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On March 9, 2015, the "National Agricultural Wholesale Price Index" compared with last week
According to monitoring by the Ministry of Agriculture, on March 9 the National Agricultural Wholesale Price Index was 207.67, down 1.73 points from last Friday, among which the "Vegetable Basket" Product Wholesale Price Index was 209.83, down 1.99 points from last Friday. As of 14:00 today, at agricultural wholesale markets nationwide
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Large volumes of corn flowing to state purchasing enterprises, market anomaly may persist
The corn market trend in 2014 has textbook-style demonstrative significance for 2015, and has had a major impact on the procurement models and inventory strategies of farmers, trading enterprises and grain-using enterprises in the 2015 market. In 2014, the domestic corn market experienced dramatic fluctuations, showing
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How to Offer Suggestions and Ideas for the Protection of Cultivated Land Quality
On the afternoon of March 8, a consultation meeting on handling proposals for "Increasing the Intensity of Cultivated Land Protection to Provide the People with High-Quality and Safe Agricultural Products" was held at the Beijing CPPCC Auditorium. Nearly 100 members of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) held face-to-face consultations and exchanges with heads of proposal-handling units including the Office of the Central Leading Group for Financial and Economic Affairs, the Ministry of Land and Resources, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Environmental Protection, the National Health and Family Planning Commission
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Autumn grain purchases total 180 million tonnes as of March 5
According to statistics, as of March 5, various grain enterprises in 14 major mid-to-late indica rice producing areas including Hubei and Anhui had purchased a cumulative total of 28.21 million tonnes of newly harvested mid-to-late indica rice, a decrease of 1.52 million tonnes from the same period last year; various grain enterprises in 7 major japonica rice producing areas including Heilongjiang and Jilin had purchased a cumulative total of 39.44 million tonnes of newly harvested japonica rice, an increase of 6.88 million tonnes from the same period last year; various grain enterprises in 5 major soybean producing areas including Inner Mongolia and Heilongjiang had purchased a cumulative total of 1.83 million tonnes of newly harvested soybeans, a decrease of 2.97 million tonnes from the same period last year.
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20 Groups of Agriculture-Related Key Figures in the 2015 Government Work Report
I. Review of Work in 2014 1. Grain output reached 1.21 trillion jin; 2. The per capita disposable income of rural residents grew by 9.2% in real terms, faster than the income growth of urban residents; 3. The rural poor population decreased by 12.32 million; 4. The drinking water safety problem of more than 66 million rural people was
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Promotion of Ecological Farming Helps Transform Development Methods
On one side is the relatively severe non-point source pollution and the declining carrying capacity of the rural environment; on the other side is the ever-growing demand for developing agricultural production and raising farmers' incomes. As the economy and society have developed to today's stage, the contradiction between production development and environmental protection has reached a point where it must be faced head-on.
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China's per capita grain possession approaches 900 jin, a record high
Vice Minister of Agriculture Yu Xinrong said on the 6th at a press conference for the third session of the 12th National People's Congress that China's food security situation is steadily improving. Not only have total grain output and per-unit grain yield reached new highs, but per capita grain possession has also reached a historic high, approaching 900 jin.
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China's grain output this year must be kept stable at over 1.1 trillion jin
Premier Li Keqiang's government work report proposed that this year's grain output must be kept stable at over 1.1 trillion jin, to ensure food security and the supply of major agricultural products. Deputies and members of the committees said that agricultural infrastructure construction must be effectively accelerated, and agricultural modernization and rural reform advanced
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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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Extending the industrial chain is the only way to increase farmers' income
This year's "Government Work Report" proposed guiding farmers to adjust their planting and breeding structure with an eye on the market, and supporting agricultural product processing, especially the local conversion of grain in main producing areas. A National People's Congress deputy who has spent decades working in the breeding industry, Jin Lanying, chairman of the Jinlan Dairy Farming Professional Cooperative in Daiyue District, Tai'an, Shandong
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