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Why is China's wheat becoming less and less internationally competitive? The Ministry of Agriculture responds
Seven major trends in the development of China's wheat industry. In recent years, new changes have emerged in the development of China's wheat industry, and these sustained changes will directly alter the development model of China's wheat industry and deserve close attention. Specifically, they are mainly manifested in the following seven major trends
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Garlic prices surge again, yet trading volume drops noticeably
Take Beijing as an example: in June, the average wholesale price of garlic at the Xinfadi market was 2.5-3.2 yuan per jin, a full doubling compared with two months earlier. Right now is the peak season for vegetables coming onto the market, and oversupply has pushed down the prices of most vegetables. Yet there is
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Multiple measures for quality grain production show boundless vitality
Against the backdrop of consecutive years of bumper grain harvests domestically and cheap grain from the international market flooding into the domestic market, China's grain market seems to have entered a prolonged cold winter. The pattern of strong paddy but weak rice, and strong wheat but weak flour is becoming increasingly obvious, and very few grain processing enterprises are able to operate normally.
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Luoyang, Henan: Soilless Lettuce Commands a High Price
On January 19, technicians at Luoyang Luojian Agricultural Co., Ltd. in Luoyang City were observing the growth of soilless lettuce. The company uses soilless hydroponic technology to grow organic vegetables such as lettuce and pearl tomatoes, without using any chemical fertilizers or pesticides. The price per kilogram of lettuce
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Green vegetables make their way to the dining tables of countless households
Chen Riyuan inspects the growth of seedlings in the experimental greenhouse. Vegetable research expert Chen Riyuan: Chen Riyuan, professor and doctoral supervisor at South China Agricultural University, as an agronomy expert who has long cultivated vegetable fields, Chen Riyuan operates numerous vegetable experimental sites and technology promotion bases in Dongguan, Foshan and even Guangxi, Yunnan,
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Why Rose Prices Swing Wildly: Growers Give Up Harvesting in Despair
"Someone got so furious that they drove an excavator into the rose field." Li Zhenhai, a villager from Xiaodoushan Village, Bajie Street, Anning City, Yunnan Province, told astonished reporters. During the recent edible rose harvest season, flower growers had a bumper crop but no bumper income. Prices fell from more than 30 yuan per kilogram
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How can the subsidy policy for harmless disposal be improved?
At present, relevant state policies stipulate that for dead pigs subjected to harmless disposal at large-scale pig farms with an annual slaughter volume of 50 head or more, a harmless disposal subsidy of 80 yuan per head is granted; for designated pig slaughterhouses, a harmless disposal subsidy of 80 yuan per head and 800 yuan in loss compensation are granted.
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Boundless Practice and Exploration of Leisure Agriculture
Leisure agriculture is an instinctive, wise and inevitable journey of returning to one's roots, a behavior of self-adjustment and a cycle of mismatch between supply and demand after humanity moved from an agricultural society into an industrial society and an information society. In today's society, the world is flat and relationships are broad; when the marketing of a single specific product (point) follows the law of diminishing marginal returns, the industrial operation chain (line) can be traced upward to its source and extended downward to its end, the industrial and sectoral circle (plane) can be horizontally allied and vertically linked, and the industrial complex can circulate internally and integrate externally. This is the theoretical foundation of boundless leisure agriculture.
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How can seeds be made to use less fertilizer and produce more grain?
Want to make farmers use less chemical fertilizer? Perhaps seeds can be made to absorb fertilizer better. Huang Jianhua, director of the Biotechnology Research Institute of the Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, is using barley seeds as a breakthrough point to study the efficient utilization of nitrogen fertilizer. If this research succeeds, it can
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Aeroponic vegetables and fruits make their debut at the Agriculture Carnival, showcasing new soilless cultivation technology
In the Agricultural Creativity Hall of the Third Beijing Agriculture Carnival, the solanaceous fruit aeroponic area exhibited for the first time this year is extremely attractive and has become a scene sought after by many visitors. In the "Vegetable Poetry and Painting" exhibition area, after passing through the eggplant trellis of pipe hydroponics and the gourd corridor of pipe substrate culture, you then
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