The big guy starts with raising pigs

Chapter 455 The Unprecedented Grain Subsidy (13)

Just when Zhang Hai was considering building the company headquarters and employee quarters

Corn prices finally fell,

From the peak period of 2900 yuan per ton in January this year, it has dropped to the current 2600 yuan per ton.
But this is the price of a large deal, and the retail price is still very high.

For example, the retail price of corn in Qingshan is still around 1.6 yuan per catty, and even as high as 1.8 yuan per catty in January.

It's really beyond everyone's imagination.

As for why the price of corn is so high this year.

Zhang Hai also thought about it, and he felt that there were several reasons.

First, due to the epidemic, major food-producing countries are reluctant to sell or prohibit exports.

Second, international grain merchants hype,
Third, natural disasters have led to a reduction in the production of domestic grain crops. For example, during the autumn harvest last year, many areas in the south were hit by rain disasters.

Fourth, as domestic demand increases, grain merchants hoard goods and are reluctant to sell them, and feed manufacturers also want to take the opportunity to raise prices.

Fifth, the domestic grain planting area continues to decrease.

Everyone knows that corn is the main feed raw material required by the domestic breeding industry.
Therefore, when the number of live pigs is increasing, the price of feed will inevitably rise.

Due to the sharp rise in corn prices, the market order has been seriously damaged, resulting in a sharp rise in the prices of many daily necessities.

Therefore, in order to stabilize the market, the state finally took action.

At the end of March, the country held a targeted auction for overdue storage of rice.

At the beginning of April, relevant departments revised the trading rules of the wheat auction in the market again, restricting feed and flour companies to participate in the auction, and only for their own use, not for monopoly.

Unfavorable factors put pressure on the spot price to continue to decline, the buying sentiment of traders in northern ports weakened, and the price of corn continued to be weak.

The short-term terminal purchasing sentiment is still mainly wait-and-see, and it is difficult to see significant improvement.

Soon the price of corn dropped from 2900 yuan per ton at the peak to more than 2600 yuan, a drop of more than 300 yuan per ton.

However, in Zhang Hai's view, these measures are palliatives rather than root causes.

The main reason for the sharp rise in domestic grain prices is insufficient grain production, which cannot achieve a balance between supply and demand.

Otherwise, why would food prices rise to such an extent.

As for why the production is insufficient,
The root cause is that growing food doesn’t make money.

Especially in recent years, the country's grain planting area has continued to decline.

According to the National Bureau of Statistics, China's grain output reached 2019 million tons in 6.64, a record high.

But it is worthy of vigilance: the area of ​​wheat, corn and rice all declined.

The annual grain planting area was 11606 million hectares, a decrease of 97 hectares compared with the previous year.

Among them, the sown area of ​​wheat was 2373 million hectares, a decrease of 54 hectares;
The area sown with rice was 2969 million hectares, a decrease of 50 hectares;
The sown area of ​​corn was 4128 million hectares, a decrease of 85 hectares;
Therefore, in the No. [-] document of this year, the central government clearly put forward
It is necessary to vigorously promote agricultural reform, improve the quality of farmers and the level of economic income,
The stabilization of national food production and the protection of national food security will eventually lead to the implementation of rural revitalization strategies in rural areas.

A large part of the No. [-] document is about promoting food planting and production.

The state also clearly pointed out that in the current agricultural reform and development,

It is necessary to "stabilize subsidies to farmers who grow grain so that they can have a reasonable income",
Insist on raising minimum purchase prices for rice and wheat, and improve subsidies for corn and soybean producers.

In addition, the construction of grain production functional areas and important agricultural production protection areas will be vigorously strengthened to promote the large-scale development of agriculture.

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Just when Zhang Hai was thinking about the food problem

The village has also been notified that the government will allow farmers to grow corn and rice and other food crops this year.

All the previous bans have been cancelled, and this year everyone can even get subsidies for growing food.

For example, planting one acre of corn can get a special subsidy of 40 yuan.

There are also many subsidies for rice, reaching 30 yuan per mu.

It can be seen that the country is also in a hurry. Before in Qingshan, the land in the mountainous area was not allowed to grow corn.

The government has always encouraged everyone to plant fruit trees and other cash crops on the mountain to increase the income of local farmers, so as to help everyone get rid of poverty and become rich.

If farmers planted corn on the hills, they were likely to be forcibly pulled out.

When the villagers saw the notice on the information board at the entrance of the village, they were all amazed.

Do you think the sun is coming out from the west today?

"It's really unprecedented that the government actually encourages everyone to grow corn."

"Isn't it? Didn't you give them no seed before? What's the matter this year?" Some women who were well-known asked curiously.

Uncle Xiao Ma smiled and replied: "What else can I do, because the price of corn has risen too fast,

From the second half of last year to the present, the price of corn has risen from one or two yuan to one yuan and eight. The domestic supply of corn is in short supply. "

That's it!

The old people nodded suddenly, thinking that what Uncle Ma said made sense.

The facts are actually similar to what Uncle Ma said, because domestic corn production has decreased.

The most obvious evidence is several years of corn import data.

According to the statistics of relevant national departments,
From the first two months of this year, domestic corn imports were 1 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 2%
It can be seen that domestic corn production cannot keep up with the rapidly growing market demand.

"Then the price of corn this year will definitely drop!"

"Of course, we encourage the cultivation of grain in places like ours, and those major grain-producing areas have higher subsidies."

"I heard that the Northeast region can grow corn per mu. Is it true that hundreds of subsidies are available?"

"Hundreds of dollars is not much, and the subsidy for growing soybeans can even reach three or four hundred per mu!"

"Tsk tsk, three or four hundred!"

The villagers in Zhangjiawan were envious when they heard that farmers in the main grain-producing areas could receive so many subsidies.

It's really money and goods that have to be thrown away, and people are more dead than people.
Everyone grew food in the same way before, but where did they get so many subsidies? At most, they could get [-] to [-] per mu of land every year.

"However, it is not bad to get an extra 40 yuan per mu of land. If you add the subsidy for improved seeds, it will be 80 yuan per mu of land."

The second uncle smiled, and then said: "I plan to plant corn in the seven or eight acres of dry land in my family this year."

When the villagers present heard the calculation of the second uncle, they were also a little moved. Although 80 yuan is not high, it is better than nothing, right?
As a result, the villagers had the idea of ​​increasing the area of ​​corn seeds.

But soon, Uncle Ma broke a basin of cold water for everyone.

"You want to grow so much corn, where do the seeds come from?"

Hearing Uncle Ma's words, everyone was dumbfounded!
Yes, it seems that the seeds you bought from Xiaohai were not enough!
"so what should I do now?"

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, not knowing what to do?
In the end, the second uncle gave a method, that is, to raise seedlings in a greenhouse.
Otherwise, the seeds you bought before will definitely not be enough.

"The second uncle's solution is better!"

Everyone smiled and nodded. They didn't expect the problem to be solved like this.

　The next two chapters are still around 22 o'clock.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)