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Grain traders hit by hard-to-sell grain; private granaries underutilized
Along with a cigarette, a business card is handed over casually. This is a habitual gesture of grain brokers. On the card, besides basic information, phrases such as "buys grain in large quantities" and "buys grain year-round" reveal the industry needs of the broker community; brokers with a strong sense of service
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Agricultural products hit by unsalable surpluses year after year: the bigger the harvest, the heavier the loss
Recently, unsold watermelons have appeared in many places across the country, and melon farmers have found themselves in the awkward predicament of "the bigger the harvest, the heavier the loss." In the face of the strange cycle of unsalable agricultural products that appears year after year, apart from complaining about unfavorable weather, what exactly are the root causes of the "unsalable-surplus disease"? Toiling hard yet struggling to recover costs
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Strawberries unsold amid cancer-causing acetochlor exceedance scare; prices fall in many places
Although the claim that strawberries had excessive acetochlor residues was later refuted by authoritative test results and industry experts, the earlier reports that "strawberry acetochlor residues exceeding the limit cause cancer" spread widely and quickly led to unsold strawberries in several major strawberry-producing areas, with prices falling sharply and growers and traders suffering serious losses.
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How Farmers Can Reduce Losses When Hit by Natural Disasters
On April 12, Longping High-Tech issued an announcement regarding the widely followed Liangyou 0293 incident, stating that it will stop selling Liangyou 0293, and is currently communicating with representatives of affected farmers, distributors and agricultural management departments to explore the most possible relief plans, which are being implemented in stages and batches. At the same
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Soybean prices hit by imports, 2015 soybean planting area may shrink
In recent years, China's soybean market has been severely hit by imports. In 2014, China's total soybean imports reached 71.4 million tons, breaking through 70 million tons for the first time. In the same period, domestic soybean production was only 12.2 million tons, and import prices were even lower than domestic soybean prices, leaving domestic soybeans almost no
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Grandparent stock imports of white-feathered broilers to continue decreasing by 10% in 2015
January 8, 2015 marks the 1st anniversary of the founding of the White-Feathered Broiler Alliance. The Alliance once again convened a special meeting on grandparent stock imports to jointly discuss the healthy development of the white-feathered broiler industry. Alliance President Li Jinghui analyzed the industry's situation and the difficulties it faces, and proposed continuing to implement the reduction plan.
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Many Places in China Hit by Agricultural Water Crisis, Farming Faces a Major Transformation
Well holes everywhere, yet not one yields water. Water resources are becoming increasingly scarce, and the water bottleneck constraining agricultural development is growing ever more prominent - during this year's severe droughts in many places, this problem has been exposed even more fully. In some areas, because the groundwater level keeps dropping, wells drilled only last year or the year before can no longer pump water to irrigate the cracked fields.
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Granary of the World Hit by Drought: Huge Investment in Farmland Water Conservancy Yields Limited Results
"I haven't been home since the start of summer, constantly repairing wells in various places, eating and sleeping at the work sites." Xu Bingchang, the head of an engineering team who has been engaged in well-cleaning work in Henan for many years, told a reporter from the Huaxia Times wearily. Henan, hailed as the Granary of the World, is currently experiencing
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Corn Affected by Drought in Twelve Provinces and Regions; Market Outlook Depends on Weather and Temporary Storage Auctions
Since July, Liaoning has been hit by its worst drought in more than 60 years, with some farmland facing total crop failure. Twelve provinces and regions hit by drought, Liaoning and Jilin worst. Corn: outlook first depends on weather, second on temporary storage auctions. ■ Cheng Tong. Affected by the El Nino phenomenon, since July, many places in China have experienced moderate to
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Taiwan's agriculture hit by endless natural disasters, fertilizer ex-factory price cut by 500 yuan per metric ton
From the beginning of this year to now, natural disasters have occurred frequently. President Tsai Ing-wen mentioned this matter on the 3rd when she went to the Yunlin Story House to meet with farmers, and said that out of consideration for the farmers' hard work, Taiwan Fertilizer would immediately lower the ex-factory price of commonly used chemical fertilizers by 500 yuan per metric ton, equivalent to a reduction of about
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