-
Adhere to the principle of market pricing and accelerate the improvement of the agricultural futures market
Cheng Guoqiang, a researcher at the Development Research Center of the State Council, said on the 18th at the "2014 Zhengzhou Agricultural Products (Cotton) Futures Forum" held by the Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange that a series of new problems and new contradictions in the temporary purchase and storage policy for agricultural products are gradually emerging, especially when the domestic and international environment has
-
Cotton price reform opens up space for futures market innovation, price fluctuations will become the norm
The most core effect released by the cotton target price reform pilot is that the market mechanism is gradually playing a decisive role in cotton price formation. Zhang Fan, chairman of the Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange, said this at the recently held 2014 Zhengzhou Agricultural Products (Cotton) Futures Forum. He introduced
-
China's agricultural futures varieties have reached 20
Natural risk and market risk are the two major challenges facing agricultural development. In the future, China will take a series of measures to promote the development of agricultural insurance and the agricultural product futures market, so as to enhance the risk-resistance capacity of agricultural development. This was learned by the reporter on the 25th from the
-
Full mechanization of cotton could save 70% of labor costs in the future
In recent years, the Cotton Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, together with the Nanjing Institute of Agricultural Mechanization, has intensified research and development of full mechanization in the cotton regions of the Yellow River Basin and the Yangtze River Basin, achieving the integration of agronomy and agricultural machinery. The whole process has basically achieved mechanization, which can save about 70% of the labor cost of cotton planting
-
Corn starch futures will drive the upgrading and development of China's corn industry chain
After a long wait, corn starch has finally been approved for listing, which means the futures market will provide new guaranteed support for the extension and development of the corn processing industry. On the 21st, a spokesperson for the China Securities Regulatory Commission stated that the CSRC has approved the Dalian Commodity Exchange
-
One Year After Listing, Egg Futures Market Functions Gradually Emerge
At the recently held Second (2014) China Egg Industry Chain Supply and Demand Situation and Egg Futures First Anniversary Analysis Meeting, a relevant person in charge of the Agricultural Products Department of the Dalian Commodity Exchange said that since its listing on November 8, 2013, egg futures have shown a good development trend,
-
Corn Starch Futures Listing Imminent: Dalian Commodity Exchange Conducts Full-Market Simulation Test
On November 29, the Dalian Commodity Exchange (hereinafter referred to as DCE) conducted the first full-market trading test of the corn starch futures contract. The test process went smoothly and all functional points displayed normally, comprehensively verifying the safety and effectiveness of the trading system. This test covered
-
Agriculture is aging rapidly - who will feed us in the future?
Not long ago, at the Southern Seed Industry Exchange Conference, the participants were basically agricultural people over fifty years old. In front of the booth of the China Seed Industry Online Exchange Exhibition, many agricultural people did not know how to scan the WeChat QR code. Nowadays, in an era of increasingly developed technology, ag
-
Small grains also have a big future: why are farmers unwilling to grow them?
When people talk about miscellaneous grains, they habitually attach the word "small" to them. Compared with field crops, miscellaneous grains are mainly intercropped along ditch edges and embankments and on dry slopes in mountainous areas, with small planting areas, and they are not staple foods, so they are called "small miscellaneous grains." In the past, Gaoqing County, Shandong Province, once widely grew small miscellaneous grains, especially intercropped with cotton. But now, cotton fields in Gaoqing County have shrunk sharply, and the area of miscellaneous grains has plummeted accordingly. The once-flourishing scene of every household growing cotton and every household enjoying the fragrance of miscellaneous grains is hard to see again.
-
Marker-assisted selection will become the main direction of future breeding
Conventional breeding methods have limitations such as genetic variation and genome hybridization; in principle, these limitations can be overcome through genetic engineering methods (such as recombinant DNA). Using these methods, genes with defined functions can be cloned and introduced into different species in a rapid and highly specialized manner.
条件筛选