When it is time for the grain policy to be adjusted, it is time to break the title "Price hanging River".

According to data from the National Bureau of Statistics on the 8th, the country's total grain output reached 621.435 million tons (1.24287 trillion jin) in 2015, an increase of 14.408 million tons (28.82 billion jin) or 2.4% over 2014. This is the 12th consecutive year of bumper harvest of grain in the country since 2004.

The achievements of "Twelve Lianfeng" are gratifying, but the problems behind the bumper harvest are in urgent need of attention.

Grain "12 Lianfeng"another bumper harvest of grain this year is due to an increase in sown area and an increase in per unit yield." Zeng Yande, director of the planting Department of the Ministry of Agriculture, said.

Data show that this year, the sown area of grain in China has reached 1.700107 billion mu, an increase of more than 9 million mu or 0.5% over the previous year. The average yield of grain crops nationwide reached 365.5 kg per mu, an increase of 6.5kg per mu or 1.8 per cent over last year.

Worries about falling grain prices

Although they have won the "Twelve Lianfeng", growers in some major producing areas are not happy. The reporter learned that under the influence of factors such as the widening price gap between domestic and foreign grain prices and the increase in domestic grain stocks, the price of corn in China's corn market has dropped a lot since the third quarter of this year, and the phenomenon of "increasing production but not increasing income" of local grain farmers has risen.

Li Deming, chairman of the Zhenyu Corn Professional Cooperative in Lanxi County, Heilongjiang Province, told reporters that due to last year's bumper harvest, the transfer fee per mu this year is 100 yuan higher than that of last year. Coupled with the fees for seeds, chemical fertilizer, and planting and harvesting machinery, the cost of one mu of land is 1000 yuan. "this year, the average yield per mu is about 1200 jin, which is still wet grain, which is only more than 60 cents per jin. All the money earned last year has been lost this year." Li Deming said.

On September 18 this year, the relevant departments announced that the temporary collection and storage price of corn in Northeast China is 2000 yuan per ton, which is 240 yuan lower than that of last year. Experts estimate that the income of farmers planting corn in Northeast China will be reduced by 20 billion yuan this year. "the profit margin for grain production is already small, and if the interests of farmers are not guaranteed, their enthusiasm for growing grain will drop sharply, which will certainly threaten grain production in the coming year." Wang Xiaoguo, director of the Grain Bureau of Lanxi County, Heilongjiang Province, said.

Break the title "Price hanging River"

In view of the decline in grain prices over a period of time, the Ministry of Finance, the State Grain Administration, China Grain Storage and other departments have actively taken measures.

"by taking measures such as timely start-up of storage and storage, the domestic market and prices have stabilized at present." Zhou Guanhua, director of the Department of Regulation and Control of the State Grain Administration, said at a news briefing on food-related policies a few days ago.

In order to stimulate grain production and increase farmers' income, the Chinese government has implemented the policy of minimum purchase price and temporary collection and storage price for 12 consecutive years. With the continuous rise of purchase price, the domestic grain price is much higher than that of foreign countries. It has become a "price hanging river" hanging over the global grain market.

Chen Xiwen, an agricultural expert, pointed out that the current temporary storage price of 2000 yuan per ton is far higher than that in the international market, which shows that it is time for China's grain policy to be adjusted. He believes that market supply and demand should play a fundamental role in price formation, and the government should give necessary subsidies to farmers outside the market.

At the same time, Chen Xiwen pointed out that the government should be cautious in adjusting its grain policy, fully consider the interests of farmers, and avoid a substantial decline in grain output.