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Grain prices too low hurt farmers again, with low grain prices and piled-up stockpiles the main causes
China had a bumper grain harvest this year, but farmers are hardly happy, because the sharp drop in grain prices could send their incomes plunging. Since the start of autumn, corn and wheat prices in the main grain-producing areas have all fallen to varying degrees. The drop in corn prices has been especially pronounced, with farm-gate prices falling by an average of
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How can the problem of unsold agricultural products be solved? Addressing both the symptoms and the root causes is key
Right now the autumn grain is ripening, and farmers are looking forward to a bumper harvest. But in some townships in Huguan County, Shanxi Province, many farmers are still struggling because last year's surplus grain is sitting at home unsold. According to preliminary statistics, in the two townships of Shuzhang and Shipo in Huguan County alone, there are currently nearly more than 2 million
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Chinese Scientists Combat Soil Disease to Protect 45 Million Mu of Greenhouse Crops
"In the past, when the fields were hit by disease, the yield per mu was no more than 8,000 jin, and crop rotation and fallowing didn't help either. Now with soil fumigation technology, the annual yield per mu can reach around 13,000 jin." Wang Wengang, a farmer from Shidui Town, Anqiu, Shandong, who has grown ginger for ten years, told reporters. Old Wang's story of increasing income
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The key to zero growth in chemical fertilizer use is treating both the symptoms and root causes of cultivated land
To achieve zero growth in chemical fertilizer use, it is still necessary to improve the fertilization structure. This can maintain stable and continuously growing agricultural productivity, stable and sustained soil fertility, a healthy and balanced ecological environment, and the sustainable use of resources and the environment. Recently, a reporter interviewed
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Large amounts of land sit idle for long periods, with government causes accounting for over 50%
Large amounts of land have been left idle for long periods, breeding various economic and social problems, and have therefore drawn great attention from leaders at all levels and the competent departments. The 2014 China Land and Resources Bulletin released by the Ministry of Land and Resources on April 22 states: from 2009 to 2013, among the construction land already supplied nationwide,
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2014 China Grain and Oil Wealth Forum Focuses on Industrial Transformation and Upgrading
Recently, the 2014 China Grain and Oil Wealth Forum and the 4th China Grain and Oil Rankings Award Ceremony were held in Beijing. More than 200 well-known experts and scholars from inside and outside the industry and outstanding grain enterprise representatives from all over the country gathered together to discuss hot topics in the grain economy and jointly seek the path of grain and oil industry development under the new normal.
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China has less than 9% of the world's arable land, yet uses one third of the world's chemical fertilizers
Guangzhou Daily News (Reporter Liao Jingwen, Correspondents Mo Danni and Chen Chengyue) China's arable land accounts for 8%-9% of the world's arable land area, but each year it consumes 35% of the world's nitrogen fertilizer. The abuse of chemical fertilizers not only leaves nitrogen oxide residues in agricultural products and degrades the ecology, but also directly worsens air and water
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Agricultural insurance fastens the safety belt for agricultural production
Insurance premium subsidies for melon and vegetable greenhouse insurance raised to 80%; Haikou cooperative saves half on its own premium payments. This time the Haikou municipal government raised the premium subsidy ratio for the disaster-prone melon and vegetable greenhouse insurance to 80%, which is of enormous significance to our cooperative's development of greenhouse vegetables. I heard that the policy
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Problems Facing Cultivated Land Protection and Reflections on Their Root Causes
Protecting land, especially cultivated land, bears on the long-term stability of the country and the survival of the nation; promoting farmers' prosperity bears on the foundation of governance and national rejuvenation. As reform continues to deepen, problems affecting cultivated land protection, especially the protection of basic farmland, and farmers' prosperity keep emerging
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China's grain prices rank among the world's highest, and high-price market-support purchases have led to grain piling up in warehouses
China is not the world's most developed country, yet China's grain prices have for several years running remained higher than the international market. Large-scale grain and oil reserve purchases have kept China's grain prices rising steadily, and the China Grain Reserves Corporation (hereinafter "Sinograin"), which handles the grain and oil reserve purchases, has maintained a relatively
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