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Why have corn prices fallen, and how big is the impact on farmers?
After a heavy snowfall, a grain broker came to the home of corn grower Zhao Jincheng to inspect the grain. "Now it has to be graded as third-class; it doesn't make second-class." "If it's third-class, after deducting freight and delivering it to the destination, it can only sell for 0.71 yuan." The corn price fell from 0.90 yuan per jin in 2014 to 0.71 yuan per jin this year. Neighbors and relatives all stored their corn, waiting to see how the price would move. But Zhao Jincheng urgently needed money, so he had to sell even at a low price, because he still had a loan to repay as soon as possible.
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Grain prices fall and large-scale grain growers can only break even - do farmers still want to grow grain?
Grain prices have fallen, but do farmers still want to grow grain? A survey from Qing'an County, Heilongjiang Province. Large-scale grain growers can only break even, and enthusiasm for land transfer may be affected. On December 9, the Major Snow solar term had already passed, and northern Heilongjiang was freezing cold. A heavy snowfall from a few days earlier still lay thick in the fields, with stray bits of crop straw showing on top.
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National Agricultural Wholesale Price Index rises and falls on December 11, 2015
According to monitoring by the Ministry of Agriculture, on December 11 the National Agricultural Wholesale Price Index was 201.94, down 0.07 points from yesterday, of which the "Vegetable Basket" Product Wholesale Price Index was 203.21, up 0.10 points from yesterday. As of 14:00 today, the national agricultural wholesale market pork
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How is the pilot program for the cropland rotation and fallow system being explored? The Minister of Land and Resources responds
Jiang Daming, Minister and Party Secretary of the Ministry of Land and Resources, published a signed article in the People's Daily on December 8, pointing out that the Recommendations of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Formulating the Thirteenth Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development, adopted at the Fifth Plenary Session of the Eighteenth Central Committee of the Party, made a strategic deployment for the comprehensive conservation and efficient use of resources.
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Meat consumption has risen by one step every ten years, and the shortfall will reach 10 million tons in 2020
Li Shuilong, executive president of the China Meat Association, clearly pointed out that it is expected that by 2020 China's annual meat output will be 90 million tons, and there will be a supply-demand gap of about 10 million tons that must be made up through imports. At the China-Spain meat enterprise business meeting, Li Shuilong, executive president of the China Meat Association, particularly made clear
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Industry Viewpoint: Corn Prices Fall in North China, Northeast Temporary Storage Policy Tightens
Recently, China's two major corn-producing regions, the Northeast and North China, have been operating around different themes. First, some enterprises in Heilongjiang were affected by tightened temporary storage standards, and purchasing was suspended for a time. With temporary storage purchases progressing too quickly, the state's attitude toward regulating the purchasing pace was clear.
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Agricultural product wholesale markets see declining performance and fall into operational difficulties
As economic growth slows, China's agricultural product wholesale market industry is also facing the difficulties of declining transaction volumes and falling profits, with a small number of markets even shutting down. Industry insiders point out that market pressure has provided domestic agricultural product wholesale markets with an opportunity for transformation and upgrading, with brand chains,
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China's Corn Stocks May Fall Next Year for the First Time in Six Years
Although Chinese farmers are still keen to plant corn, the growth momentum of China's corn stocks may come to an end. According to the latest attaché report released by the Foreign Agricultural Service of the US Department of Agriculture, China's ending corn stocks in 2016/17 may remain flat or begin to gradually decline.
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Corn prices fall, and the declining market is worth watching
"The formation of grain prices should be close to the market while also taking into account farmers' legitimate income. This is a very important principle for the future formation of China's grain prices." On November 4, Chen Xiwen, deputy head of the Central Rural Work Leading Group and director of its office, said this at a press conference held by the State Council Information Office.
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Grain shortfall of 200 billion jin by the end of the 13th Five-Year Plan; raising production capacity is the top priority
Grain shortfall of 200 billion jin by the end of the 13th Five-Year Plan; Focus on the 13th Five-Year Plan. According to expert forecasts, by 2020 China's grain demand will be about 1.4 trillion jin, leaving a shortfall of about 200 billion jin. Steadily raising grain production capacity must be the top priority in accelerating the transformation of the agricultural development model. This
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