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Why have corn prices fallen, and how big is the impact on farmers?
After a heavy snowfall, a grain broker came to the home of corn grower Zhao Jincheng to inspect the grain. "Now it has to be graded as third-class; it doesn't make second-class." "If it's third-class, after deducting freight and delivering it to the destination, it can only sell for 0.71 yuan." The corn price fell from 0.90 yuan per jin in 2014 to 0.71 yuan per jin this year. Neighbors and relatives all stored their corn, waiting to see how the price would move. But Zhao Jincheng urgently needed money, so he had to sell even at a low price, because he still had a loan to repay as soon as possible.
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Is environmental tree planting really beneficial with no harm? These impacts you need to know
Nowadays, regarding the protection of the ecological environment and natural resources, people seem to have transformed the concept of "planting greenery on Arbor Day" into "not only planting trees but also protecting greenery." There are calls to gradually change the calculation of "forest coverage rate" to the calculation of "wild grass coverage rate." When many people mention environmental protection, they think of planting
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The weakening impact of grain price changes on CPI will become the new normal
In August 2015, the overall level of the national consumer price index rose 2.0% year on year. Among this, urban areas rose 2.0%, rural areas rose 1.8%; food prices rose 3.7%, non-food prices rose 1.1%; consumer goods prices rose 1.8%, service prices rose 2.2%. Grain prices rose
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How Does the Citizenization of Migrant Workers Affect China's Food Supply and Demand
At present, China is in the period of transition from the mid-stage to the late stage of industrialization and of accelerated urbanization, and faces the major task of ensuring national food security and the effective supply of major agricultural products. Since 2004, China's grain production has achieved the great feat of "eleven consecutive years of increase," but according to estimates by the Ministry of Agriculture, the self-sufficiency rate of grain, including soybeans, fell from 100% in 2003 to 91% in 2011, making the "tight balance" between supply and demand even more prominent.
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Fertilizer VAT to Be Levied from September 1 as Decided: How Big an Impact on Fertilizer Production and Sales?
The news of resuming the collection of fertilizer VAT, which has attracted widespread attention since last year, will have its answer revealed in the coming days! It is said that all fertilizers will uniformly resume being subject to the tax, and the implementation start date is most likely to be set on September 1, 2015. In particular, there are rumors that the government document on the fertilizer VAT policy is highly likely to be published tomorrow.
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How should domestic dairy companies respond to the impact of EU dairy products?
The milk quota that EU countries have implemented for more than 30 years will be officially abolished starting tomorrow. Driven by this policy change, global milk supply in 2015 is expected to rise by 2%-4%. Many European dairy companies have long since laid plans in advance to expand production capacity to welcome the new policy. Industry insiders analyze that, judging from customs data,
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Analysis of the Impact of the Rural Tax and Fee Reform on Grassroots Political Power
In order to fundamentally reduce the burden on farmers, increase farmers' income, maintain the long-term stability of rural society, and promote the comprehensive development of the rural economy, in March 2000 the Party Central Committee and the State Council decided to launch the rural fee-to-tax reform work in Anhui Province as a whole, and required nine major agricultural
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Climate change will have a huge impact on the seed industry
Agriculture is extremely sensitive to climate and weather conditions. If the impact of climate change on crops and the responses crops make could be better understood, the ability of crop production systems to adapt to climate change could be greatly improved. In some countries in Asia and Africa, because of cli
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How Does Large-Scale Land Management Affect the Agricultural Inputs Industry
With the development of modern agriculture in China, especially with the advancement of land ownership confirmation, the process of land transfer will further accelerate, and this change will bring a profound impact on the future agricultural inputs industry. Agricultural input consumers are gradually changing from individual farmers to large-scale growers, family
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What impact will large-scale land management have on the agricultural inputs industry?
With the development of modern agriculture in China, especially with the advancement of land titling, the process of land transfer will further accelerate, and this change will bring a profound impact on the agricultural inputs industry in the future. Agricultural input consumers are gradually changing from individual farmers to large-scale growers, family
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