-
Corn emergence later than last year, caused by sustained low temperatures
Sustained low temperatures delay corn emergence compared with last year. The corn was planted half a month ago, but because of low temperatures and frequent rain, it has not yet emerged; in previous years at this time it already had several leaves. On May 18, it was still raining, and although the Start of Summer solar term had passed, Harbin
-
Support for specialized cooperatives must be sustained; it cannot go hot and then cold
Recently, while interviewing in a county in Shanxi, the author found that a cooperative in the county that was once a model cooperative has now stalled. When asked the reason, the cooperative's chairman said: going to Beijing to report, receiving people from all walks of life who came to learn from its experience, it was lively for a while, and later a field meeting was even held, but
-
Sustained Development of Farmer-Community Direct Supply Still Needs Support from Multiple Parties
When I first started reporting on the topic of farmer-community direct supply, I went in with a very optimistic attitude. Because it sounds wonderful, solving both the difficulty farmers have selling vegetables and the expense citizens face buying vegetables, a win-win situation that seemed certain to go smoothly. However, during the actual interviews I discovered some
-
Why is low-cost urbanisation unsustainable?
In 2013 China's urbanisation rate reached 53.7%, with 730 million people included in the urbanisation process; since the start of the new century, an average of more than 20 million people have entered cities each year. This should be the largest-scale and fastest population urbanisation process within a single country in the world. Looking domestically, the urbanisation rate of the eastern region has already reached 62%, the central region 48%, and the western region 44.5%, leaving an 18-percentage-point gap between the western and eastern regions.
-
Ample Edible Oil Supply and Weak Demand Make Sustained Price Rallies Unlikely
Last week (October 19-23), influenced by the futures price trends of CBOT soybean oil and Bursa Malaysia palm oil, the domestic vegetable oil market showed wide-ranging fluctuations. As the current domestic vegetable oil supply is ample, the spot market has also entered the traditional off-season for demand after the holiday, and basis has declined somewhat. Last week
条件筛选