Grain held back for a better price: farmers' grain-selling problem deserves attention
The problem of farmers holding back grain for a better price deserves attention
(Agricultural Wealth Network) The author recently went to the countryside and learned: the government's grain price-support purchasing has played a role, and the grain purchasing order has been improving all along, but the phenomenon of farmers being reluctant to sell is still fairly common. The main reason, upon investigation, is that many farmers estimate that next year's grain price may rise to 1 yuan per jin, and therefore, unless farmers are in urgent need of money, they sell their grain; ordinary farming households generally keep most of their grain to sell the following year.
Admittedly, farmers work hard for a year, and it is understandable that they hope to get a few more yuan for the fruit of their harvest. But some of these farmers have poor grain-storage conditions, with most of it piled on the floor in the corners of their houses, with neither anti-mold conditions nor equipment to prevent rats from gnawing and insects from boring into it, so blindly following the crowd in hoarding grain and holding it back from sale is worth scrutinizing. If things go badly, even if the selling price is a few cents higher the following year, once the grain ruined by rats and insects and spoiled by mold is deducted, even more is lost, truly more loss than gain.
For this reason, the author suggests: our government departments, organizations at all levels and grain purchasers should correctly guide farmers on the issue of hoarding grain and holding it back from sale, minimize unnecessary grain waste, and mobilize farming households to sell their grain in a timely manner. Especially in the broader environment of a tight global grain supply, we agricultural workers should, on the basis of securing increased grain production and a bumper harvest, also confidently and firmly put a stop to grain-wasting behavior, and tighten the string of food security again and again.
Admittedly, farmers work hard for a year, and it is understandable that they hope to get a few more yuan for the fruit of their harvest. But some of these farmers have poor grain-storage conditions, with most of it piled on the floor in the corners of their houses, with neither anti-mold conditions nor equipment to prevent rats from gnawing and insects from boring into it, so blindly following the crowd in hoarding grain and holding it back from sale is worth scrutinizing. If things go badly, even if the selling price is a few cents higher the following year, once the grain ruined by rats and insects and spoiled by mold is deducted, even more is lost, truly more loss than gain.
For this reason, the author suggests: our government departments, organizations at all levels and grain purchasers should correctly guide farmers on the issue of hoarding grain and holding it back from sale, minimize unnecessary grain waste, and mobilize farming households to sell their grain in a timely manner. Especially in the broader environment of a tight global grain supply, we agricultural workers should, on the basis of securing increased grain production and a bumper harvest, also confidently and firmly put a stop to grain-wasting behavior, and tighten the string of food security again and again.