Good news about agriculture in rural areas

In 2023, the No.1 Document of the Central Committee has been issued, which is the 20th document guiding the work of agriculture, countryside and farmers since the 20th century.

This year's No.1 document first proposed to "accelerate the construction of an agricultural power". To build a strong agricultural country, we must first strengthen the supply guarantee of agriculture, which involves the overall situation of food security.

The first part of this year's Document No.1 is "Pay close attention to the stable production and supply of grain and important agricultural products", which clearly requires that we should do our best to do a good job in grain production, increase the cultivation of soybean oil and develop modern facility agriculture.

So, for farmers, what are the specific benefits?

1, will continue to promote grain production.

When farmers cultivate the land, the output is the harvest of crops, most of which are grains. With a bumper harvest of grain, farmers' income is guaranteed.

In 2023, Document No.1 put ensuring grain production in the first place, and proposed to implement a new round of action to increase grain production capacity by 100 billion Jin.

Document No.1 also proposed to create tons of grain fields. What is a "one ton grain field"? Take the northern area as an example, that is, one acre of land is planted with one season of wheat and one season of corn a year, and the total output of the two seasons exceeds 1 000 kg, which is a "ton of grain field".

At present, except for a few places with fertile soil that have achieved the goal of "tons of grain fields", there is still a lot of room for improvement in other places.

The large-scale implementation of the construction of "tons of grain fields" means that farmers' income will increase substantially.

2. Increase the minimum purchase price of wheat.

Besides grain output, there is also price that affects farmers' income.

In order to avoid the problem of "increasing production without increasing income", we must ensure the stability or even increase of grain prices.

This year's No.1 document also proposed to "continue to raise the minimum purchase price of wheat and reasonably determine the minimum purchase price of rice". The minimum purchase price of wheat has played a role in supporting the market price. If the minimum purchase price continues to increase, it will effectively ensure that the wheat price will only rise and not fall compared with last year, and farmers' friends can rest assured.

3. Strictly prevent "cutting green and destroying grain"

In recent years, the problem of "cutting green and destroying grain" has appeared frequently in rural areas. A large area of crops that are growing well and about to mature have been destroyed, and the hard work of farmers has been wasted.

Whatever the reason, we should avoid "cutting green and destroying grain" In fact, the relevant departments have made regulations before, requiring that construction projects occupying cultivated land should not be cut down in advance to destroy grain, and construction should wait until the grain is harvested.

4. Increase subsidies for corn and soybean producers.

Producer subsidy is a subsidy project to adjust the agricultural planting structure in some areas, which is mainly implemented in three northeastern provinces and eastern Inner Mongolia.

Why subsidize soybean and corn producers? This is because in recent years, China's demand for soybeans and corn is increasing day by day, and a large number of soybeans and corn are imported from abroad every year. If this situation continues, soybeans and corn will be heavily dependent on imports, which will test the overall situation of food security.

Therefore, by granting subsidies to soybean and corn producers, farmers can be effectively promoted to actively plant soybeans and corn, increase the output of soybeans and corn, and reduce their dependence on imports.

In 2022, the subsidies for soybean producers in the three northeastern provinces and eastern Inner Mongolia are generally above 200 yuan per mu, while the subsidies for corn producers are slightly lower.

5, strengthen the rural cold storage, cold chain logistics and other facilities.

Nowadays, in order to earn more money, farmers grow vegetables, fruits, flowers, and products such as meat, eggs and milk will be produced through aquaculture. These urgently need supporting agricultural facilities, such as cold storage facilities and cold chain logistics, so that fresh agricultural products can be transported to the vast market of the city in time.

And these facilities, for a small farmer, have no capacity building at all.

This year's No.1 document proposes to promote the modernization of facility agriculture in rural areas and speed up the construction of food drying, cold storage of agricultural products and cold chain logistics facilities.

This must be good news for farmers.

It is believed that under the guidance of Document No.1 this year, farmers will surely usher in a good situation of "increasing production and income", and their enthusiasm for farming and growing grain will be higher.