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Is growing grain actually worth it? High grain yields do not equal higher farmer incomes
China's number one wheat county welcomes a twelfth consecutive summer grain increase, yet a major grain county is not equal to a strong agricultural county, and high grain yields are not equal to higher farmer incomes. Even when grain is grown to the utmost, farmers' incomes are still not high, and Hua County is not content to accept this. Sharply raising grain prices is unrealistic; to both stabilize grain and increase income, Hua County is exploring a path to comprehensively upgrade agricultural industrialization.
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Over 90 percent of the early rice harvest is complete; this year's area is steady with a slight decrease, and per-unit yield is flat
Currently, over 90 percent of the national early rice harvest is complete. According to the Ministry of Agriculture's crop situation scheduling and experts' field yield measurement analysis, this year's early rice area is steady with a slight decrease, per-unit yield is flat with a slight increase, most main producing areas show a flat production trend, and the national total early rice output is expected to achieve another bumper harvest. This year's early rice production has been stable
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Hidden concerns behind ten consecutive bumper summer grain harvests: increasing yields through fertilizer worsens arable land quality
Hidden concerns behind ten consecutive bumper summer grain harvests. The National Bureau of Statistics website announced on July 12 that in 2013, the national total summer grain output reached 131.89 million tons, an increase of 1.96 million tons over 2012, up 1.5%; of which winter wheat output was 115.67 million tons, an increase of 1.48 million tons over the previous year, up 1.3%. 201
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Severe drought hits autumn grain crops in multiple regions; Ministry of Agriculture demands efforts to ensure stable yields and a bumper harvest
In recent days, 12 provinces in China including Henan, Shaanxi, Inner Mongolia, Shanxi and Xinjiang have been hit by severe drought. The spreading drought has dried up reservoirs and river channels, made drinking water scarce for people and livestock, and may leave autumn grain crops in some areas facing total crop failure. Minister of Agriculture Han Changfu recently traveled to He
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Implementing a responsibility system with capable people in rural areas yields good results
It is hard to imagine that a village with 246 households and 856 people, with a confirmed land area of more than 1,000 mu, actually involves more than 3,000 plots, and the household with the most has more than 60 fields of various sizes. However, the common people used their own methods to accomplish a seemingly impossible task, and among the 104 villages selected in Beijing's Pinggu District for the pilot of county-wide advancement of nationwide land confirmation and registration, this village became the fastest-progressing large village.
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Granary of the World Hit by Drought: Huge Investment in Farmland Water Conservancy Yields Limited Results
"I haven't been home since the start of summer, constantly repairing wells in various places, eating and sleeping at the work sites." Xu Bingchang, the head of an engineering team who has been engaged in well-cleaning work in Henan for many years, told a reporter from the Huaxia Times wearily. Henan, hailed as the Granary of the World, is currently experiencing
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Machine-transplanted early rice yields a bumper harvest, with strong momentum for mechanization promotion
Despite being affected by prolonged continuous low temperatures, overcast and rainy weather, and insufficient sunlight, the machine-transplanted early rice at Datonghu Farm of Hunan State Farms still achieved a bumper harvest. Expert inspection data show that the average yield of machine-transplanted early rice in the area was 532.8 kg per mu. At the same time, more than 110,000 mu of machine-transplanted early rice in the area
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Farm Machinery Subsoiling and Land Preparation Help Achieve High Grain Yields
In order to gradually improve the quality of cultivated land, promote stable and high grain yields and increase farmers' incomes, on August 20, the Henan Provincial Agricultural Machinery Bureau and the Provincial Department of Finance jointly formulated the "Henan Province 2014 Farm Machinery Subsoiling and Land Preparation Pilot Work Plan," using subsidies to guide farmers in carrying out farm machinery subsoiling operations,
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China's wheat total production and per-unit yield increases both hit an 8-year high
According to a report by CCTV.com, building on the high base of consecutive years of grain production increases, China's wheat has again achieved a bumper harvest this year, with the increases in both total production and per-unit yield reaching their highest levels in 8 years, making it the only one of the three major staple grains to achieve 11 consecutive years of increased production. The latest statistics show
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