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Eco-friendly feed becomes a new market trend, feed products become more refined and distinctive
According to the latest data from the Ministry of Agriculture, as of March 16, 2015, the total number of enterprises producing complete feed, concentrated feed and concentrate supplements nationwide was 5,987, and the number of single feed production enterprises was 1,700. The number of feed enterprises dropped by about 1/3 compared with the end of 2013. In 2014, national feed
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Temporary reserve auction launched, corn prices under pressure and trending downward
On Thursday, the fifth round of temporary reserve corn auctions in Northeast China began. This auction is planned to be held over two days, with a total of 3.028 million tons of temporary reserve corn to be offered. Since April 9, news of batch releases of Northeast temporary reserve corn onto the market has continued to pressure the nearby corn 1509 contract, and starch has also followed the decline due to falling corn raw material prices. Considering that the starch futures market price shows a discount pattern, the downside room for starch futures prices is limited.
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What are the trends in China's agricultural development over the next 10 years?
What will China's agricultural development look like over the next 10 years? At the 2015 China Agricultural Outlook Conference held recently, the "China Agricultural Outlook Report (2015-202
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Chinese College Students Dive into Agricultural Entrepreneurship, Cultivating Dreams Is Becoming a Trend
"I earned 1 million yuan by the time I was 27." The Huang Chao before my eyes was dark and thin, his trousers and shoes covered in mud, yet his words carried a tone of confidence. Huang Chao, now 30 years old, is from Hubei and graduated from Shanxi Agricultural University in 2008. When he was just a junior, he contracted greenhouses in the rural areas around the school to grow edible fungi and start his business.
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Corn prices in the Hebei-Shandong-Henan region have fallen noticeably
Downstream industries are shrinking, and demand for feed corn shows no sign of recovery. Compared with the usual pattern in previous years, when market prices rose steadily in small increments after entering June, this year's corn market price trend in Henan, Hebei and Shandong has been somewhat abnormal: instead of rising, it has shown a clear downward trend.
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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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Corn prices have already entered a long, drawn-out bear market, and the downward trend is unlikely to reverse in the short term
Since June, domestic corn futures prices have shown an accelerating downward momentum, and the monthly chart of the corn main 1601 contract even posted 6 consecutive declines, showing that corn prices already have bear market characteristics. Under the heavy pressures of adjustment to the stockpiling policy, massive inventory buildup, the new-season corn coming to market, and sluggish demand,
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Potatoes as a Staple Food: An Emerging Trend - How the Humble Potato Conquered the World
The pastries and snacks made with potato as the main ingredient are delicious and tempting. The potato, scientifically known as Solanum tuberosum, is the world's fourth-largest food crop. According to statistics from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, the world's total potato output in 2013 was 376 million tons. With the establishment in recent years of China's strategy to make potatoes a staple food, China's potato planting area reached 5.57 million hectares in 2014, with fresh potato output of more than 95 million tons; both the area and the output account for about one quarter of the world's total, and China has become the world's largest producer and consumer of potatoes.
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Dehong, Yunnan: Winter potato sector shows strong momentum in 2016 (photo)
After investigation, research and discussion, the National and Provincial Modern Potato System of the Dehong Prefecture Agricultural Technology Extension Center put forward the report "Analysis of Winter Potato Production in Dehong Prefecture in 2015 and Recommendations for Development Trends in 2016". The report shows that the development trend of winter potatoes in Dehong in 2016
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New rice price trend may depend on policy
New rice price trend may depend on policy Currently, temperatures in southern sales regions are also relatively high, and with more precipitation in the south this year, the storage environment is not conducive to stockpiling large quantities of rice. In addition, the phenomenon of strong rice [paddy] and weak milled rice has made the market pessimistic about milled rice price trends, and processing enterprises' enthusiasm for purchasing and processing is low.
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