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Lower corn prices support a rising pig-to-grain ratio, potentially squeezing room for price increases
The National Development and Reform Commission recently released data showing that the national pig-to-grain price ratio has declined somewhat. On September 30, the pig-to-grain ratio was 7.82, down 0.89% from September 23. Jiang Chao, a macro bond researcher at Haitong Securities, believes that the current pig-to-grain ratio remains around 8, far above the break-even line of 6, which
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FAO says gene data for thousands of rice varieties will be included in international treaty
Newly developed chili pepper crops can withstand hot weather, sandy soil and water shortages. Photo by the International Fund for Agricultural Development. China News Service, October 8 - According to a message on the United Nations website on the 7th, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization stated in a news release on the 7th that more than 3,000
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Corn prices are falling, don't let farmers' hearts grow cold
Recently, the author learned through a rural survey in Neihuang County that the drop in corn prices was beyond people's expectations. Over the past five years, when new corn came onto the market, the price per jin was mostly between 1.1 yuan and 1.2 yuan. This year it has fallen to 0.9 yuan, and even at this price it is still hard to sell.
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UN Food and Agriculture Organization announces that genetic data on thousands of rice varieties will be shared globally
Economic Daily, Geneva dispatch, reporter Chen Jian reports: The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization recently issued a press communique stating that the genome sequences of more than 3,000 different rice varieties will be included in the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, so that the world can share
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On October 9, 2015, the "National Agricultural Products Wholesale Price Index" compared with yesterday
According to monitoring by the Ministry of Agriculture, on October 9 the National Agricultural Products Wholesale Price Index was 198.11, down 1.19 points from yesterday; among this, the "Vegetable Basket" Product Wholesale Price Index was 198.42, down 1.49 points from yesterday. As of 14:00 today, in national agricultural products wholesale markets, pig
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Yuan Longping responds to doubts about super rice: Please stop throwing dirty water
Recently, doubts about super rice have kept appearing in the media, and some online comments have even aimed their criticism at China's hybrid rice research and at me personally. I have something to say about this. First, super rice is a major project proposed and established by the state to ensure the food needs of the entire nation.
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Wheat prices decline, leaving traders and flour mills in misery
At the end of September, many grain depots in the Puyang area posted a purchase price of 1.17-1.2 yuan/jin for national-standard second-grade wheat, which has now been lowered to 1.12 yuan/jin. Cui Ruibing, a wheat trader in Puyang, Henan, told the reporter that entering October, although no major bearish factors appeared in the market and the wheat market also entered the traditional peak demand season, wheat demand simply showed no improvement, and coupled with corn prices falling relentlessly, the wheat purchase price also kept sliding.
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2016 wheat minimum purchase price remains unchanged, wheat prices expected to stop falling
The reporter recently learned from the National Development and Reform Commission that in order to protect farmers' interests and prevent "cheap grain hurting farmers," the government will continue to implement the minimum purchase price policy in major wheat-producing areas in 2016. Taking into comprehensive consideration factors including grain production costs, market supply and demand, domestic and international market prices, and the development of the grain industry
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On October 12, 2015, the "National Agricultural Wholesale Price Index" compared with last week
According to monitoring by the Ministry of Agriculture, on October 12 the National Agricultural Wholesale Price Index was 197.45, down 0.36 points from last Saturday, among which the "Vegetable Basket" Product Wholesale Price Index was 197.63, down 0.58 points from last Saturday. As of 14:00 today, the national agricultural wholesale market
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The legal system for agricultural product prices needs to be re-examined
On the premise that the market plays a decisive role in allocating resources, the prices of agricultural products are usually determined by the market, and the government, as the regulator of the agricultural product market, must keep its direct intervention in agricultural product prices to a minimum. In our country, as a means of adjusting agricultural product prices
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