Early rice seedling raising progress in South China has reached 73.2%

Early rice seedling raising in South China has reached 73.2% completion According to monitoring by the Ministry of Agriculture, as of March 23, early rice seedling raising was 40.8% complete, with progress flat year-on-year, of which South China had completed 73.2%, Jiangxi had passed 40%, and Hunan, Hubei and Anhui had successively begun early rice seedling raising. It is expected that in early to mid-April, temperatures in most of Jiangnan and South China will be close to or slightly below the same period of normal years, and precipitation will be 20-50% more than the same period of normal years; the water and heat conditions are favourable for early rice sowing, emergence and transplanting. However, on April 2-4 a moderate-intensity cold air process will affect Jiangnan, and the temperature drop will have a certain adverse effect on early rice sowing and seedling raising.

Announcement of this week's policy-related grain auction sales With the approval of the relevant state departments, a national policy-related grain auction sales transaction meeting is scheduled to be held from March 31 to April 2, 2015. The specific transaction details are as follows: on March 31, 988,600 tonnes of temporary storage wheat will be offered (Henan 193,000, Jiangsu 300,000, Anhui 227,000, Hubei 258,600, Xinjiang 10,000), and 497,000 tonnes of 2013 temporary storage early indica rice will be offered (Anhui 44,000, Jiangxi 288,000, Hubei 35,000, Hunan 130,000); on April 1, 50,000 tonnes of temporary storage rapeseed oil will be offered (Jiangsu 10,000, Zhejiang 5,000, Jiangxi 3,500, Henan 2,600, Hubei 22,500, Hunan 6,400, with Henan rapeseed oil traded on the Henan market), and 17,700 tonnes of temporary storage imported wheat will be offered (Fujian 17,700); on April 2, the Henan market will offer 22,000 tonnes of wheat exceeding mycotoxin limits (Henan 22,000), and 1,287,000 tonnes of 2013 mid-to-late indica rice will be offered (Jiangsu 87,000, Anhui 350,000, Jiangxi 450,000, Hubei 200,000, Hunan 100,000, Sichuan 100,000).