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Edible oil prices fall, oil companies may shift to deep processing of multiple oil varieties
Recently, monitoring results from the National Grain and Oils Information Center show that from January to October 2014, China imported a total of 56.8440 million tons of soybeans, a year-on-year increase of 13.75% compared with 2013. At the same time, the average price of imported soybeans reached a low point in October. The decline in edible oil prices is regarded as a point of industry
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Forage maize varieties are world-leading, so why are they hard to promote?
This year's Central Document No. 1 pointed out that it is necessary to accelerate the development of the grass-livestock industry, support the planting of forage crops such as silage maize and alfalfa, carry out pilot projects for converting grain to feed and combining planting with breeding, and promote the coordinated development of the three-way planting structure of grain, cash crops and forage. Silage maize,
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Afraid of buying fake seeds, farmers try multiple varieties like running experiments
Li Zhongming, a farmer from Qing'an County in Suihua City, went around more than 10 dealerships in the Heilongjiang Provincial Seed Market but still could not find suitable seeds. Li Zhongming told the Economic Information Daily reporter that his family has more than 4 shang (one shang equals 15 mu) of land, and in recent years he would choose
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The number of major crop varieties subject to approval was reduced from 28 to 5
On April 20, the much-anticipated draft amendment to the Seed Law was first submitted to the Standing Committee of the 12th National People's Congress for deliberation. The draft comprehensively regulates aspects such as strengthening the protection of germplasm resources, improving the institutional mechanisms for breeding innovation, and strengthening oversight and management of the seed industry. Germplasm resources are the material foundation of modern
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International Soy Growers Alliance Lobbies China to Approve Genetically Modified Varieties
On April 21, at the 2015 Biotechnology and Global Soy Trade Forum held in Beijing by the International Soy Growers Alliance (ISGA), a 21st Century Business Herald reporter learned through an interview that the International Soy Growers Alliance will communicate with China's Ministry of Agriculture, hoping that China's policy authorities
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Multiple seed companies accelerate commercial breeding: good varieties fear no bad market
This year's spring and summer planting seed sales season, for seed companies and the entire industry, is both the worst of times and the best of times. The market is poor, and heavy inventory pressure remains the biggest difficulty commonly faced by seed companies. Taking corn seed as an example, although the hybrid corn seed production area has fallen sharply for two consecutive years and inventory has dropped to 1 billion kg, based on the national hybrid corn seed production area and inventory change trends, changes in corn seed inventory generally lag behind changes in seed production area by about two years. According to this pattern, the first quarter of this year exactly corresponds to the peak in seed production area two years ago.
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Xiji, Ningxia Accelerates the Renewal and Upgrading of Improved Potato Varieties
In 2015, Xiji County seized the opportunity of the state launching the strategy of making potatoes a staple food and the autonomous region designating Xiji as a pilot county for making potatoes a staple food, strengthened the implementation of measures, and promoted the transformation and upgrading of the potato industry. First, increase funding input. It mainly supported the potato three
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Which new pea varieties are suitable for planting in Qujing
Pea is an important crop for crop rotation and soil improvement. The perennial planting area of pea in Qujing is 13333 hm2, second only to broad bean and ranking second among food legumes. Because pea breeding in Qujing started relatively late, farmers mostly plant local old varieties, with seed exchange and mixing
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Corn seed prices diverge sharply, with dominant varieties seeing notable increases
At present, spring corn planting in Northeast China is nearly finished, and summer-sown corn in the Huang-Huai-Hai region has also begun. This year's steady increase in corn planting area has driven a substantial rise in corn seed usage. Data show that corn seed prices have risen significantly this year, with an increase of
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Where was the 6th China Vegetable New and Superior Varieties Expo held?
Recently, the 6th China Vegetable New and Superior Varieties Expo was held at the China Youth Vegetable Industry Entrepreneurship Park in Pudong New Area, Shanghai. With the theme "Enriching the World's Vegetable Basket," this Expo featured both booth displays and field displays. In a 3-hectare field, 2,050 new vegetable varieties from domestic and international seed companies and more than 350 superior varieties newly developed by the National Bulk Vegetable Industry System were displayed. Thriving tomatoes, peppers, bitter melons and others attracted more than 1,500 attendees, including representatives and vegetable professional cooperatives from horticultural farms around Shanghai, and more than 300 cooperation agreements were signed.
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