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Corn prices rise to 1.35 yuan, a rare surge in a decade
Recently, a sharp rise in the price of a single kernel of corn is producing rather far-reaching effects across many downstream sectors. In May and June of this year, corn in the Dalian area was still 1.05 yuan to 1.1 yuan per jin, but now it has risen to around 1.35 yuan. Such a high price for corn is, at least in the most recent
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September 22, 2014 National Agricultural Products Wholesale Price Index Week-on-Week
According to monitoring by the Ministry of Agriculture, on September 22 the National Agricultural Products Wholesale Price Index was 204.97, up 0.33 points from last Friday, among which the "Vegetable Basket" Products Wholesale Price Index was 206.72, up 0.40 points from last Friday. As of 14:00 today, the national agricultural products wholesale market
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The battle to prevent and control pests and diseases in late rice continues, striving to win grain from insects
Currently, autumn grain crops in most parts of the country have gradually entered the harvest period, but the double-season late rice in South China and Jiangnan, and the single-season late rice in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, are at the heading and grain-filling stage, a critical period for yield formation and also an important period for the occurrence and damage of pests and diseases at the ear stage. In particular
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Ginger Prices Break a Ten-Year High, Yet High Prices Don't Mean High Profits
A warehouse of just over 30 sq m, a couple nearing 50, working more than 10 hours a day. Old Cao and his wife have been running a wholesale business at the Ninth District wholesale market for over a decade, and the whole family's expenses come from it. Since 2010, a variety of agricultural and sideline products, represented by garlic and mung beans,
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Soybean target price monitoring work launched on the 8th
According to the arrangements and deployment of the relevant national departments, the 2014 soybean target price monitoring work officially launched today. The time for reporting soybean prices is from October 1 of the current year to March 31 of the following year, with prices reported twice a week. At other times during the year, the current market price monitoring plan of Sinograin is still implemented.
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High risk of sudden outbreaks of pests and diseases in late rice; the Ministry of Agriculture demands strict prevention and control
Since the beginning of autumn, temperatures in most of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, Jiangnan, and South China have been more than 1°C higher than normal. The "late autumn not cool" climate conditions are very favorable for the occurrence and damage of the "two migrations" pests of rice. Some double-cropping late rice in South China and Jiangnan and some single-cropping late rice in parts of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River are at risk of sudden outbreaks
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Record Soybean Harvest Fails to Reverse Declining Legume Prices
An extra harvest of three to five dou was originally a sight that delighted farmers, but in a year of abundant production it became the straw that bent agricultural prices downward. In the golden autumn season, a spell of rainy weather during the soybean harvest on the other side of the ocean brought a small rebound in domestic and international soybean futures and soybean oil futures.
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Purchase volume in major mid-to-late indica rice producing areas reaches 7.84 million tons
According to statistics, as of October 25, various grain enterprises in 13 major mid-to-late indica rice producing areas including Hubei and Anhui had purchased a cumulative total of 7.84 million tons of newly harvested mid-to-late indica rice, a decrease of 2.45 million tons compared with the same period last year.
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Nationwide year-on-year price increases for beef and mutton have narrowed noticeably since the start of this year
The reporter learned from the Ministry of Agriculture on the 3rd that since the start of this year, nationwide beef and mutton prices have not continued the upward trend of previous years, and the year-on-year price increases have narrowed noticeably. In the first three quarters, the average year-on-year price increases for beef and mutton were only 7.5% and 6%. In pastoral provinces such as Inner Mongolia, however, beef and mutton
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Domestic grain prices are 50% more expensive than foreign prices and are unlikely to fall, while the grain self-sufficiency rate declines year by year
50% more expensive than foreign prices, domestic grain prices are unlikely to bow. Domestic prices of rice, wheat, corn and soybeans are 17.26%, 32.8%, 88.24% and 60.16% higher than international prices respectively. Author: Huang Lichang. Recently, the Ministry of Land and Resources and the Ministry of Agriculture jointly issued the "Notice on Further Improving the Delineation of Permanent Basic Farmland"
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