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What opportunities and challenges does the upsizing of agricultural machinery bring?
I. The trend toward larger agricultural machinery is becoming increasingly obvious. According to statistics from the China Agricultural Machinery Industry Association on 21 major tractor enterprises (accounting for more than 85% of the tractor industry's output and output value) and 18 major harvesting machinery enterprises (accounting for more than 80% of the harvester industry's output value and output),
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Farmland Water Conservancy Put to the Test in a Year of Severe Drought
Since entering July, a severe drought rarely seen in decades has been spreading across central and northeastern China. According to reports, 30.1 million mu of crops have been affected in Liaoning, and in some places, hundreds of thousands of mu of farmland have suffered total crop failure in contiguous patches. In Henan, the "granary of the Central Plains," the drought-affected area involves 13 provincially administered cities including Zhengzhou and Pingdingshan
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The decisive role of the market should be brought into play in the building of new-type urbanization
"Located between Beijing and Tianjin, with small cities and a large rural area" is the basic situation of Langfang City in Hebei Province. Making full use of the unique locational advantage of being situated between Beijing and Tianjin, and standing at the strategic height of building a moderately prosperous society in all respects, promoting high-grade, garden-style rural new-type urbanization with Langfang characteristics
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Han Changfu Stresses During Inspection Tour in Liaoning: Persist in Drought Relief and Scientific Drought Relief with All-Out
On August 17, Han Changfu, Minister of Agriculture, stressed during an inspection tour guiding drought relief work in Liaoning that currently the drought signs in Northeast China are diverse, the drought situation is complex, and there are many unpredictable factors in the future. Agricultural departments at all levels must resolutely implement the instructions of the central leadership, firmly establish the thought of fighting disasters to ensure a bumper harvest
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In July, grassland vegetation grew better than in normal years, with drought occurring in some areas
Website news: Based on a comprehensive analysis of ground observations, satellite remote sensing and meteorological data, the Ministry of Agriculture said that in July this year the national grassland vegetation growth condition was generally better than the same period in normal years, but worse than the previous year, and drought continued to develop in some grasslands. By region, 24% of the grassland in China
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Mainland Agricultural Product Prices Caught in a Recurring Cycle of Rises and Falls; Supply-Demand Imbalance Hurts All Parties
Mao Yugui, a 60-year-old vegetable farmer in Lanzhou, lost money on all four mu of cauliflower he planted this year. The price slump in cauliflower, which has been on the market for nearly a month, has dealt the old man a heavy blow: since mid-July, cauliflower prices began falling from 1 yuan per jin (RMB, same below), down to 1 jiao, 5 fen... until no one would even ask about it, and in the end it could only be dumped or fed to livestock.
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Losses of Agricultural Product Processing By-products Are Staggering, While the Benefits of Comprehensive Utilization Are Considerable
Recently, the Agricultural Product Processing Bureau of the Ministry of Agriculture conducted a special survey on the comprehensive utilization of by-products from agricultural production and processing. The survey shows that the quantity of by-products from agricultural production and processing has been increasing year by year. Because development has remained only at the primary and secondary stages and the resources have not been fully exploited, this directly affects resource conservation, environmental protection, quality and safety, and farmers' income growth. It is recommended that great importance be attached to the comprehensive utilization of agricultural product processing, that policy support be increased, that scientific and technological research be strengthened, that waste be turned into treasure and harm into benefit, and that the full utilization of agricultural product resources be achieved. This edition specially publishes a feature on the comprehensive utilization of by-products from agricultural production and processing for the reference of practitioners.
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Food cold chain development lags behind, food waste is enormous
The ice cream you bought is deformed, the yogurt has water droplets on the surface, and frozen dumplings fall apart as soon as they are boiled. These are actually all the result of a broken cold chain. Recently, at the press conference for the 2014 China International Agricultural Products Cold Chain Logistics Summit, Cui Zhongfu, vice president of the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing
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Ministry of Commerce monitoring shows ginseng prices keep rising while notoginseng keeps falling
Some are happy, some are worried. Of the 29 medicinal materials included in the statistical scope in 2013, 9 saw year-on-year price increases and 11 saw year-on-year price declines. Among them, the price of ginseng soared 80% year on year, while notoginseng fell by more than 30%. The above information comes from the latest release by the Ministry of Commerce
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Ministry of Agriculture to Launch Family Farm Monitoring to Promote Regulated and Orderly Development
The Ministry of Agriculture plans to launch monitoring of family farm development this year. By establishing a dynamic monitoring and management system for family farms, it will produce annual monitoring reports on family farm development, provide a basis for family farm development, offer reference for the formulation of related support policies, and promote the regulated and orderly development of family farms.
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