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What new expectations are there for agricultural machinery purchase subsidies?
Recently, during grassroots research, many farmers said that the agricultural machinery purchase subsidy policy is very good, and at the same time hoped that relevant departments could increase policy and mechanism innovation to make this good policy more effective. First hope: the state, province, city, and county (district) publish agricultural machinery purchase subsidies
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Favorable news for corn growth as precipitation increases recently in the Huang-Huai region
According to the agricultural weather forecast issued by the National Meteorological Center on June 25, precipitation is expected to increase over the next week in China's Huang-Huai region, the southeastern part of the Northwest region, and southern Shanxi, among other places. There will be moderate rain in western and southern Huang-Huai and the southeastern part of the Northwest region, and western Huang-Huai and
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A retirement system for professional farmers will be gradually established
Recently, a "2014 National Report on the Current Situation of Rural Elderly Care in China" showed that 54.6% of rural elderly are still engaged in occupational labor, and more than 60% of rural elderly do not like to move to the city for elderly care, resulting in a situation of being "forced to stay behind." (According to the People's Daily of June 10) The Constitu
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Corn prices keep falling step by step, and the pressure to release state reserves is great
Recently, the Ministry of Agriculture held a symposium on agricultural structural adjustment for the four northeastern provinces and regions in Changchun, Jilin Province, specifically requiring the four northeastern provinces and regions to reduce corn planting area. The author believes that since 2008, the bull market feast in which corn output and prices rose together due to state reserve purchases will
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Strengthening agricultural machinery safety supervision to safeguard agricultural production
In recent years, the number of agricultural machines in rural areas has continued to increase, while agricultural machinery accidents have also shown a rising trend. At present, most agricultural machinery drivers have not received professional training and figure out operation on their own, with violations of operating rules being prominent. Because some agricultural machinery operators have poor safety awareness, agricultural vehicles neither go through road procedures nor take part in annual inspections. In particular, many agricultural tractors serve multiple purposes: during busy farming seasons they go into the fields for cultivation, and during slack seasons they become a means of transport for going to market or visiting relatives and friends, creating many safety hazards.
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Soybean meal market faces pullback pressure after weather-driven speculation
Over the past two months, soybean meal futures contracts have seen a sharp decline followed by a rapid rebound, and the current price is already close to the high at the start of the decline. Does this mean the soybean meal market has already reversed? First, let us analyze the reasons for the earlier decline in soybean meal: First, sluggish domestic demand for soybean meal led to price declines. Weak demand in the livestock and aquaculture industry constrained soybean meal consumption. China's hog inventory and breeding sow inventory fell sharply year on year; prices of meat, eggs and poultry were sluggish, and farming losses were severe; demand in aquaculture slowed, constraining demand for protein meal. Second, soybean meal supply increased substantially, spot prices fell sharply, some basis contracts faced default risk, and selling off occurred.</P><P> Now let us look at the reasons for the rapid rise in soybean meal. The author believes that the rise in soybean meal came partly from a return of prices after the earlier excessive decline; on the other hand, it came from speculation driven by heavy rain in the main U.S. soybean producing areas, which caused market concern about U.S. soybean planted area and good-to-excellent ratings. The planted area data and weekly soybean good-to-excellent ratings data released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture on June 30 both confirmed the market's concerns about U.S. soybean planting. These data will, in the short term, still support U.S. soybean futures in maintaining high-level oscillation, which will substantially raise the cost of China's imported soybeans, forcing crushing plants to passively raise the prices of soybean meal and soybean oil.</P><P> But in the short term, speculation over the impact of severe weather on planting may cool somewhat, and the loose fundamentals will bring great pressure on soybean meal prices.</P><P> From the perspective of soybean meal supply, global soybean supply is ample. After U.S. soybeans hit a record high last year, soybean output in Argentina and Brazil also hit record highs, which will suppress legume prices over the medium and long term. Domestically, China's soybean imports in June may reach 8.53 million tons and in July reach 8 million tons, so soybean sources are very abundant; at present, the operating rate of domestic crushing plants remains at an extremely high level of about 54%, and soybean meal supply has recently remained high. The volume of domestic rapeseed meal and imported DDGS remains high, suppressing plant protein prices.</P><P> On the demand side, although the hog farming industry currently shows restocking demand, truly driving soybean meal consumption may still require waiting for hog inventory data to stop falling and rebound before it can be confirmed. The meat, egg and poultry farming industry remains sluggish. Due to oversupply, prices of meat poultry and eggs fell sharply earlier, severely dampening the enthusiasm of farming enterprises to restock. In aquaculture, because oversupply last year led to sharp price declines, pond stock levels in the south are relatively high this year, constraining the release of fry. Recently, rainfall has been excessive, feed placement in ponds has decreased, which is bearish for meal consumption. Later, as large quantities of stocked fish are sold, demand for protein meal from newly released fry may decline substantially, so demand for protein meal from aquaculture later is also worrying.</P><P> Based on the information on both supply and demand, the author believes that soybean meal supply and demand will remain loose, and after the bullish U.S. heavy rain weather factor is fully priced in, soybean meal prices will return to fundamentals in the short term, with the possibility of oscillating pullbacks.</P></p>
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What new developments have emerged in China's food security?
Recently, a kind of potato steamed bun, also called potato bun, quietly appeared and sold well in more than 200 supermarkets in Beijing. It is understood that by October this year, the sales range will also expand to more than 500 supermarkets in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. This product looks slightly yellow and is comparable to traditional wheat steamed buns
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Quality management and traceability system for Chinese medicinal materials officially launched
Recently, China's first quality management and traceability system for Chinese medicinal materials, developed with the introduction of modern information technologies such as the Internet, big data and cloud computing, was officially launched in Beijing after appraisal by authoritative experts. As a major producer and supplier of Chinese medicinal materials in the world, China has long lacked
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How can the "vegetable basket" be developed to achieve balanced supply?
In recent years, all localities have made coordinated efforts to advance a new round of "vegetable basket" development, promoting stable production growth, an increasingly rich variety of products, steadily improving quality, and a continuously improving market system, generally safeguarding vegetable supply and market stability. However, with the development of urbanization, all localities are also facing considerable pressure in
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National agricultural product online sales exceeded 100 billion yuan last year
The reporter recently learned from the Ministry of Agriculture that in recent years China's agricultural product e-commerce has developed rapidly, with the scale of online transactions doubling and growing. According to preliminary estimates, last year the national online transaction volume of agricultural products exceeded 100 billion yuan, accounting for 3% of agricultural product sales. Statistics show that currently China
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