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This year's wheat purchases hit a record high for the same period in history
This year's minimum purchase price policy for wheat ends at the end of September. The latest statistics from the National Food Administration show that as of now, various grain enterprises in 11 major wheat-producing areas including Henan and Shandong have purchased a total of 73.63 million tons of newly produced wheat, an increase of 19.73 million tons year-on-year, setting the highest level for the same period in history.
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Serious harm from excessive fertilizer use: how can we farm the land and nourish it at the same time?
At present, China consumes 59 million tons of chemical fertilizer each year, accounting for 35% of the world's total consumption, a 2-fold increase over 30 years ago, causing serious environmental problems, said Chen Wenxin, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, at the national soil microbiology academic symposium held a few days ago. In recent years, with
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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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Minimum purchase price for rice in 2015 remained the same as in 2014
The National Development and Reform Commission said on the 4th that in 2015 the state will continue to implement the minimum purchase price policy in major rice-producing areas, and the minimum purchase price will remain unchanged at the 2014 level. Taking into comprehensive consideration production costs, market supply and demand, comparative returns, international market prices, and industrial development, among other factors,
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China's soybean imports in January up 17% year-on-year
Monthly statistics released by the General Administration of Customs of China show that in January 2015 China's soybean imports rose to 6.9 million tonnes, higher than 5.9 million tonnes in the same period last year, a year-on-year increase of about 17%. The report shows that in January China imported 28,000 tonnes of soybeans from Brazil, lower than the previous year
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Wheat crop conditions hit a near-10-year high for the same period, with drought persisting in some areas
Currently, most regions across the country have entered the busy farming season of spring plowing and spring sowing. Yan Hao, chief expert at the Agrometeorological Center of the National Meteorological Center, pointed out that thanks to favorable temperature and humidity conditions earlier on, spring plowing and spring sowing got off to a good start in most regions; however, before March 28, the winter wheat region of North China had basically no effective precipitation, and drought conditions in parts of central and southern Hebei and northwestern Henan will persist.
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Beware of Hidden Hunger: Eating Enough Is Not the Same as Eating Well
China's total grain output has achieved eleven consecutive years of growth, and people eating their fill is basically no longer a problem, but eating enough is not the same as eating well. The insufficient intake of trace elements and vitamins through food is called hidden hunger. The latest "Report on the Nutrition and Health Status of Chinese Residents
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Soybean procurement progress in main producing areas as of April 30 is far below the same period last year
According to statistics, as of April 30, grain enterprises of various types in 14 main mid-to-late indica rice producing areas including Hubei and Anhui had purchased a cumulative total of 28.21 million tons of newly harvested mid-to-late indica rice, a decrease of 1.52 million tons from the same period the previous year; grain enterprises of various types in 7 main japonica rice producing areas including Heilongjiang and Jiangsu had purchased a cumulative total of newly harvested
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Farmland protection must be as strict as protecting the giant panda
For a large country like ours with a population of 1.3 billion, food security is always the top priority in governance and administration, and the strategic position of food security in the overall situation of national economic and social development must never be shaken at any time. The Central Rural Work Leading Group Office, the Ministry of Land and Resources, and the Ministry of Agriculture
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Three ministries and commissions stress: Protect farmland like protecting giant pandas
Currently, the area of rural land transfer in our country has exceeded 30% of the total contracted land area. Overall, the land transfer situation is good, but some undesirable tendencies toward non-grain and non-agricultural use have also emerged. Our country has a large population and little land, and the farmland that concerns the food supply of over a billion people
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