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Ministry of Agriculture Launches Regional Special Campaign Against Seed Counterfeiting and Fake Sales
On March 10, the Ministry of Agriculture launched a regional special campaign to combat seed counterfeiting and fake sales in 11 provinces in Xiangyang, Hubei Province. The meeting emphasized that the campaign must focus on key regions, adopt forceful, vigorous and effective measures, and resolutely curb the flow of unauthorized and prematurely promoted seeds and counterfeit-labelled infringing seeds into the market, and cut off the chain of seed counterfeiting and fake sales.
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How can we get off to a good start in transforming the agricultural development model?
It is once again the time of the Spring Equinox. Spring is the first of the seasons, and farming comes first. Right now, from south to north, we are gradually entering the critical stage of spring plowing and preparation. Doing a good job in spring agricultural production is of vital significance to stable grain output for the whole year, agricultural development, and the steady operation of the economy and society.
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How can agricultural machinery make a fresh push after the golden decade?
Recently, the Management Cadre College of the Ministry of Agriculture held the second national rotation training class of this year for directors of major agriculture, animal husbandry and fishery counties, with 115 participants including agricultural machinery directors from national demonstration counties for full mechanization of major crops, as well as cadres from the Ministry of Agriculture system. This rotation training organized a total of special
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Persistent Low Temperatures and Rain in the South: Guard Against Adverse Effects on Crops
According to the forecast of the Central Meteorological Observatory: from the 8th to the 9th, most of Jiangnan, South China and the Southwest will see frequent rain, mainly light to moderate rain, with heavy rain in some places; in spring sowing areas such as Jianghuai, Jianghan and central and northern Jiangnan, low-temperature weather with daily average temperatures below 12°C will persist. Meteorological experts remind
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Ministry of Agriculture Deploys Work on Defending Against Late Spring Cold and Flood Disasters
Currently, wheat is at the critical stage of jointing and booting, rapeseed is podding, and early rice is being raised as seedlings and transplanted. Since April, varying degrees of frost damage and waterlogging have occurred in some areas. According to forecasts from the Central Meteorological Observatory, most northern regions will still experience temperature drops in mid-to-late April, while most southern
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Substitute products concentrated at ports; corn prices may struggle to rise further
In the 2014/2015 year, the additional imports of sorghum, barley and DDGS were basically used to replace corn. If the substitution ratios are calculated at 0.91, 0.78 and 0.6 respectively, the additional substitution consumption of corn was 4.3 million tons. According to shipping schedule forecasts, in the second quarter imported sorghum, barley and DDGS will still
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Spring campaign against counterfeit agricultural supplies: AQSIQ launches the Quality Inspection Sword campaign
The quality of agricultural materials products is directly related to the safety of agricultural production and the vital interests of farmers. In the spring of 2015, quality supervision departments across the country focused on chemical fertilizer products and, with the anti-counterfeiting campaign in rural areas, the "Sword Action" against counterfeit agricultural materials, and the rectification of key agricultural materials areas as the key measures, comprehensively carried out special
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How rural e-commerce can bridge the last mile
It is time for spring plowing again. For farmers, buying agricultural supplies is essential. Li Yonggang, a farmer from Xidi Township, Qitai County, Xinjiang, is much more relaxed than in previous years. In his words, "I no longer have to ride my motorcycle all over the place. With just a few clicks online,
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Temporary storage early indica rice auctions restart, rice market to remain under pressure later
It is understood that on October 13, 2015, China once again launched auctions of early indica rice from temporary storage, at a time when the government price-support purchase of the new-season early indica rice had just ended and new-season mid-to-late indica rice was coming onto the market. China's most recent auctions of temporary-storage early indica rice began on October 21, 2014
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Garlic Prices Surge Sharply Again Before Spring Festival
On the day of the Laba Festival, Ms. Yu had a sudden urge to make some Laba garlic, but when she asked at the market, the price of 7.5 yuan per jin really startled her. Ms. Yu said that in her hometown of Henan, there is a custom of eating vinegar-soaked garlic on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month - it tastes good and can kill bacteria. She just remembered
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