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Global bumper harvest crushes grain prices: China's 11 consecutive years of increases meet a historic US harvest
The crop harvest season is approaching, and China is expected to see an 11th consecutive year of grain harvests. But according to an analysis by The Wall Street Journal, the government's long-standing purchasing policy has severely distorted grain prices, with corn prices even reaching 3 times the international price, and the bumper harvest is instead creating more problems
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After eight consecutive years of minimum purchase price increases for wheat, grain traders bet wrong this year
The National Development and Reform Commission recently announced that the 2015 minimum purchase price for wheat is 118 yuan per 50 kg (1.18 yuan per jin), unchanged from the 2014 level. As soon as the news was announced, grain traders who had stockpiled wheat at high prices in the hope of selling for a good price were stunned. One industry insider
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Why Promote the Staple-ization of Potatoes After Eleven Consecutive Years of Grain Increases
Recently, some media interviewed a scholar who has long paid attention to food security regarding the staple-ization of potatoes, which is a matter of public concern, and the scholar believes: this indicates that our country's grain reserves must have encountered problems. It is just that the central government does not say so explicitly and covers up the problem. Such a major issue concerning the national economy and people's livelihood
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China no longer pursues consecutive grain output increases, accelerates agricultural transformation and upgrading
On March 9, the second plenary meeting of the third session of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference was held in the Great Hall of the People. Qian Keming, a member of the CPPCC and Chief Economist of the Ministry of Agriculture, delivered a speech titled "Transforming the Mode and Adjusting the Structure to Accelerate the Development of Modern Agriculture in the 13th Five-Year Plan." Qian Keming said that due to policy
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Grain output has grown for years in a row, but food security still cannot be ignored
Food is the first necessity of the people, and grain is the foundation of food; grain has always played an indispensable role in human survival and development. Judging by the world's grain supply, grain output has remained in a state of continuous increase. According to forecasts by relevant departments, this year China's grain is expected
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Why grain output achieved twelve consecutive increases, up 2.4% over the previous year
Food is the first necessity of the people. Without stable grain production capacity, there can be no food security in the true sense. Data released by the National Bureau of Statistics show that China's grain output has happily achieved "twelve consecutive increases," with the total national grain output in 2015 reaching 1242.87 billion jin, an increase of 2.4% over the previous
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