers is that the former practice slash-and-burn farming and are peasants; the latter possess agricultural technical expertise, understand management, and know how to operate a business, making them interdisciplinary talent. To cultivate such talent, one cannot take the old path of agricultural technology extension
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What are the technical paths for reducing chemical fertilizer use and increasing its efficiency?
On March 17 this year, the Ministry of Agriculture proposed striving to achieve zero growth in the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides on major crops by 2020. The key to achieving this goal is to grasp well the "precision, adjustment, improvement and substitution": advancing precision fertilization, adjusting the structure of chemical fertilizer application, improving fertilization methods
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