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December Marks the Off-Season for Vegetable Supply, Affected by Rain, Snow and Low Light
According to monitoring by the Ministry of Agriculture's Vegetable Production Information Network, vegetable supply in November was basically flat year-on-year, while farm-gate wholesale prices rose both month-on-month and year-on-year. In December, as the off-season for supply begins, North China, Northeast China and other areas are affected by prolonged haze, overcast skies and snowy weather, which is unfavorable for vegetable growth and development.
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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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One of three conjectures on how the state reserve affects wheat prices
Recently, under the influence of two factors - weakened demand caused by a lower operating rate at flour milling enterprises and the gradual decrease in the amount of wheat circulating in the market - domestic wheat prices have entered a period of stability. As is well known, a stable period is the most difficult trading period, because at this stage
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Compilation of China's climate regionalization for the past 30 years completed, impacts of shifts in climate patterns emerge
Recently, the public welfare industry (meteorological) scientific research special project "Compilation of China's Climate Atlas and Climate Regionalization Research for the Most Recent 30 Years" passed acceptance. Focusing on the urgent need for a new type of climate regionalization in China's climate research and operational work, and addressing the changes that have occurred in China's regional climate distribution pattern against the background of climate change,
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Actively Responding to the Impact of Climate Change on China's Agricultural Production
Against the backdrop of global warming, the frequency and intensity of extreme drought events are steadily intensifying, and China's agricultural production is increasingly affected by extreme drought events. Data from the National Bureau of Statistics show that from the 1950s to the first decade of this century, the affected area of China's crops doubled, and the damaged area increased by 2.8 times; over the same period, the severity of the damage increased markedly, with the damage rate among affected areas rising from 32% to 58%; in addition, the scope of impact of extreme drought events expanded from the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River and the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River in the 1950s to the vast areas of Northeast China, the northwest interior and the southwest today. Improving agriculture's capacity to adapt to climate change is an important component of implementing the national master plan for climate change adaptation and is crucial to safeguarding China's food security.
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How big exactly is the impact of falling grain prices on agricultural inputs?
Brief overview: In October, as the new-season corn from Northeast China came onto the market in large quantities, corn prices continued the downward trend of August and September, declining further across a wide area. On September 18, the state temporary storage corn purchase listing price was set at 1 yuan/jin, up to 0.13 yuan/jin lower than last year's temporary storage price.
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How big is the impact of lower grain prices on new rural business entities?
Close attention should be paid to the chain reactions triggered by lower grain prices, and precautions should be taken to prevent localized difficulties in selling grain from turning into large-scale, systemic difficulties in selling grain, which would in turn deal a blow to the growing new rural business entities. From the start of summer grain purchasing to the concentrated listing of autumn grain, Outlook Newsweek
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Excessive Grain Imports Threaten National Food Security
The Central Economic Work Conference previously proposed a national food security strategy under the new circumstances of "taking self-reliance as the mainstay, basing ourselves on domestic production, ensuring production capacity, importing appropriately, and relying on technological support," requiring that the rice bowls of the Chinese people must always be firmly held in our own hands and that our rice bowls should
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2015 Grain Output Rises but Income Doesn't: Cheap Grain Hurts Farmers, Bringing Multiple Impacts
The stable and orderly development of the grain market is the basic guarantee for farmers' survival. How did China's grain market perform in 2015? It is reported that the domestic corn market experienced sharp rises and falls in 2014 and is currently moving weakly forward. The overall situation of the grain market in 2015 is not optimistic. According to reports, with
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The impact of excessively low grain prices hurting farmers should not be underestimated
Grain bumper harvest, grain prices fall, farmers' income declines. According to media reports, since the beginning of autumn this year, corn and wheat prices in China's main grain-producing areas have all declined to varying degrees. The drop in corn prices is obvious, with farmers' prices falling by an average of more than 20%, and the highest drop compared
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