Don't let corn prices drop to cool the hearts of farmers.

Recently, the author learned from a survey in the rural areas of Neihuang County that the price of corn fell beyond people's expectations. In the past five years, when new corn came to market, the price per jin was mostly between 1.10 yuan and 1.20 yuan. The price has dropped to 90 cents this year, and it is still difficult to sell at such a price. Last year, the 2639 jin of corn just harvested by Lan Maison, the fourth villager group in Dongzhuang Town, Neihuang County, was quickly snapped up at a price of 1.20 Mao per jin. Lan Xianzhong, who bought the corn, said: "one jin is still sold for 1.3 cents." This year, the new corn from Lanshutang, the first villager group, is not easy to sell for 90 cents a jin. He has been looking for a buyer for 12 days, but has not found it yet and has kept it at home so far.

Corn planting fields can be divided into good and poor fields and fertile fields. However, most of the income per jin of corn has decreased by about 30 cents this year. Take the land with good geology and fertile land as an example, the yield per mu is mostly about 1200 jin, and the corn per mu is about 360yuan less than last year.

Tianshi Town Longzhuang Village land transfer grain grower Zhi Yin Xi pulled his finger to calculate an account for us, planting 450mu of corn with a steady harvest of 540000 jin. If you sell 30 cents less for a jin, you will lose more than 162000 yuan. We still don't know whether the price will continue to fall or not, but if it goes down again, the loss of growing corn will be even greater.

In the face of market conditions, farmers should take the initiative to curb the decline. What is gratifying is that some farmers are already trying to deal with it. For example, if corn is processed into popcorn, a kilo of corn can be sold for about two pieces of corn, while some people are prepared to raise chickens and pigs to increase the value of corn and reduce risk. Increase income.

Corn is not a fruit or vegetable, it can be more or less, it is an indispensable staple food in people's daily life. The author hopes that the relevant departments will pay close attention to it and take effective measures to protect the interests of grain farmers and keep their enthusiasm for growing grain.