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Technical Opinions on Field Management of Early Rice in Southern China at the Mid-to-Late Stage
Currently, early rice in southern China has entered the mid-to-late stage of field growth, with the South China region entering the grain-filling stage and the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River entering the jointing and booting stage. In response to the current population growth of early rice and climatic characteristics, the Rice Expert Steering Group of the Ministry of Agriculture and the National Agricultural Technology Extension Service
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On May 19, 2015, the "National Agricultural Products Wholesale Price Index" compared with yesterday
According to monitoring by the Ministry of Agriculture, on May 19 the National Agricultural Products Wholesale Price Index was 197.70, down 0.40 points from yesterday, among which the "Vegetable Basket" Products Wholesale Price Index was 197.89, down 0.44 points from yesterday. As of 14:00 today, at the national agricultural products wholesale market, pig
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Technical Recommendations for Field Management of Early Rice in Southern China at the Middle and Late Stages, issued by the Ministry of Agriculture in 2015
Website news: Currently, early rice in southern China has entered the middle and late stages of field growth, with the South China region entering the grain-filling stage and the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River entering the jointing and booting stage. In response to the current population growth and climate characteristics of early rice, the Rice Expert Steering Group of the Ministry of Agriculture and the National Agricultural Technology Extension
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On May 20, 2015, the "National Agricultural Wholesale Price Index" compared with yesterday
According to monitoring by the Ministry of Agriculture, on May 20 the National Agricultural Wholesale Price Index was 198.42, up 0.72 points from yesterday, of which the Vegetable Basket Product Wholesale Price Index was 198.78, up 0.89 points from yesterday. As of 14:00 today, the national agricultural wholesale market pork
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Mostly sunny, little rain in Northeast China favors rice transplanting and the final stage of spring sowing
At present, most of Northeast China's rice has entered the suitable transplanting period. In Jilin, 21% of rice has been transplanted, and in Heilongjiang, 30% has been transplanted. Sowing of dryland crops such as spring corn and spring wheat in most of Northeast China is basically complete. In Heilongjiang, due to frequent low-temperature and rainy weather since May, with precipitation from the 10th to the 18th being 1 to 4 times more than usual, some farmland has become waterlogged, soybean sowing has just passed 50%, and paddy field preparation and rice transplanting have also been slightly affected.
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Corn prices in sales areas remain stable, with market buying and selling relatively quiet
Corn prices in sales areas stable with quiet buying and selling. Currently, the overall buying and selling in corn sales area markets is quiet, with quotations mainly stable and slight rises and falls in some areas. Affected by the temporary reserve auction and the North Port's higher-price purchasing, corn from Northeast China has seen quotations in sales areas rise by 10 yuan/ton; in North China, due to emptying warehouses to collect wheat, short-term market supply is ample, and arrival prices in sales areas are mostly stable, but in some areas of Henan, due to grain quality issues, quotations in sales areas have fallen by 40 yuan/ton compared with the beginning of the month. At present, the use of substitute grains has increased noticeably, but recent market rumors that the state will strengthen ongoing and post-event supervision of imported grain and epidemic monitoring may have a certain impact on imported substitute grains.
