3 crops receive explicit state support for cultivation

There are thousands of crops, but which ones have a market? Which ones can be profitable? Recently the state has explicitly proposed supporting the cultivation of these crops, come and take a look.

Potato

Potato, also known as the Irish potato, is also a foreign food crop. Its tubers can be processed into steamed buns, noodles, rice noodles and so on, and it is one of the staple foods of Chinese people. Since China launched the strategy of making potato a staple grain, the government has begun promoting potato cultivation on a large scale, with a plan to reach 100 million mu within three years, and in the future the potato may become one of the main foods of Chinese people together with rice and wheat.

Market potential: Potato is the main processing material for flour-based foods and is called "humanity's second bread". Because potatoes have a high survival rate and low cultivation costs, they are the main food crop in many poor countries, and next the state plans to increase subsidies for potato cultivation, with an increase of about 100 yuan per mu in subsidies. Subsidies for potato transport and storage costs will also be increased.

Soybean

Soybean is also one of the main food crops of Chinese people, and has a history of several thousand years of cultivation in our country. Moreover, according to research, the constitution of Chinese people is more suited to soy products than to dairy products, so soybean occupies an important position in our country's processing industry. Now, various imported soybeans compete fiercely with our country's soybeans on the market, and sales of domestic soybeans fluctuate greatly. Therefore, in order to support the development of our country's soybean industry, the state plans to allocate several billion yuan to subsidize soybean production.

Subsidy intensity: Our country has a large population, and crop subsidies have never stopped. In the future, state subsidies for the soybean industry may exceed corn subsidies, and in particular farmers with brand advantages and a long history of deep soybean processing will enjoy greater subsidy intensity.

Miscellaneous grains

Miscellaneous grains generally refer to grain and bean crops other than the five major crops of rice, wheat, corn, soybean and tubers. The miscellaneous grains grown in each place differ according to climate, and our country's miscellaneous grains include roughly sorghum, foxtail millet, buckwheat (sweet buckwheat, tartary buckwheat), oats (naked oats), barley, proso millet, broomcorn millet, coix seed, grain amaranth, and kidney bean (common bean), mung bean, adzuki bean (red adzuki bean, red bean), broad bean, pea, cowpea, lentil, black soybean and so on. These miscellaneous grains are distributed throughout the country, and their planting area is relatively small, so the subsidy policies for miscellaneous grains differ from place to place; for example, Shaanxi encourages the cultivation of proso millet, sorghum, foxtail millet and so on.

Subsidy policy: Because miscellaneous grains are grown across a wide area, come in many varieties, and conditions differ greatly from place to place, there are both special subsidies and direct subsidies. For example, in 2014 miscellaneous grains received 80 yuan/mu (of which the direct grain subsidy was 25 yuan/mu and the comprehensive direct subsidy was 55 yuan/mu), and the subsidies also had different standards according to scale. In the new policy for 2018 the subsidy standards will be increased somewhat. (CNR)