Corn prices are falling. The truth is that Chinese farmers have a slight surplus.

Guide: every August, it is the period when domestic new corn has not yet been on the market and the price of old corn has risen slightly, but this year domestic corn prices have been declining all the way. On September 18, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Finance, the Agricultural Development Bank and other departments jointly issued a notice that starting from November, the purchase price of temporary stored corn was set at 1 yuan per jin, 0.13 yuan lower than last year's temporary purchase and storage price per jin.

Corn purchase price fell by 20%, farmers hold "grain" wait-and-see, hope to rise!

His name is Wang Jun. He is an ordinary farmer in Xushui District, Baoding City, Hebei Province. His corn has had a bumper harvest this year, but the purchase price is about 20% lower than in previous years. On this day, Wang Jun brought two corn cobs from his family to the nearby corn purchase point to have a look at the market.

The person in charge of the grain purchase point in Xushui District, Baoding City, Hebei Province: corn like you is about 50 or 60 cents.

Seeing that the price was similar to that of a few days ago, Wang Jun was very disappointed. He took the corn cob to another corn purchase site to inquire about the market.

Wang Jun, a corn grower in Xushui District, Baoding City, Hebei Province: compared with last year, the price of corn can reach 1.05 yuan and 1.06 yuan, but this year it is only 80 cents.

This year, Wang Jun's family planted 17 mu of corn and harvested more than 20,000 jin. According to last year's purchase price, they should have earned more than 20,000 yuan, but now the purchase price is 20% lower, and the income of Wang Jun's family has also shrunk a lot.

Wang Jun: take a look at the price in this market. If you can slow it down, the price will be adjusted upwards, and then we will dispose of these.

The reporter learned in the local interview that many farmers have similar ideas with Wang Jun. they all hope that the price of corn will rise, and then they can sell the stored corn at a good price.

The price is low, the grain is difficult to sell, it is difficult to repay the agricultural materials in all links, and the farmers' cooperatives encounter the "land debt recovery" of agricultural merchants.

This is a routine morning meeting of a peasant cooperative in Xushui District, Baoding. The host of the meeting is Ma Haitao, who is also in charge of this farmers' cooperative. The farmers' cooperative has been established for four years and has been developing smoothly. However, the situation this year is very different from that of previous years.

At the regular morning meeting of farmers' cooperatives in Xushui District, Baoding, the situation this year is quite different from that in previous years.

Ma Haitao, head of Zhonghui Farmers' Cooperative in Xushui District, Baoding City, Hebei Province: one is that there is still some corn to sell, and the other is that this year's rebate is not very ideal, and now we are still busy.

The cooperative has planted a total of 13, 000 mu of corn, of which 6000 mu of silage corn and 5000 mu of sweet and waxy corn have been sold, although the price is not high, but managed to keep part of the profit. The remaining 2,000 mu of field corn has always been difficult to sell, which gives Ma Haitao a headache. After the regular meeting, when he heard that someone was coming to see his corn, Ma Haitao hurried to the grain depot in the community.

Grain collector: the moisture is too high. Now the moisture can reach 27 or 28 points. If you can't get it back to dry, you see, 38 cents, if 38 cents is right, I'll take it all.

Ma Haitao: OK, let's discuss it. All right, let's talk about it.

Although he said that he would go back and discuss it, Ma Haitao himself had actually rejected the deal in his heart, of course, because the price was too low.

Ma Haitao: it's definitely not cost-effective. Thirty-eight cents (with a shaft) is equivalent to a loss.

Ma Haitao rejected the grain collection deal because the price was too low.

Coming out of the grain depot, Ma Haitao is going to have a look in the field. The staff there reported that there was another problem with the sprinkler irrigation equipment in the cooperative. It takes tens of thousands of yuan to repair sprinkler irrigation equipment, which makes Ma Haitao even more anxious.

Ma Haitao said: thanks to the large-scale and mechanized operation of the cooperatives, the land has been fully utilized, and the operating efficiency of the cooperatives has always been good, but no one expected the corn market this year.

Before the maintenance of the sprinkler machine is finished, the one who wants to pay the bill has come to the door.

Agricultural Merchant: the total is 1.76 million, this is the fertilizer for this season, this is the seed money, and this is all with your signature.

Ma Haitao: others didn't give me money. If you give me money, I'll definitely call you back.

Agricultural Merchant: you can't keep saying that, you give me a time.

Due to the poor corn market this year, it is difficult for some agricultural merchants to collect their seed and fertilizer money, and they also have to go to the land to ask for the money.