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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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Current state of chemical fertilizer use: farmers willing to use organic fertilizer if subsidized
Fertilizing is already like smoking marijuana, you can't do without it. During the spring plowing season, in Congyan Village, Yingqiu Town, Changle County, Weifang City, Shandong Province, the reporter met 53-year-old farmer Tang Lixin, who was irrigating the field together with his wife. Tang Lixin said his plot totals 4 mu, and since it rained on the 27th day of the 12th lunar month last year, there has been no more rain, so he is irrigating with well water from the edge of the field while applying urea.
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The per capita net income of farmers is expected to reach about 11,000 yuan this year
The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences held a press conference on the 22nd for the 2015 "Rural Green Book" and a symposium on the analysis and forecast of China's rural economic situation. At the meeting, Du Zhixiong, deputy director of the Institute of Rural Development under the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said that in 2015 farmers' income can still maintain relatively
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Seed companies that commit fraud will face severe punishment and compensation claims, with traceability systems to keep watch
On the 20th, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress deliberated on the draft National Security Law, the draft Seed Law, and others. Among them, the draft National Security Law was submitted to the session for a second reading, and in accordance with the need to safeguard national security, security tasks in a number of important areas were added. In the area of network and information
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Policy grain depots in the three northeastern provinces become a key focus of National Food Administration inspections
The National Food Administration released a notice today: it will thoroughly investigate and strictly supervise the relevant enterprises in Liaoning and Jilin exposed by CCTV. This year, the policy-related grain stockpiles purchased and stored in the three northeastern provinces and one region will be made a key focus of the national grain stock inspection, and grain departments at all levels are required to severely investigate and punish
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Corn planting area expected to expand 1.9% this year
China's corn planting area is expected to expand 1.9% this year, while the cotton planting area will shrink 11.2%, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. The rice planting area may increase 1.2% this year and the wheat area may rise 0.7%, the bureau said in a statement. More than 110,000 farmers took part in this planting
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Longping High-Tech Announces It Will Stop Selling Disaster-Affected Rice Seeds
Following the large-scale yield reduction and total crop failure of Liangyou 0293 in Anhui, the seed production company Longping High-Tech responded on the 12th, stating that it will voluntarily stop sales of Liangyou 0293 for reasons unrelated to product quality, and plans to establish a post-disaster relief fund for the seed industry, setting aside a certain proportion of
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Microbial pesticides will become a new boost for agricultural production
At present, China has formed an industrial scale of more than 1,000 registered microbial fertilizer enterprises, with a production capacity of 10 million tons and an output value of nearly 20 billion. In recent years, China's microbial fertilizer production capacity has developed rapidly and steadily at an annual growth rate of more than 10%. Microbial fertilizers are popular because
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Who is really troubled by the aging of farmers?
The key to resolving the problem of who will farm the land tomorrow is to make farming a respectable profession and agriculture an attractive undertaking and a promising industry. According to media reports, a chairman of a kiwifruit planting cooperative in Chongqing recently encountered the troubles of elderly farmers. This
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The Ministry of Commerce will continue to advance the pilot construction of public-interest agricultural product markets
Recently, the Ministry of Commerce held a press conference. Spokesperson Shen Danyang stated that this year the Ministry of Commerce will continue to work with the Ministry of Finance and other departments to advance the pilot program, build another batch of public-interest wholesale markets for agricultural products, further improve the public-interest safeguard mechanism, and gradually build a public-interest
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