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Farm input prices are stable with a slight decline, what else do farmers care about when farming?
Editor's note: In order to promptly understand the situation of spring farming preparations for major crops such as grain, cotton, oil and sugar, as well as the market supply and prices of farm inputs and prominent problems, the Information Center of the Ministry of Agriculture, in mid-April, together with the information centers of the agriculture departments (commissions) of ten provinces (regions) including Hebei, Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Jiangsu, Shandong, Henan, Guang
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New Wheat Hits the Market as Consumption Weakens; May Import Volume May Decline
Due to weak wheat consumption in China, favorable prospects for new wheat production and the gradual market launch, China's wheat imports in May are expected to decline. Wheat imports for the 2014/2015 marketing year are forecast at 1.2 million tons. This week, wheat in parts of Hunan, Jiangsu, Anhui and Henan has already
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Pig-to-grain price ratio rises, beef and mutton prices continue to fall, what about raw milk prices?
According to fixed-point monitoring of livestock product and feed prices at 480 rural fair markets nationwide, in May 2015 pig products and corn prices rose, while other major livestock products and feed prices mainly fell. Based on the rural fair market monitoring caliber, the May pig-to-grain price ratio was 5.66:1, up
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Latest market trends: Corn prices in North China show a clear downward trend
According to the North China corn market, the sales range of corn produced in Hebei, Shandong, and Henan has been continuously narrowing in recent years. Due to poor quality and an inconspicuous price advantage, the volume of corn sold to Guangdong, Guangxi, and other places has been declining. Moreover, in recent years, corn processing enterprises in Shandong and other newly emerging main sales areas have encountered the problem of shrinking downstream industries, and coupled with the lack of improvement in demand for feed corn, the demand outlook for corn produced in Hebei, Shandong, and Henan is not optimistic.
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Corn auction transaction rate continues to decline, how does the industry view it?
Corn auction transaction rate continues to decline. Last week, corn purchase and sales in Northeast China were sluggish, and the temporary storage transaction volume hit a new low again; corn prices in North China rose slightly within a stable range; corn prices at southern ports were stable and slightly weak, while purchase prices at northern ports fell, marking the beginning of the destocking stage. At present,
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Why did soybean meal futures prices rebound against the trend when overall feed consumption was declining?
Recently, soybean meal prices followed the US market in a major rebound, and judging from soybean and soybean meal inventories, the massive arrivals of soybeans did not put much pressure on inventories. Therefore, looking only at protein prices, domestic demand seems to be doing quite well. Is that really the case?
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Early indica rice government-support purchases may decline this year
Due to consecutive bumper harvests, combined with the impact of imported rice, the domestic early indica rice market has been weak in recent years; and because the market itself has a relatively small capacity, trends are even weaker during the period in the first half of the year when reserve grain is rotated out in a concentrated manner. This year's new early rice opening price was lower than the minimum
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Why did early rice production decline? Statistics Bureau: Drought and lower enthusiasm for planting
China News Service, August 21 - According to national early rice production data released today by the National Bureau of Statistics, China's early rice output in 2015 was 33.691 million tons, a decrease of 320,000 tons from 2014, down 0.9%. Hou Rui, a senior statistician of the Rural Department of the National Bureau of Statistics, said in an interpretation that the early rice sown area
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National early rice output fell 0.9% year-on-year in 2015
XINHUA NEWS AGENCY, BEIJING, AUGUST 21 (Reporter Wang Xi) The National Bureau of Statistics released national early rice production data on the 21st. This year's national early rice output was 33.691 million tons (67.38 billion jin), a reduction of 320,000 tons from 2014, down 0.9% year-on-year. According to a survey by the National Bureau of Statistics,
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Export Volume of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Decoction Pieces Declined in the First Half of 2015
According to statistics from the Traditional Chinese Medicine Department of the China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Medicines and Health Products, in the first half of 2015, China's export value of Chinese medicinal materials and decoction pieces was 550 million USD, down 7.50% year on year. This was mainly reflected in a 10.43% year-on-year decline in the average export price. This was the first decline in export value since the major bull market of 2010.
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