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Who is the driving force behind the increase in China's corn imports?
In July this year, China's corn imports reached 86,000 tonnes, up 217% month-on-month and up 18% compared with the same period last year. In recent years, corn imports have climbed steadily, showing explosive growth since 2010, jumping from 83,000 tonnes in 2009 to 1.572 million tonnes, an increase of nearly 18 times year-on-year.
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No Letup in Late Rice Pest and Disease Control, Ministry of Agriculture Calls for Continued Battle
At present, autumn grain crops in most parts of the country have gradually entered the harvest period, but the double-cropping late rice in South China and Jiangnan and the single-cropping late rice in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River are at the heading and grain-filling stage, which is a critical period for yield formation and also an important period for the occurrence and damage of pests and diseases at the ear stage. In particular,
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Steady progress in the battle against late rice pests and diseases, going all out to snatch grain from the jaws of insects
At present, autumn grain crops in most parts of the country have gradually entered the harvest period, but the double-cropping late rice in South China and Jiangnan and the single-cropping late rice in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River are at the heading and grain-filling stage, which is a critical period for yield formation and also an important period for the occurrence and damage of pests and diseases at the ear stage. In particular, in some areas this autumn a "late autumn without cool weather" climate has appeared, which may lead to an increase in the number of generations of the "two migrations" pests in late rice, an extended period of damage, and a tendency to break out suddenly into disaster. Pest and disease prevention and control in the later period still cannot be relaxed.
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China's agricultural mechanization level rises 27 percentage points in ten years
Bi Meijia, Chief Economist of China's Ministry of Agriculture, said on the 24th at the "Foundation of a Great Nation - China Rural Development Golden Autumn Report Conference" organized by China National Radio's China Countryside Voice that in 2013, China's comprehensive mechanization level for crop cultivation and harvesting reached 59.5%, an increase of
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The battle to prevent and control pests and diseases in late rice continues, striving to win grain from insects
Currently, autumn grain crops in most parts of the country have gradually entered the harvest period, but the double-season late rice in South China and Jiangnan, and the single-season late rice in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, are at the heading and grain-filling stage, a critical period for yield formation and also an important period for the occurrence and damage of pests and diseases at the ear stage. In particular
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Ministry of Agriculture Releases Weekly Cotton Market Report: Cotton Prices Fall Both at Home and Abroad
The China National Cotton Storage Information Center of the Ministry of Agriculture released yesterday the weekly report on China's cotton market for the third week of September (September 15-19). According to the weekly report: domestic cotton prices continued to fall, foreign cotton prices fell, and domestic cotton yarn prices continued to decline. 1. Domestic cotton prices continued to fall. This week, Xinjiang
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New rice varieties "compete in the same field" to pave the way for increased grain production
As the rice harvest season approaches, the rice variety demonstration area at the Jinsha New District rice planting experimental demonstration zone presents a scene of bountiful harvest. Recently, the Seed Management Office of the Municipal Agriculture Committee organized the Municipal Agricultural Technology Promotion Center, Jinsha New District, and agricultural officials from all districts and counties, along with seed dealers and large-scale rice growers.
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State Reserve Cotton Sales Suspended for the New Year: Latest National Policy Arrives
The state will suspend the release of reserve cotton in the next cotton year to guide enterprises to actively purchase, process and sell new cotton. In 2015, cotton imports will be properly arranged according to the domestic supply and demand situation. In addition to the 894,000-ton tariff quota committed upon WTO accession, in principle no additional import quota will be issued
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Strive to increase the area under efficient water-saving irrigation to 30% by 2020
The State Council Information Office held a press conference. Li Guoying, Vice Minister of Water Resources, when introducing China's water-saving irrigation situation, said that water-saving irrigation must be vigorously developed, and efforts should be made to increase the proportion of efficient water-saving irrigation area in effective irrigation area to more than 30% by 2020.
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Increasing grain imports to ensure food security, real grain prices tend to decline
The issue of food security is an old topic. People of insight have long known that the Chinese can fully feed themselves. As early as 1994, when Lester Brown came to China with alarming claims, many domestic scholars pointed out that there were loopholes in Brown's calculations, the most serious being
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