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Agricultural industrialization becomes a fast track for farmers to increase income locally
How can the millions of farming households be organized to carry out targeted assistance, so that the guiding role of fiscal poverty alleviation funds in achieving maximum results with minimal input can be fully brought into play, while also letting the market play a decisive role? The answer is becoming increasingly clear in Zhejiang: through the organization of the agricultural industry,
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Hybrid corn inventory backlog eases somewhat, hybrid rice remains in surplus
On October 23-24, the National Agricultural Technology Extension Service Center held the 2014 National Autumn Regular Meeting on the Production, Supply and Demand Situation Analysis of Major Crop Seeds in Tianjin. The meeting analyzed the production of seeds of major crops including corn, rice, wheat, rapeseed, cotton and soybean in 2014 and
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Nationwide year-on-year price increases for beef and mutton have narrowed noticeably since the start of this year
The reporter learned from the Ministry of Agriculture on the 3rd that since the start of this year, nationwide beef and mutton prices have not continued the upward trend of previous years, and the year-on-year price increases have narrowed noticeably. In the first three quarters, the average year-on-year price increases for beef and mutton were only 7.5% and 6%. In pastoral provinces such as Inner Mongolia, however, beef and mutton
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Organic fertilizer utilization up 20%, Ministry of Agriculture releases national data
On October 29, the Ministry of Agriculture held a national on-site meeting on farmland quality construction in Yangzhou City, Jiangsu Province. It was learned at the meeting that next year the Ministry of Agriculture will vigorously advance the protection and improvement of farmland quality, with soil fertility enhancement, soil improvement, nutrient balance, and quality restoration as the main contents, and with high-standard farmland project completion areas, cultivated land requisition-compensation balance project areas, and areas with prominent farmland quality problems as the implementation priorities, focusing on improving the intrinsic quality of farmland to lay a solid long-term foundation for grain and agricultural production.
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China's Grain Output Rises Year After Year, Yet Supply and Demand Remain Tight: How Much Room Is There to Raise Yields Per Unit Area?
At present, the national winter wheat autumn sowing is drawing to a close. China's wheat has enjoyed bumper harvests for many consecutive years, yet stable development still faces some weak links. Under the rigid constraints of land and water resources, declining comparative returns from planting, and the impact of the international market, how can China's wheat achieve stable production and increased output?
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Harmless disposal of dead and diseased livestock and poultry must be basically achieved
On November 25, the Ministry of Agriculture, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Finance, and the China Insurance Regulatory Commission jointly held a teleconference on implementing the Opinions of the General Office of the State Council on Establishing a Harmless Disposal Mechanism for Dead and Diseased Livestock and Poultry, comprehensively
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Vegetable Supply Increases in October, Prices Fall Year-on-Year
According to monitoring by the Ministry of Agriculture's Vegetable Production Information Network, vegetable supply in October increased both year-on-year and month-on-month. Farm-gate wholesale prices of vegetables fell year-on-year but rose month-on-month. November marks the beginning of the off-season for vegetable production, and vegetable supply is expected to remain basically stable, with prices rising steadily. In October, vegetable
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New-season rapeseed planting area shrinks, oilseed meal price trend hard to judge
A Where have the green and lush rapeseed fields gone? In the early winter season of past years, traveling across the land of Jingchu, green and lush rapeseed fields stretched as far as the eye could see, and the manually transplanted rapeseed stood as neatly as soldiers lined up in formation, a most pleasing sight. But now, even after driving over a thousand kilometers,
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China will establish an agricultural product brand directory system and regularly release a national brand directory
To promote the development of brand agriculture in China, China will explore the establishment of an agricultural product brand directory system, incorporating the most influential and most valuable brands into the national brand directory, with regular release and dynamic management. This is what the reporter learned from the press conference on the "China
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A catalog of agricultural product brands will be established, with influential brands released on a regular basis
According to a Xinhua News Agency report, the Ministry of Agriculture announced yesterday that, in order to promote the development of brand agriculture, China will explore the establishment of a brand catalog system for agricultural products, incorporating the most influential and most valuable brands into the national brand catalog, with regular release and dynamic management. The Ministry of Agriculture Market and Economic
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