Grain production is off to a good start.

Data from the first quarter of this year show that after grain production has reached the level of 1.2 trillion jin for two consecutive years and the growth rate of farmers' income has exceeded that of urban residents for five consecutive years, the development momentum of China's agricultural and rural economy continues unabated. At present, the biggest bright spot of agricultural and rural economy lies in the "good start" of grain production, the expansion of spring sowing area and the good growth of summer grain.

Planting area is the basis of grain output. This year, the state continues to increase support for grain production, and since market grain prices are basically stable, farmers are enthusiastic about growing grain. According to a survey conducted by the National Bureau of Statistics on the planting intention of more than 110000 farmers across the country, the intended planting area of rice, wheat and corn increased by 0.2%, 0.7% and 1.9% respectively.

Zeng Yande, director of the planting Department of the Ministry of Agriculture, said: up to now, the seedling situation in the main producing areas is good, especially in Henan and Shandong provinces, which account for more than 40 percent of the country's wheat area, which are obviously better than last year; spring sowing has begun in Northeast China, and soil moisture is better than last year. At the same time, various localities further optimize the planting structure. Reduce cotton and expand grain in the cotton areas of the Yellow River and the Yangtze River, reduce sugar and expand grain in South China, reduce oil and expand wheat in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and develop winter fallow fields in the south to expand potato planting.

This spring, grain production has taken new measures in the integration of agricultural machinery and agronomy, and many new main bodies attach importance to improving the efficiency of agricultural output, and the transformation of agricultural production is beginning to emerge. In January, the Ministry of Agriculture put forward the strategy of turning potato into main grain. Subsequently, the agronomic integration of potato agricultural machinery was accelerated. Wang Anmin, chairman of Heye vegetable Cooperative in Suojia Village, Gaoqing County, Shandong Province, is a big potato grower. Two months ago, he put on a new multi-functional potato seeder. "it is very convenient. It can be finished in two hours, and the work efficiency is dozens of times that of manual sowing." The depth of machine sowing is the same, the distance between plants is accurate, and the plastic film mulching is tight, which can increase the yield by 400 jin per mu and can be harvested in May. "

The good situation in agriculture also provides strong support for managing inflation expectations. More than 1/3 of China's CPI indicators are determined by food prices, and agricultural products are the main source of food. The country's total grain output has reached 1.2142 trillion jin, with abundant stocks of major agricultural products, some reaching record highs. On the whole, the prices of major agricultural products such as grain prices, pig prices and vegetable prices remain within a reasonable range.

"to stabilize economic growth, we must first stabilize agricultural production and ensure the supply of agricultural products, otherwise there may be an unfavorable situation of slower growth and higher prices." Bi Meijia, chief economist of the Ministry of Agriculture, said that at present, the good agricultural and rural economic situation has made an important contribution to keeping economic growth within a reasonable range and price increases not exceeding the upper limit.

It can be predicted that for quite a long period of time, the basic position of agriculture in the national economy will not change, and it will still play a unique and important role in promoting economic growth, expanding social employment, and stabilizing prices. We must constantly increase the support and protection of agriculture. In the past, China's agricultural support policy was mainly focused on improving the output of agricultural products, but not enough attention was paid to the carrying capacity of agricultural resources and environment and the sustainable development of agriculture. It is necessary to increase investment in the above two aspects in the future.