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AQSIQ Report: Quality of Imported Cotton in 2014 Is Not Optimistic
On March 30, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine released a white paper titled "Quality Status of Nationwide Imported Cotton in 2014" (hereinafter referred to as the white paper) on its official website. The white paper pointed out that the overall quality of imported cotton on arrival in 2014 was not optimistic, and among the four major evaluation indicators for cotton - grade, length, micronaire value and fiber strength - the nonconformity rates for grade, length and strength all increased compared with the same period last year.
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How Can the Second Generation of Farmers Shoulder the Burden of New Farmers
Along with the footsteps of spring, more members of the second generation of farmers are stepping into the fertile soil and joining the ranks of new farmers. The entry of the second generation of farmers into the ranks of new farmers lets us feel the new hope and new strength of the fields. In practice, in recent years the role played by the second generation of farmers returning to agriculture has grown larger and larger. Some growers
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Corn prices in southern sales areas are generally stable, and this is how the industry sees it
Corn prices in southern sales areas are generally stable. Currently, the enthusiasm for temporary state reserve corn purchases has declined, grain prices in production areas lack support, and prices have weakened slightly. Holders of grain in sales areas have become more calm in their mindset, purchasing imported sorghum and corn from North China and the Northwest to maintain production, and for the time being are not stockpiling in large quantities, waiting to observe the starting auction prices for Northeast corn. In the future, several main factors affecting the sales area market are the recovery of the livestock industry, the amount of imported corn, and when relocating corn will broadly begin auctions. It is precisely because these factors are not yet clear that feed mills remain observant and purchasing demand is not strong.
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Capital flowing to the countryside generally does not grow grain: three major difficulties behind it
Regarding the phenomenon noted by China Youth Daily reporters during interviews in Xingtai, Handan and other places, that capital going to the countryside has the strength to compete for land but not the ability to farm it, He Xuefeng, director of the China Rural Governance Research Center at Huazhong University of Science and Technology and doctoral supervisor, said this situation is not uncommon nationwide.
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Spring campaign against counterfeit agricultural supplies: AQSIQ launches the Quality Inspection Sword campaign
The quality of agricultural materials products is directly related to the safety of agricultural production and the vital interests of farmers. In the spring of 2015, quality supervision departments across the country focused on chemical fertilizer products and, with the anti-counterfeiting campaign in rural areas, the "Sword Action" against counterfeit agricultural materials, and the rectification of key agricultural materials areas as the key measures, comprehensively carried out special
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Comprehensive Implementation Plan for Deepening Rural Reform Issued by the General Office of the CPC Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, November 2 dispatch Recently, the General Office of the CPC Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council issued the "Comprehensive Implementation Plan for Deepening Rural Reform" and issued a notice requiring all regions and departments to conscientiously implement it in light of actual conditions. "Comprehensive Deepening of Rural Reform
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Measures for Assessing the Implementation of the Provincial Governor Responsibility System for Food Security Issued by the General Office of the State Council
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, November 12 (Report) -- In order to thoroughly implement the national food security strategy under the new circumstances, fully implement the primary responsibility of local governments for food security, and effectively safeguard national food security, in accordance with the Several Opinions of the State Council on Establishing and Improving the Provincial Governor Responsibility System for Food Security
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The responsibility for protecting farmland is immense, and there must be no mishaps
General Secretary Xi Jinping recently gave important instructions on farmland protection work. He stressed that farmland is our country's most precious resource. Our country's basic national condition of many people and little land determines that we must protect well the farmland that concerns the major matter of feeding more than a billion people, and there must be no mishaps
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Nationwide Flood Season Begins, Rainfall Generally Above Average in Both North and South
Since June 1, the whole country has entered the main flood season. On the morning of the 1st, the State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters held a consultation meeting to analyze and assess the current flood control and drought relief situation, and to further arrange and deploy flood control, drought relief and typhoon prevention work. The consultation analysis predicted that in June, rainfall in eastern China will generally
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First Generation of Potato Staple Food Products Launched in Beijing
On June 1, the first batch of first-generation potato staple food products - steamed buns made with 30% whole potato flour - developed by the Institute of Food Science and Technology of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and produced by Haile Da Food Co., Ltd., went on sale in Beijing. Chen Mengshan, Party Secretary of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, attended the launch
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