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Flower growing costs may rise in Europe due to US tax increases
Recently, according to German AMI data, last year Germany's flowers and ornamental plants grew by 1% yuan compared with the same period the previous year. It is not hard to see that the growth was relatively slow, and at the same time sales in its sub-sectors all declined year on year. In fact, the slow growth in flower sales is somewhat related to the overall economic environment.
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Intermittent Irrigation Method for Rice Saves Water and Increases Yield: Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute Trials Succeed
Agricultural Research Institute's Intermittent Irrigation Method: Success in Saving Water and Boosting Rice Yields. With water conditions severe, the rice farming industry, which relies heavily on water resources, is hit first. An organic smallholder farmer in Hualien uses the intermittent irrigation farming method, an alternating wet-and-dry irrigation model for rice that saves 30% of cultivation water and also increases the rice
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Sod culture increases soil aeration porosity and organic matter content
Sod culture offers many advantages, such as improving the soil environment and maintaining the orchard ecosystem. After it was promoted to farmers for adoption, many examples have confirmed the benefits of sod culture. However, before choosing a sod culture method, it is recommended to evaluate it from multiple aspects and select the sod culture method suitable for that farmland.
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Global bumper harvest crushes grain prices: China's 11 consecutive years of increases meet a historic US harvest
The crop harvest season is approaching, and China is expected to see an 11th consecutive year of grain harvests. But according to an analysis by The Wall Street Journal, the government's long-standing purchasing policy has severely distorted grain prices, with corn prices even reaching 3 times the international price, and the bumper harvest is instead creating more problems
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China's wheat total production and per-unit yield increases both hit an 8-year high
According to a report by CCTV.com, building on the high base of consecutive years of grain production increases, China's wheat has again achieved a bumper harvest this year, with the increases in both total production and per-unit yield reaching their highest levels in 8 years, making it the only one of the three major staple grains to achieve 11 consecutive years of increased production. The latest statistics show
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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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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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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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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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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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