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In 2014, the central government has allocated 21.4 billion yuan in subsidies for improved crop varieties
Recently, the central government allocated 700 million yuan in 2014 subsidy funds for improved crop varieties, mainly for peanut improved-variety subsidies in 12 provinces (regions, municipalities) including Hebei, Shandong and Henan, and for potato improved-variety subsidies in 14 provinces (regions, municipalities) including Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Chongqing, Sichuan and Gansu, as well as the Heilongjiang reclamation area
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Ministry of Agriculture Issues 2014/2015 Technical Guidance on Winter Rapeseed Production
Oil Crops Expert Steering Group of the Ministry of Agriculture, National Agricultural Technology Extension Service Center. This year's summer-harvested rapeseed continued to increase and once again hit a record high. The meteorological department predicts that, affected by an El Nino event, low temperatures and continuous rain may occur in the Yangtze River Basin in autumn, while the harvest period of the preceding rice crop will be delayed, which will adversely affect timely sowing and transplanting of rapeseed.
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Cotton Price Reform Pilot and Market Regulation: Full Text of the NDRC's Answers to Reporters' Questions
Photo of the press conference. The National Development and Reform Commission held a press conference on the cotton target price reform pilot and market regulation at 9:30 a.m. on Monday, September 22, 2014, in the large conference room on the third floor of the NDRC's secondary building. Relevant responsible officials of the NDRC attended the press conference and answered reporters'
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Higher thresholds force tea production toward standardization
Recently, the EU officially implemented new pesticide residue limit standards for tea exported to the EU. The new standards mainly involve 4 pesticide residue indicators, including isoproturon, picoxystrobin, pyrimethanil and acetamiprid. All the standards are 1 times higher than before, with the content changing from 0.1ppm to
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What small details should be emphasized in the development of grass-fed livestock husbandry?
In the course of its development, grass-fed livestock husbandry requires not only scientific planning and design and reasonable coordinated arrangements from a certain height, but also attention to various details. In the author's view, to find a
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Autumn and Winter Planting Campaign Kicks Off, Consolidating the Foundation for Next Year's Summer Grain Harvest
On September 23, the Ministry of Agriculture held a national video conference on autumn and winter planting, analyzing this year's autumn and winter planting production situation and arranging the deployment of autumn and winter planting and the current autumn management and autumn harvest work. Minister of Agriculture Han Changfu instructed and required that all localities must remain unwavering in the goal of promoting stable grain development, base themselves on disaster resistance to secure a bumper harvest, and grasp autumn and winter planting production without letting up on a single step, vigorously implement policies to stabilize the area, promote key technologies to improve sowing quality, strengthen management to ensure strong seedlings overwinter safely, and consolidate the foundation for next year's summer grain harvest.
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No Letup in Late Rice Pest and Disease Control, Ministry of Agriculture Calls for Continued Battle
At present, autumn grain crops in most parts of the country have gradually entered the harvest period, but the double-cropping late rice in South China and Jiangnan and the single-cropping late rice in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River are at the heading and grain-filling stage, which is a critical period for yield formation and also an important period for the occurrence and damage of pests and diseases at the ear stage. In particular,
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After confirmation of rights, farms can apply for mortgage loans
"Cowsheds can be mortgaged for loans too!" When Xu Ying, a large-scale dairy cow farmer, received a bank loan of 5 million yuan, her surprise was written all over her face. Xu Ying is the chairman of Hedasifang Dairy Cow Breeding Farmers' Professional Cooperative in Qiqihar City, Heilongjiang Province. In the past two years, Heilongjiang Province has innovated livestock
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Corn price-support purchases have become a double-edged sword, and the purchase price is the key
As China's corn enters the harvest season, the issue of temporary state reserve price-support for corn has once again become a focus of attention in the industry. Although the industry has different views on the temporary reserve price-support, in the face of the current situation of overproduction of corn in China, the temporary reserve is still an important means of resolving the quantitative contradiction.
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Ministry of Agriculture Issues 2014 Autumn and Winter Guidance on Scientific Fertilization for Major Crops
In order to strengthen guidance on scientific fertilization for major crops in autumn and winter, improve fertilizer use efficiency, and promote increased crop yields, higher farmer incomes and sustainable agricultural development, the Department of Crop Production Management of the Ministry of Agriculture and the National Agricultural Technology Extension and Service Center organized experts to formulate and issue the "
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