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Rise and fall of the national agricultural products wholesale price index on May 28, 2015
According to monitoring by the Ministry of Agriculture, on May 28 the national agricultural products wholesale price index was 199.83, down 0.01 points from yesterday, of which the "shopping basket" products wholesale price index was 200.39, up 0.01 points from yesterday. As of 14:00 today, in the national agricultural products wholesale market, the average price of pork
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Early indica rice prices trend low; farmers advised to postpone selling
According to analysis, China will continue to implement the protective price purchase policy for early indica paddy in 2015, with the protective price set at 1.35 yuan/jin. After early indica rice hits the market in large quantities at the end of July, as the state's protective purchase of early indica rice begins, prices will quickly move close to the protective price of 1.35 yuan/jin. According to China
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Agricultural product price reform requires reforming subsidy policies to boost competitiveness through high efficiency
The "Several Opinions on Advancing Price Mechanism Reform" (hereinafter referred to as the "Opinions") proposes to improve the price formation mechanism for agricultural products, with agricultural product prices mainly determined by the market. The "Opinions" make clear that China will adjust and improve "amber box" (under the Agreement on Agriculture, policies that distort production and trade are called "amber box" policies) support policies, gradually expand the scale and scope of "green box" support policies, continue to implement and improve the minimum purchase price policy for rice and wheat, reform and improve the corn purchase and storage system, continue to implement the pilot reform of target prices for cotton and soybeans, and improve the methods for distributing subsidies.<br /> <br /> For many years, the agricultural sector has been exploring agricultural support policies that do not distort the market and are more efficient, with more "green box" and less "amber box." An official from the Ministry of Agriculture told a reporter from the Daily Economic News, "What is being carried out now is the target price pilot for soybeans and cotton, which also represents the direction of reform for most agricultural products in the future, including grain varieties. The current agricultural subsidy measures are relatively inefficient and in fact have caused a certain degree of market distortion, the so-called 'foreign goods' entering the market and 'domestic goods' entering warehouses."<br /> <br /> <strong> The juncture for shifting from "amber box" to "green box" has arrived</strong><br /> <br /> According to the commitments China made when joining the WTO, agricultural subsidies cannot exceed 8.5% of agricultural output value, and as agricultural production costs gradually rise, the current agricultural subsidy policy is approaching the "amber box" ceiling.<br /> <br /> At present, the prices of the vast majority of China's agricultural products are already formed by market supply and demand, while the measures through which the government truly intervenes in prices mainly include the minimum purchase price policy implemented respectively for rice and wheat, the two key staple grain varieties, in the main producing areas starting in 2004 and 2006, as well as the temporary purchase and storage of bulk agricultural products such as corn, rapeseed, and cotton since 2008.<br /> <br /> Supported by market-support purchase prices and temporary storage prices that have risen almost year by year, domestic agricultural product prices have become "inverted" relative to international prices. At present, international soybean, corn, and wheat prices are 1,175 yuan, 923 yuan, and 626 yuan per ton lower than domestic prices, respectively. "When China joined the WTO, it promised that agricultural subsidies could not exceed 8.5% of agricultural output value. This is a restriction on government subsidies that distort production and trade, and now subsidies for some of our products have already crossed that limit." Han Jun, deputy director of the Office of the Central Leading Group for Financial and Economic Affairs, said recently that as the squeezing effect of the rising "floor" of domestic grain production costs becomes more and more obvious, part of the "amber box" subsidies must now be shifted to the "green box."<br /> <br /> Strengthen monitoring of agricultural product prices<br /> <br /> "Although the intensity of protection for agricultural products has not diminished, countries such as those in Europe, the United States, Japan, and South Korea have shown a trend of reducing the intensity of agricultural subsidy support, paying more attention to enhancing their own agricultural industry competitiveness." Zhang Hongyu, director of the Department of Rural Economic Management of the Ministry of Agriculture, said in an exclusive interview with a reporter from the Daily Economic News, "China must also focus on considering the 'transformation of methods and adjustment of structure' of agriculture from the perspective of improving agriculture's capacity for sustainable development, and take an intensive modern agricultural development path featuring an efficient agricultural industry, safe products, resource conservation, and environmental friendliness."<br /> <br /> According to the "Opinions," China will also strengthen the investigation of agricultural product costs and price monitoring, accelerate the establishment of a global agricultural data investigation and analysis system, and provide important support for the government in formulating policies on agricultural product prices and agricultural subsidies. "Agricultural product cost survey data are an effective basis for scientifically formulating a series of policies benefiting farmers, and under the current situation of continuously rising agricultural production costs, they are especially important." A person engaged in local statistical work told the reporter, "It is necessary to understand local farmers' planting and breeding habits and grasp information such as farmers' preferences in using chemical fertilizers and pesticides, land transfer prices, and the marketing costs of agricultural products." "Considering it along the lines of Internet Plus, if big data on agricultural product production costs, market price fluctuations, international price references, and even comparisons of foreign agricultural product costs can be formed, it will have a profound impact on China's agricultural development." Li Guoxiang, a researcher at the Rural Development Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, believes that "this can not only help solve the prominent problems existing in China's agriculture, but can also bring broad application prospects in areas such as agricultural socialized services and agricultural science and technology."
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Why is fruit cheaper than in previous years? Multiple factors at work
Right now is the season with the most abundant fruit supply of the year, with a dazzling variety, and residents can also clearly feel that overall fruit prices this year are considerably cheaper than in previous years. Recently, when visiting Taiyuan Zhenhua Freight Yard for an interview, just after entering the market gate,
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