China Financial Daily

Ministry of Agriculture: The current farm prices rose for the restoration of normal fluctuations in
Zhong Guangwang Beijing August 31 messages on the 31st of China Ministry of Agriculture in a press conference pointed out that China’s current agricultural products [10.56 -5.63%] prices rose steadily, showing up restorative posture, is a normal fluctuation.
Chen Mengshan, spokesman for the Ministry of Agriculture, said at the press conference this year, China’s abundant supply of agricultural products, food prices in the country to prop up the overall steady acquisition policy is under slight, fresh normal fluctuations in agricultural prices, agricultural markets as a whole is running smoothly.

It is reported that China’s current food prices steady slight. Cotton, soybeans, rapeseed and other prices in the doldrums after the rebound, but the current price level is still 20 percent lower than that for more than a year earlier. Narrow majority of fresh agricultural prices fluctuations, the recent resumption of live pigs and eggs of rising prices and seasonal fluctuations.

Agricultural Products Wholesale Market, according to the Ministry of Agriculture Information Network Monitoring, August national “food basket” wholesale price index was 162.3, up 1.2 points, 3.1 points up the chain. Ministry of Agriculture focus on monitoring the 58 kinds of agricultural products, there are 28 kinds of prices in the beginning of the rise, with 30 kinds of decline.

Ministry of Agriculture, vigorously promote scientific serious drought in the north to deal with drought
Minister of Agriculture Sun Zhengcai said on the 18th, when the current yield of the key autumn period, the agricultural sector at all levels should be in line with local conditions, direct classification, and to mobilize all available forces to take all effective measures to vigorously push forward the scientific and drought, and strive to less emphasis on production areas, light areas are not reduced, non-production areas and more.

Shanxi Province recently in parts of north-east and below normal precipitation, coupled with sustained high temperatures, continued drought in for some serious impact on crop growth. As at 17, Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia, Shanxi and other 5 provinces (autonomous regions) area of 1.47 million acres of crops affected by the drought, which affected an area of 4600 mu serious.

Ministry of Agriculture has sent a group of four expert guidance, including the Ministry of Agriculture, corn, soybean member of the Steering Group of experts and modern agricultural technology system industry experts, together with the local agricultural officers, the first line of drought continue to understand the drought, for different regions, different crops the extent of the drought, the development of technical programs, scientific guidance, as when the field due to the implementation of good management practices.

As of 17, 5 provinces (autonomous regions) has organized the agricultural sector Agricultural technicians 2700000 persons (times), the use of agricultural drought 1222800 Taiwan (sets), a total drought-hit crops irrigated hectares over 4500.