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Never relax in autumn grain production, go all out to achieve the goal of stable grain output and increased income
This website news: As the farming proverb says, the 15th day of the seventh lunar month determines drought or flood, and the 15th day of the eighth lunar month determines the harvest. At present, we are in the critical period for autumn grain yield formation and the tough stage of field management. The Ministry of Agriculture held a meeting to make special arrangements for late-stage management of autumn grain. Vice Minister Yu Xinrong stressed,
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Why is low-cost urbanisation unsustainable?
In 2013 China's urbanisation rate reached 53.7%, with 730 million people included in the urbanisation process; since the start of the new century, an average of more than 20 million people have entered cities each year. This should be the largest-scale and fastest population urbanisation process within a single country in the world. Looking domestically, the urbanisation rate of the eastern region has already reached 62%, the central region 48%, and the western region 44.5%, leaving an 18-percentage-point gap between the western and eastern regions.
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No Let-Up in Efforts to Secure Autumn Grain Production: Ministry of Agriculture Goes All Out to Ensure Stable Grain Output and Increased Yields
As the saying goes, the 15th day of the seventh month determines drought or flood, and the 15th day of the eighth month determines the harvest. At present, we are in the critical period for autumn grain yield formation and the decisive stage of field management. The Ministry of Agriculture convened a meeting to make special arrangements for late-stage autumn grain management. Vice Minister of Agriculture Yu Xinrong emphasized that all localities
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Policy rice sales remain sluggish, japonica-indica rice price spread stable
After mid-October, policy-backed competitive bidding for japonica rice and indica rice reopened. However, as the volume of new grain coming onto the market continued to increase, the transaction rate in the old rice market declined compared with the earlier period. As of now, China's total policy rice transactions stand at 3.93 million tons. Total policy japonica rice transactions
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Agricultural product stock price buoyed by favorable policy
Yesterday the two markets continued their weak adjustment, but boosted by the favorable news that 19 departments jointly issued a document to support the development of rural e-commerce, agricultural products came under fund "sniper" attack near the close, the stock price fluctuated and turned positive, finally closing at 14.95 yuan/share, with a full-day gain of 3.82%. The Ministry of Commerce and 19 other departments recently
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Why do organic vegetables remain so expensive?
For higher food production standards, are you willing to buy organic vegetables that cost three to five times more than ordinary vegetables? Because food safety problems keep appearing, all kinds of "organic vegetables," "pollution-free vegetables" and "green vegetables" have emerged. As soon as these vegetables "come
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Favorable sunny weather across most of northern China helps autumn-harvest crops fill and mature
The reporter learned from the national agricultural meteorological bulletin released by the Central Meteorological Observatory of the China Meteorological Administration on September 6 that this week most of the southeastern part of northwest China and most of the southwest will see rainy weather, which is unfavorable for harvesting and drying mature crops. Most agricultural areas in the north will be mainly sunny
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Edible agricultural product prices were generally stable last week, Ministry of Commerce data shows
According to monitoring by the Ministry of Commerce, last week (August 31 to September 6), the market prices of edible agricultural products in 36 large and medium-sized cities nationwide remained generally stable, while prices of means of production in the circulation sector continued to fall. Last week, poultry and egg prices rose slightly, with the prices of eggs and dressed chicken rising
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China's rural groundwater is seriously polluted: is it still drinkable?
Since 2005, as a doctoral supervisor at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, I have led group after group of graduate students in ecological agriculture practice in my own hometown, Jiangjiazhuang Village, Bianqiao Town, Pingyi County, Shandong Province, contracting about 40 mu of low-yield farmland and running an ecological farm. We have witnessed
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What is the future price trend for wheat? Industry insiders expect it to remain stable
Last week, new wheat prices remained stable, and processing enterprises began to use large quantities of new wheat for processing, but market trading was sluggish. The wheat market price is expected to remain stable in the future. Recently, universities and colleges have started the new semester and the Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, so flour sales will see a small peak season,
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