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Rare Wild Single-Leaf Clematis Appears in Zhoushan Town, Yongkang, with More Than 200 Flowers on a Single Plant
Single-leaf clematis is a provincially key protected plant that blooms only in winter and is also called "snow bloom." Recently, a provincial forestry local expert discovered a rare wild single-leaf clematis in Zhoushan Town, Yongkang City, and it produced more than 200 flowers, which is truly rare. Single-leaf clematis is a perennial herbaceous vine of the class Dicotyledoneae, family Ranunculaceae.
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Severe mouse plague in eastern Australia, rat rain appears from granary equipment
The mouse plague in eastern Australia has been severe over the past six months, with farmers facing the worst rodent infestation in decades. Videos of the local rat infestation have gone viral online, among them a clip posted on Twitter by Australian journalist Lucy Thackray, in which a farmer, while cleaning granary equipment, is seen with a huge mass of rats
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Heirloom seeds passed down through generations, yet over 95% have already disappeared from farmland
More than ten thousand years ago, humans realized they could keep part of the harvested seeds to replant the following year. "Xin Yu": The common people ate meat and drank blood, and clothed themselves in hides and fur; as for Shennong, he thought that crawling insects and running beasts were difficult to raise the people on, so he sought things that could be eaten, tasted the fruits of the hundred plants, and examined sour, bitter, and
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African swine fever appears in Vietnam for the first time; how should the latest outbreak be prevented?
African swine fever has developed particularly severely in China, so screening at airports is also very strict, and the baggage of passengers at ports is also subject to very strict checks. But what about it? On the Vietnamese side, no news of African swine fever had been reported, so the screening of the baggage of tourists traveling from Vietnam was not subject to such high requirements. However, on February 15, a piece of pork from Vietnam was confirmed positive for African swine fever, the first case of African swine fever from Vietnam.
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Food rumors keep appearing on social media: what harm do they do?
The Food Sanitation Division also urges the public to maintain "reasonable doubt" toward rumors circulating online; unless they can be confirmed as true, it is better to let rumors stop with the wise and not forward or spread them further. Those who cannot tell true from false can provide the relevant information to the Food Sanitation Division, or go online and
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Why has drought appeared in many places this year? Experts say the drought may continue
In recent times, high temperatures have occurred across most of northern China, further intensifying soil moisture evaporation and causing the drought to spread rapidly across various regions. Meteorological experts believe that in summer, it is fairly common for some parts of China to experience either drought or flooding. At present, the main grain-producing areas have not formed large-scale drought, but grain output in some local areas with more severe drought has been greatly affected
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Mainland Agricultural Product Prices Caught in a Recurring Cycle of Rises and Falls; Supply-Demand Imbalance Hurts All Parties
Mao Yugui, a 60-year-old vegetable farmer in Lanzhou, lost money on all four mu of cauliflower he planted this year. The price slump in cauliflower, which has been on the market for nearly a month, has dealt the old man a heavy blow: since mid-July, cauliflower prices began falling from 1 yuan per jin (RMB, same below), down to 1 jiao, 5 fen... until no one would even ask about it, and in the end it could only be dumped or fed to livestock.
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Low prices are only the surface; overcapacity is the main cause
In recent years, although wheat prices have risen slowly, they remain strong compared with processed flour, giving rise to the phenomenon of "strong wheat, weak flour." A reporter recently learned from an investigation of several flour processing enterprises in Henan Province that the problem of overcapacity is prominent, and overall poor profitability has become
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Brand Agriculture Promotion Service Platform to Make Its Debut Soon
Establishing a brand agriculture promotion platform became an important outcome of this China Brand Agriculture Development Conference. Attending experts believe that at present, China's agricultural brand building has set sail, but still lacks a clear ideological, theoretical and policy system, and the overall level of development remains
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Organic Vegetables and Meat Appear in Banks: Gimmick or Crowd-Puller?
More and more community banks are launching lifestyle services and taking a differentiated route. "Crossover" is no stranger to most people, but recently a newly opened community financial convenience store in Shunde New Town has attracted considerable attention. This newly opened community bank took a different approach,
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