The phenomenon of large-scale grain growers turning into big loss-makers is worth guarding against

"My corn and soybeans have just been harvested, and these past few days I have been busy rotary tilling the land, getting ready to plant wheat." Zhou Hongqi, a large-scale grain grower in Yuanqiang Town, Taihe County, Anhui Province, told reporters that he has transferred over 530 mu of land, and this year, affected by unusual weather, grain yields dropped sharply. "The reduced yield directly caused the profitability of grain growing to decline, and all told, this year I lost about 200 yuan per mu." he said. (December 6, Economic Information Daily)

I had always thought that rural land transfer and appropriately scaled operations would let large-scale grain growers make money, and could also shift surplus labor, allowing many farmers to leave the fields and enter factories, truly a good thing that benefits both sides. I never expected that our large-scale grain growers not only fail to make money, but have even become big loss-makers, and moreover, this is not a phenomenon confined to Anhui Province alone; it exists widely across multiple major grain-producing regions nationwide.

Without grain there is no stability. Now, our country's population is approaching 1.4 billion, and the grain issue cannot be underestimated. To quickly and decisively solve the problem of large-scale grain growers' losses, the government must squarely face it and make it a top priority in current work, because the losses of large-scale grain growers have already sharply dampened their enthusiasm for growing grain. The conscientious and anxious reporter listed many measures to turn their losses into profits, but for these to be concretely implemented, it still depends on the government. Our government should dare to act, promptly introduce favorable policies, and must not act only in words or implement only on paper, but rather put them into real action and into the hearts of large-scale grain growers, so that they benefit directly, and must absolutely not "change buses midway" or even turn into an "intestinal blockage."

As the saying goes: people are like iron, rice is like steel, and skipping one meal leaves you famished. Our successive Party and government leaders have all attached great importance to the grain issue and introduced many good policies to support and benefit agriculture, which is undoubtedly a wise choice. You must know that if 1.4 billion people face a break in their meals, the consequences would be unimaginable. Nowadays, there are always some "simple-minded" people in our society who think that imported grain is very cheap now, so if domestic production falls, why not just import it, since we are not short of money anyway. This is actually a naive, ignorant, absurd and laughable foolish idea. If our country's grain truly suffered a major reduction, could imported grain still be cheap? The folk story of "exchanging gold ingots for sesame cakes" does not come from nowhere.

Agriculture is the lifeline, and grain is the root of life. Today, people have always been troubled by high housing prices, but if there is no food to eat, that is bound to be even more heartbreaking. If you cannot afford a house, you can rent; but if you have no food, you can only beg. If our government at this time does not take bold measures, make the greatest determination to stabilize the enthusiasm of large-scale grain growers, and do its utmost to help them turn losses into profits, so as to wipe away sorrow and welcome joy, then to say something alarmist: hundreds of millions of people will have no choice but to live in constant anxiety.

Many years ago, our country already solved the problem of feeding and clothing nearly 1.4 billion people. Now, we are advancing into a new journey of modernization with full pride, and we cannot go back down the old road because of the grain issue; we must let large-scale grain growers feel secure; we have a responsibility to help them achieve "hardship without disadvantage"; we have an obligation to bring them along on the road to common prosperity. Because without their hard work; without their arduous efforts, we cannot live and work in peace and contentment; still less can we feel at ease; and no matter how much foreign exchange we earn, it could be lost at any time.

"Large-scale grain growers" turning into "big loss-makers" is worth guarding against. How will this be rewritten? Hundreds of millions of people are watching and waiting!