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2015 Autumn Grain Harvest Approaching: Manage Well to Boost Yields
Editor's note: Due to the abnormal climate this year, with drought and little rain early on and continuous rain later, the seedling conditions of autumn grain crops, especially dryland grain crops, vary greatly, making crop management considerably more difficult, creating conditions for the occurrence of pests and diseases, and proving rather unfavorable to crop growth. In response
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Global agricultural products will see increased production and lower prices in the next decade
STAFF REPORTER Reporter Chen Jian and Zhang Wei report: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development recently released the latest Agricultural Outlook report, stating that factors such as increased crop yields, enhanced productivity and slowing growth in global demand will help agricultural products
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Domestic rapeseed oil supply is expected to increase in the later period
The adjustment of China's domestic rapeseed purchase policy has a diversified impact on the market. After the cancellation of the temporary state reserve rapeseed purchase policy, the market supply of domestic rapeseed oil will increase relatively, the price gap between rapeseed oil and soybean oil will continue to remain at a low level, and domestic rapeseed oil consumption will also continue
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CAS to Help Bohai Rim Region Increase Grain Output by 10 Billion Jin in the Next 5 Years
XINHUA NEWS SHIJIAZHUANG, May 27 (Reporter Gao Bo) According to Dr. Liu Xiaojing, director of the Nanpi Station of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the construction of the demonstration zone of the "Bohai Granary Science and Technology Demonstration Project," a major national science and technology support program, will greatly enhance the grain production capacity of the low- and medium-yield fields around the Bohai Rim.
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National spring sowing progress has exceeded 30 percent; research on green grain yield increase models will be carried out
According to the agricultural situation monitoring of the Ministry of Agriculture, all types of crops sown nationwide account for 35.0% of the intended spring sowing crop area, with progress comparable to the same period last year. Among them, 27.8% of grain has been sown, 42.1% of cotton, 36.0% of oil crops, 80.2% of sugar crops, and 64.7% of vegetables. At present,
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Concentrated rotation of paddy rice will bring greater pressure to the market
Since March, many provinces in the south have already begun clearing warehouses to make room, and the concentrated rotation period for paddy rice is about to arrive. As domestic paddy rice stocks are sufficient and imported rice continues to flow into the domestic market, the entry of old rice into the market through rotation will inevitably increase supply pressure on the paddy rice market, especially the southern indica rice market.
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Supply of GM agricultural products will increase, says Vice Minister of Agriculture
On March 5, before the opening of the third session of the 12th National People's Congress, Niu Dun, Vice Minister of Agriculture, said in an exclusive interview with China Daily that China will increase the variety and quantity of GM agricultural products brought to market, and that GM foods approved for sale and consumption are safe and will not cause disease or cancer in humans.
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China's high-efficiency water-saving irrigation area will increase by more than 20 million mu this year
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, February 24 (Reporters Yu Wenjing, Chen Mengyang) - To consolidate the foundation of food security and make scientific use of precious water resources, China will speed up the construction of farmland water conservancy this year, adding more than 20 million mu of high-efficiency water-saving irrigation area. This was learned by the reporters on the 24th from the Ministry of Water Resources.
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Grain imports will not increase substantially; the "China grain threat" theory does not exist
Bi Meijia, Chief Economist and Press Spokesperson of the Ministry of Agriculture, recently responded to the "China grain threat" theory, pointing out that imports of the three major grains - rice, wheat and corn - currently account for only 2.4% of domestic production, which is relatively low. In the future, it may be appropriate to import some varieties that are in short supply domestically
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China will carry out research on green yield-increasing models to promote sustainable agricultural development
In recent years, the pressure on China's agricultural ecological environment has been steadily increasing. Bi Meijia, Chief Economist and Press Spokesperson of the Ministry of Agriculture, said on the 5th that China will carry out research on green yield-increasing models, striving to achieve a sustainable national food security strategy. Bi Meijia was speaking at a new press conference of the State Council
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