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Ministry of Agriculture Launches Regional Special Campaign Against Seed Counterfeiting and Fake Sales
On March 10, the Ministry of Agriculture launched a regional special campaign to combat seed counterfeiting and fake sales in 11 provinces in Xiangyang, Hubei Province. The meeting emphasized that the campaign must focus on key regions, adopt forceful, vigorous and effective measures, and resolutely curb the flow of unauthorized and prematurely promoted seeds and counterfeit-labelled infringing seeds into the market, and cut off the chain of seed counterfeiting and fake sales.
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Spring plowing and pre-planting preparations in full swing, new-type fertilizers favored by farmers across regions
Spring returns to the earth, and spring plowing and pre-planting production are in full swing across various regions. Reporter Guo Xiang reports that during this year's spring pre-planting period in Jilin Province, various new-type fertilizers such as organic fertilizers, biological fertilizers and specialty fertilizers have begun to be favored by farmers. It is said that new-type fertilizers can meet the demand of the traditional compound
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This year's key food safety priorities announced, three lists to safeguard food safety
Recently, the General Office of the State Council issued the "2015 Key Food Safety Work Arrangements", deploying the key food safety work nationwide for 2015. The work arrangements adhere to a problem-oriented approach, focusing on strengthening source governance, reinforcing process supervision, improving laws and regulations, and building
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On March 17, 2015, the "National Agricultural Products Wholesale Price Index" compared with yesterday
According to monitoring by the Ministry of Agriculture, on March 17 the National Agricultural Products Wholesale Price Index was 204.88, up 0.64 points from yesterday, among which the "shopping basket" products wholesale price index was 206.63, up 0.79 points from yesterday. As of 14:00 today, in the national agricultural products wholesale markets, pork
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Counterfeit food flooding rural markets, food safety demands urgent attention
Recently, some netizens posted photos of "counterfeit food" they bought at rural markets, such as "Hongsheng," "Haochidian" and "Telun Jingdian," pointing out that these familiar-looking names in the pictures are "passing off fakes as genuine." Food safety has always been a topic of public concern
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Central government allocates 250 million yuan in agricultural production disaster relief funds
Since the beginning of winter, 8 provinces (regions) including Inner Mongolia, Tibet, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, Xinjiang, Sichuan and Yunnan have been widely affected by snowfall and temperature drops, with serious shortages of forage and feed, bringing adverse effects on livestock production and herders' lives, and the situation for combating disasters and protecting livestock is very severe
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Grain-to-Feed Policy Boosts the Feed Industry, May Change the Raw Material Supply Landscape
In the view of industry insiders, judging from the development cycle of China's livestock and feed industry, the domestic livestock industry has already passed its period of rapid growth around 2005 and entered a mature stage. However, within the next 5 years, the domestic feed industry can still enjoy growth brought by economies of scale.
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How should the price competitiveness of China's agricultural products be improved?
Anhui netizen Xiaomili: My hometown is in the countryside. When I went home for the Spring Festival this year, I heard villagers say that last year's vegetables and fruit did not sell well. In the past, our family's agricultural products were all exported, but last year the price advantage was not obvious, and exports were not smooth either. May I ask, how should
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Spring plowing and spring sowing in full swing: meteorological departments provide sound meteorological services
In the balmy month of March, as the weather warms up, areas north and south of the Yangtze River have entered the spring plowing and spring sowing period, and the China Meteorological Administration has launched nationwide meteorological services for spring plowing and spring sowing. From March 3 to April 30, the National Meteorological Center will issue the "National Spring Plowing and Spring Sowing Meteorological Service Special Bulletin" every Tuesday, and
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The target price reform for agricultural products is a live-wire operation
Reporter: How effective has the target price reform for agricultural products implemented since last year been? Chen Xiwen: Price subsidies, or price support, are a very important form by which governments of various countries support and protect agriculture. Although the target price seems to be separated from price subsidies,
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