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Hybrid rice development is stalled: how can it be saved?
Data show that in recent years the downward trend in hybrid rice varieties has been very pronounced. The number of varieties with an annual promotion area of more than 1 million mu rose from 46 in 2002 to a peak of 59 in 2004, then declined year by year to 29 in 2012; the number of varieties with an annual promotion area of more than 5 million mu fell from about 9 in the early period to 1 per year at present; since 2007, no variety with more than 10 million mu has appeared. The average annual promotion area of a single main hybrid rice variety fell sharply from 2.133 million mu in 1993 to 374,000 mu in 2012, a drop of 82.5%.
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Rising Risks for Corn as Prices Face a Pullback; Tight Supply of High-Quality Grain May Ease
Since June and July, corn futures prices have risen sharply, driven by drought weather and tight supply of high-quality grain. Among them, the nearby 1409 contract showed the most obvious trend, with corn 1409 rising about 14.58% and 1501 rising about 4.35% in the short two months to the end of August. The earlier rapid rise in corn futures prices
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Cotton Price Reform Pilot Advances: NDRC Has Launched Monitoring Work
According to the NDRC, in accordance with the deployment of the State Council, the Xinjiang cotton target price reform pilot was launched in 2014. With the approval of the State Council, the 2014 cotton target price has been announced at 19,800 yuan per ton; the "Cotton Target Price Reform Pilot Plan" has been issued to the pilot areas; the "New
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Machine-transplanted early rice yields a bumper harvest, with strong momentum for mechanization promotion
Despite being affected by prolonged continuous low temperatures, overcast and rainy weather, and insufficient sunlight, the machine-transplanted early rice at Datonghu Farm of Hunan State Farms still achieved a bumper harvest. Expert inspection data show that the average yield of machine-transplanted early rice in the area was 532.8 kg per mu. At the same time, more than 110,000 mu of machine-transplanted early rice in the area
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September 3, 2014 National Agricultural Products Wholesale Price Index Month-on-Month Change
According to monitoring by the Ministry of Agriculture, on September 3 the National Agricultural Products Wholesale Price Index was 208.34, up 0.02 points from yesterday, of which the "Vegetable Basket" Products Wholesale Price Index was 210.74, up 0.08 points from yesterday. As of 14:00 today, the average price of pork at national agricultural products wholesale markets
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Target price for cotton set at 19,800 yuan per ton, reform pilot officially launched
On September 3, the National Development and Reform Commission announced that, with the approval of the State Council, the 2014 cotton target price has been set at 19,800 yuan per ton. According to the State Council's arrangements, the Xinjiang cotton target price reform pilot will be launched in 2014. The NDRC said the "Cotton Target Price Reform Pilot Plan"
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Rising Risk of Corn Price Pullback, Tight Supply of High-Quality Grain May Ease
Since June and July, corn futures prices have risen sharply, driven by drought weather and tight supply of high-quality grain, with the near-month 1409 contract showing the most pronounced trend. In the short two months to the end of August, corn 1409 rose about 14.58%, and 1501 rose about 4.35%. The earlier rapid
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September 1, 2014 National Agricultural Products Wholesale Price Index Week-on-Week
According to monitoring by the Ministry of Agriculture, on September 1 the National Agricultural Products Wholesale Price Index was 208.61, down 1.39 points from last Friday, of which the Vegetable Basket Products Wholesale Price Index was 210.98, down 1.73 points from last Friday. As of 14:00 today, at wholesale markets for agricultural products nationwide, pork
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September 2, 2014 "National Agricultural Wholesale Price Index" compared with yesterday
According to monitoring by the Ministry of Agriculture, on September 2 the National Agricultural Wholesale Price Index was 208.32, down 0.29 points from yesterday, of which the "Vegetable Basket" Product Wholesale Price Index was 210.66, down 0.32 points from yesterday. As of 14:00 today, the average wholesale price of pork at national agricultural wholesale markets
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Cotton target price reform pilot work steadily advanced, Wang Yang sets out requirements
Vice Premier of the State Council Wang Yang, during an inspection and research tour on agricultural and rural work in Xinjiang from August 30 to August 31, emphasized that carrying out the cotton target price reform pilot is a major measure to explore and improve the price formation mechanism for agricultural products and to give play to the role of the market in allocating resources, and that confidence in the reform must be firm
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