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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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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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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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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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Winter wheat planting progresses quickly, high-quality wheat acreage increases this year
This year, domestic winter wheat planting has progressed quickly and with good quality, laying a solid foundation for a bumper wheat harvest next year. It is understood that this year's autumn crops were cleared from the fields quickly, which helped farmers prepare the land for sowing, and after the autumn harvest, northern regions experienced rainfall several times, which increased soil moisture,
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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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How does the development of leisure agriculture promote increases in farmers' income?
Since the reform and opening up, China's leisure agriculture has gone through the historical stages of emergence, initial development and all-round development. After entering the new century, leisure agriculture has flourished in all regions, showing the characteristics of a steadily expanding industrial scale, continuously enriched development content, increasingly diverse types and models, a
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Green pest control spreads across China, pesticide use in demonstration areas reduced
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, October 16 (Reporter Wang Yu) The reporter learned from the Ministry of Agriculture on the 16th that this year the Ministry of Agriculture organized in 31 provinces and regions across the country pilot work on the integrated promotion of unified pest and disease control and green control for 10 crops including rice, wheat, corn, vegetables and fruits.
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High risk of sudden outbreaks of pests and diseases in late rice; the Ministry of Agriculture demands strict prevention and control
Since the beginning of autumn, temperatures in most of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, Jiangnan, and South China have been more than 1°C higher than normal. The "late autumn not cool" climate conditions are very favorable for the occurrence and damage of the "two migrations" pests of rice. Some double-cropping late rice in South China and Jiangnan and some single-cropping late rice in parts of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River are at risk of sudden outbreaks
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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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