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Corn planting area to be reduced as a priority, overall approach to agricultural adjustment has taken shape
Pan Wenbo, deputy director of the Planting Industry Management Department of the Ministry of Agriculture, recently disclosed that a new round of overall thinking on agricultural adjustment, led by the Ministry of Agriculture, has been formed. In the next step, in accordance with the food security strategy of "storing grain in the land" and "storing grain in technology," it will adhere to being
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Why is adjusting the grain purchase and storage policy imperative?
The current inversion of domestic and international grain prices has led to massive grain imports, while domestic production costs remain high; the room for protecting farmers' enthusiasm for growing grain simply by raising the minimum purchase price is getting smaller and smaller. Rationalizing the relationship between grain prices and the market has become a consensus, but the steps of adjustment should
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Latest corn price updates: slight adjustments in domestic port areas
The corn loading price at Dayaowan and Beiliang Port in the Dalian area is 1980-2000 yuan/tonne. A trader at Bayuquan Port purchases corn at a mainstream port arrival price of 1920-1930 yuan/tonne; the loading price is 1980-2000 yuan/tonne, moisture within 14.5%, test weight 720. In the Jinzhou Port area, moisture 15
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Soil pollution must be curbed urgently; prevention and control of farmland pollution brooks no delay
Just as the blue sky cannot be shrouded in smog and rivers cannot run with sewage, the earth likewise cannot bear pollution on its thick soil. The "Air Ten Measures" and "Water Ten Measures" have already been issued one after another; when will the long-awaited "Soil Ten Measures" be introduced? 2015 is the International Year of Soils designated by the 68th United Nations General Assembly.
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Why is the citizenisation of migrant workers just as important as rural development?
Over the 30-plus years of reform and opening up, rapid economic development has fundamentally shattered the stereotyped impressions of rural people. In recent years, both rural and urban areas have been seeking new transformations. In the view of Lu Huilin, associate professor in the Department of Sociology at Peking University, the accumulation and eruption of the "not-us" sentiment among rural groups poses a huge challenge to social development.
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Fertilizer Industry Under Growing Pressure After Agricultural Subsidy Adjustment
Recently, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Agriculture jointly issued the "Guiding Opinions on Adjusting and Improving the Three Agricultural Subsidy Policies", adjusting and improving from 2015 the three subsidy policies: subsidies for improved crop varieties, direct subsidies to grain farmers, and comprehensive subsidies for agricultural inputs. What does this have to do with the fertilizer industry?
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Balancing cultivated land occupation and compensation cannot be judged by numbers alone; quality matters just as much
Due to the long-accumulated impulse and inertia toward extensive land use, combined with multiple causes such as incomplete institutions, imperfect mechanisms and loopholes in supervision, the balance of occupation and compensation has been distorted in some places, even turning into a numbers game, making it hard to guarantee grain output,
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Why Are Agricultural Subsidy Policies Being Adjusted? Detailed Explanation of the Reasons
The Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Agriculture announced on the 22nd that, starting this year, pilot programs are planned to be launched first in 5 provinces including Anhui, Shandong, Hunan, Sichuan and Zhejiang to adjust and improve China's three subsidy policies: the crop improved seed subsidy, the direct subsidy to grain farmers and the comprehensive agricultural input subsidy.
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Phasing Out Toxic Pesticides Cannot Be a Burden on Farmers Alone
Phasing out toxic pesticides is farmers' business, yet it is not entirely a matter for individual farmers. Besides intensifying the investigation and punishment of pesticide varieties that have been explicitly banned, the state should also vigorously develop highly efficient, low-toxicity biological pesticides. At the same time, it should establish and improve the ecological agriculture industry chain, and through special
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How can the livestock industry ensure supply and boost income at the same time?
In the just-concluded 2014, Xinjiang's livestock industry achieved encouraging results. According to data from the animal husbandry department, at the end of the year the region had 55.33 million head (animals) of livestock on hand, up 4.2% year on year, 59.77 million head (animals) slaughtered, up 4.5% year on year, and total annual meat output of 2.68 million
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