To ensure that it is no longer difficult for farmers to "sell grain"

China's grain production has had a bumper harvest for many years in a row, but the growth rate of consumption has obviously slowed down, and the overall downward pressure on domestic grain prices is greater. Thanks to measures such as timely collection and storage by the state, and actively guiding and stabilizing market expectations, the domestic grain market as a whole tends to stabilize. In order to improve the income of grain cultivation and protect farmers' enthusiasm for farming, the state proposes to promote fallow and rotation of corn and soybean to promote the adjustment of planting structure. This page continues to publish our reporter's research report on the main grain producing areas.

On November 19, the National Development and Reform Commission, together with the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Agricultural Development Bank and other departments, jointly held a media briefing to respond to social concerns on the current topics of autumn grain collection and storage, agricultural production and the increase of farmers' income.

It is reported that at present, domestic grain supply and demand is generally loose, international grain prices are low, and the gap between domestic and foreign grain prices is still large. According to monitoring, in mid-November this year, the domestic and foreign price differences of wheat, corn and rice were 700 yuan, 630 yuan and 760 yuan per ton, respectively. At the same time, China's grain production has had bumper harvests for many years, but the growth rate of consumption has slowed obviously. although the total amount of supply and demand is basically balanced, the contradiction in variety structure is prominent, rice supply exceeds demand, and there is a phased surplus of corn. coupled with the substantial increase in imports of corn substitutes such as sorghum and barley, the overall downward pressure on domestic grain prices is greater.

Zhou Guanhua, director of the Regulation and Control Department of the State Grain Administration, said that thanks to measures such as timely collection and storage by the state and actively guiding and stabilizing market expectations, the domestic grain market and prices have generally stabilized.

According to reports, this year, the central government has allocated about 15 billion yuan to support the construction of grain storage facilities and the maintenance and renovation of "dangerous warehouses." it has clearly defined the policy of financial subsidies for the construction of inter-provincial warehouses and simple storage facilities, which has effectively alleviated the pressure on warehouses in the northeast region. At the same time, we should timely allocate subsidies for the central reserve grain and oil, the minimum purchase price, and the interest cost of temporary grain and oil reserves, and support the comprehensive expansion of the purchase network of grain reserves, so as to achieve the "full collection" of autumn grain.

"while supporting the acquisition of autumn grain, we will continue to increase investment in major grain producing areas." Sun Zhi, deputy director of the Economic Department of the Ministry of Finance, said that the central government allocated 37.2 billion yuan for grain (oil) producing counties this year, an increase of 2.1 billion yuan over the previous year. At present, all the central financial subsidies of the 2016 Grain risk Fund have been allocated to local governments in advance to support the accelerated development of new business entities such as large growers, promote the adjustment of planting structure, and improve the efficiency of agricultural development.

In promoting the reform of the price formation mechanism of agricultural products, it has gradually realized that the prices of soybeans and cotton are mainly formed by the market, and the interests of farmers have been better protected. It is reported that next year, China will continue to implement the target price subsidy policy for soybeans and cotton, and continue to support the implementation of the minimum purchase price policy for wheat and rice.

As the main body of the temporary corn collection and storage policy entrusted by the state, the China Grain Storage Corporation has started the temporary collection and storage of 2015 corn in four northeastern provinces since November 1. Prior to this, since late September, China Grain Reserve has started the purchase of middle and late rice in nine major rice-producing provinces in advance.

"in the past, when farmers sold grain at entrustment points, they usually settled at entrustment points, and there may be a risk of misappropriation and misappropriation of funds at entrustment points. In the middle of this year, a 'one-card' system was launched for grain storage. Farmers sold grain at entrustment points, and the funds were paid and settled directly through online banking, and the grain money was transferred directly to the account of grain sellers, thus thoroughly solving the problem of 'making slips'." Wang Ming, Policy Research Office of China Grain Storage Corporation, said.

In order to ensure the timely supply of funds for the acquisition of autumn grain, the Agricultural Development Bank of China began to deploy relevant work at the end of September and prepared a credit fund of 330 billion yuan to ensure the capital needs for the purchase of autumn grain. Not only that, the Agricultural Development Bank also issued advance notices to all loan-bearing enterprises to simplify the procedures for handling, issuing, and paying loans, so as to ensure that funds were received before the purchase of storage points began, so as to achieve "money and grain."

In order to ensure that the corn harvest and storage is "due and collected", the relevant departments have adjusted the implementation time of the collection and storage policy to November 1 this year to April 30 next year, more than 20 days ahead of schedule. Zhou Guanhua said that this will not only help farmers sell grain in time after grain harvest, but also help grain collection and storage enterprises to make full use of drying capacity and reduce mildew loss of corn.

Sun Zhi revealed that at present, the central government has allocated 201.1 billion yuan in advance for agricultural support and protection subsidies, agricultural machinery purchase subsidies, agricultural technology extension and service subsidies, modern agricultural production development, subsidies for the construction of irrigation and water conservancy facilities, agricultural disaster prevention and production, and other related funds in order to earnestly support farmers to carry out agricultural production in winter and spring and guide the development of various forms of moderate scale operation. We will improve the level of agricultural mechanization and the support capacity of agricultural science and technology.