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In the Face of Severe Drought, Agricultural Insurance Is Urgently Needed to Safeguard Grain Production
Since August 4, in the severe drought zone in western Zhumadian City, Henan Province, machine harvesting of corn with total crop failure has begun. The Beginning of Autumn falls on the 7th; the season has arrived; even with irrigation water, the corn no longer forms ears. Left growing in the field, the corn depletes the soil; machine harvesting and crushing the corn stalks to return them to the field can still nourish the soil
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Farmland Water Conservancy Put to the Test in a Year of Severe Drought
Since entering July, a severe drought rarely seen in decades has been spreading across central and northeastern China. According to reports, 30.1 million mu of crops have been affected in Liaoning, and in some places, hundreds of thousands of mu of farmland have suffered total crop failure in contiguous patches. In Henan, the "granary of the Central Plains," the drought-affected area involves 13 provincially administered cities including Zhengzhou and Pingdingshan
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Internet thinking is being integrated into traditional animal husbandry
Since the birth of the Internet, every industry has undergone earth-shaking changes. And today, even the traditional animal husbandry industry is trying to connect with the Internet, beginning to transform toward or explore e-commerce. However, is every enterprise suited to doing e-commerce? What kind of
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How can farming and the environment achieve mutual benefit and win-win coexistence?
Since the Regulations on the Prevention and Control of Pollution from Large-scale Livestock and Poultry Farming came into effect on January 1, 2014, localities have continuously introduced policies and provided financial and material support to develop clean farming. But quite a few farms still produce in violation of regulations, discharging livestock and poultry manure outside without strict treatment, causing great harm to
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China's feed and livestock industry development encounters great difficulties
Since last year, the development of China's livestock industry has encountered unprecedented difficulties. It can be said that the development of China's livestock industry over the past two years has been the most difficult period since reform and opening up, and also the period with the most problems and contradictions. This is first manifested in weak consumption growth.
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Where Will the National Temporary Corn Reserve Policy Go?
Since 2008, the national temporary corn storage policy has been in operation for six years now. The national temporary reserve policy was implemented for the purpose of safeguarding national food security and protecting farmers' income, and after this policy was introduced, it genuinely maximized its own value in the early period. New
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Fuji apple prices fall, with declines of more than 20 percent in many provinces since late August
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, October 16 (Reporter Guo Aimin) According to monitoring by the Xinhua News Agency national agricultural and sideline products and agricultural input price quotation system, compared with the previous day, on October 16, beef and mutton prices fell; edible oil prices were mainly lower; aquatic product prices were stable with some increases; vegetables, fruits
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The Third Wave of Opportunities in the Livestock and Poultry Industry Chain Has Arrived
Since the beginning of this year, we have focused on the analysis and recommendation of the investment rhythm and targets in the livestock and poultry chain, thus giving rise to "Series Reflections on Investment Opportunities in the Livestock and Poultry Industry Chain No. 1-13," in which we highlighted clear and precise opportunities such as leaders leading the rise in April, broad gains in July, and feed and vaccines taking the lead in August.
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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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1.17 hundred million mu of agricultural machinery deep loosening and land preparation completed nationwide
Since the beginning of autumn, agricultural mechanization management departments in various places have actively organized agricultural machinery deep loosening and land preparation operations, continuously setting off a high tide in autumn agricultural production. As of October 28, provinces and regions (cities) in Northeast China, North China, Huang-Huai-Hai and other areas have put 188,000 high-horsepower tractors and deep loosening machines into operation
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