In 2015, 14.05 billion yuan in direct subsidies were distributed to farmers

In 2015, 14.05 billion yuan in direct subsidies were distributed to farmers The Ministry of Agriculture issued policies for 2015 on deepening rural reform, developing modern agriculture, and promoting increases in farmers' incomes. Among them, in 2015 the central government continued to implement direct subsidies to grain-growing farmers, arranging 14.05 billion yuan in subsidy funds, with the funds in principle required to be distributed to farmers engaged in grain production; it continued to implement comprehensive subsidies for agricultural inputs to grain-growing farmers, arranging 20.35 billion yuan in subsidy funds for improved crop varieties, with a subsidy of 10 yuan per mu for wheat, corn, soybeans, rapeseed, and highland barley; and it arranged a total of 23.4 billion yuan in funds to support appropriately scaled grain operations, used to support appropriately scaled grain operations, with priority given to specialized large-scale households, family farms, and farmers' cooperatives.

Transaction rate for imported corn from temporary reserves was 23.56% With the approval of the relevant state departments, at the auction sale of imported corn from state temporary reserves held on April 30, 74,466 tons of US No. 2 yellow corn were planned for sale, with an actual transaction volume of 17,541 tons, a transaction rate of 23.56%, and an average transaction price of 2,297 yuan/ton; 292,673 tons of 2012 corn transferred from state temporary reserves were planned for sale, and all failed to sell; 1,264,464 tons of 2013 mid-to-late indica rice were planned for sale, with an actual transaction volume of 3,281 tons, a transaction rate of 0.26%, and a transaction price of 2,740 yuan/ton.