How to deal with the damaged grain rats in China's agricultural grain storage?

Before the honor of the National Outstanding Unit of Grain quality and Safety Supervision in 2014 was overheated, Liaoning and Jilin were exposed as the "Grain Mouse News" of "using old grain as new grain".

According to CCTV, the media recently reported that several grain depots in Liaoning and Jilin provinces and grain merchants "used Chen Dingxin" to obtain state subsidies. On the morning of the 18th, Jilin Provincial Grain Bureau, Jilin Branch of China Grain Storage and related departments held an emergency meeting. In the afternoon, part of the rice storage in Baiyilaga storage warehouse was seized, which was about 16000 tons. The State Grain Administration authorizes the census of grain depots

At the emergency meeting, Han Fuchun, director of the Jilin Provincial Grain Bureau, said: "on this issue, it really sounded a wake-up call for us, which is shocking. (grain merchants) say that they are brothers with the head of this grain depot, isn't this not internal and external collusion? " With regard to a series of problems disclosed in the report, the Jilin Provincial Grain Bureau, the Jilin Branch of China Grain Storage, and the Jilin Branch of the Agricultural Development Bank have formed a joint investigation team and rushed to the grain warehouses in Songyuan, Baicheng and other places in Jilin on the 18th to investigate.

Han Fuchun said: "check all the rice at this minimum purchase price in 2014 and 2015, check all its bills, storage space and quality, and withdraw all the unqualified ones (national inventory). Although those are not reported (grain depots), they will be dealt with if there are any problems. "

The investigation team will first carry out new and old inspection and judgment on the sealed rice, and the results of the investigation are expected to be released to the public before April 21. In addition, the reporter learned that with the authorization of the State Grain Administration, the Jilin Provincial Grain Bureau will join hands with a number of relevant departments to conduct a census of all grain reserves in Jilin Province, which is expected to be completed by the end of April.

The director of the grain depot said that the work could not be avoided.

At 2: 00 p. M. yesterday, a joint investigation team composed of Jilin Grain Bureau, Jilin Grain and Oil Hygiene Inspection and Monitoring Station and other departments entered the Baiyilaga Grain Depot to sample 18 rice grain stores in the depot. At 5 p.m., an investigation team composed of the local grain departments at the provincial, municipal, and county levels in Jilin seized some of the rice grain stores in Baiyilaga storage depot.

Baiyilaga Grain Depot is a local state-owned grain depot entrusted by Songyuan directly affiliated Depot of China Grain Storage Corporation, which undertakes the task of purchasing national temporary stored grain and minimum protective price grain. The seizure involved a total of 18 rice grain stores with a total amount of about 16000 tons, all of which were newly collected this year.

Zhang Yunjun, director of Bai Yilaga Grain Storage, said: "cars are very busy every day, so I can't avoid omissions in some links, but I'm still learning about the details." According to its introduction, at present, the total amount of rice collected and stored in Baiyilaga is about 34000 tons. Excluding the new rice harvested this year, the remaining 18000 tons of rice are harvested in previous years. "We didn't check and accept it, and there may be mistakes in the management of the laboratory personnel, and that's what happened."

Xu Feng was a chemist at Baiyilaga Grain Depot. On that day, he was in charge of testing the quality of that batch of grain. The reporter asked: "how many numbers were shipped over on the 27th at that time?" Xu Feng said: "the No. 91 hoarding and the No. 40 rice hoarding are both about 900 tons."

Admit for the first time that a large amount of agricultural grain reserves may have been seriously damaged

According to an article in the Financial Times on April 19, Chinese state media exposed the poor quality of grain stored in the warehouses of the China National Grain Storage Corporation, which is generally regarded as a taboo topic, according to the Global Times. this is the first time that Chinese officials have admitted that a large amount of agricultural grain reserves may have been seriously damaged.

China Central Television broadcast a report called "granary" over the weekend, with secret interviews recording grain warehouse officials in northeast China buying old or low-quality grain at discounted prices. when filling out the relevant documents, it was shown that the new grain was purchased at the price set by the state. The grain exposed in the report has been sprouted, discolored or moldy. "through such manipulation, quality is difficult to guarantee," the report said. " Government-organized grain and cotton auctions often fail, adding to suspicions that they are of such poor quality that they cannot be commercially available.

The true quality of China's grain reserves will have a significant impact on global food prices. If a large amount of stored grain is inedible, China will be forced to increase its imports, causing international food prices to rise. If the stored grain is of good quality, Beijing will take measures to reduce its reserves and bring them to market, which will lower grain prices.

The Chinese government's minimum protective price system has led to a continuous increase in the amount of grain stored. The system aims to increase farmers' income and encourage their enthusiasm to grow grain. It is estimated that China's cotton and corn reserves account for about 60% and 40% of the world's total reserves.

The change in pricing policy will be opposed by state-owned institutions that profit from it. The American Chamber of Commerce said in a report earlier this year that the minimum protective price system for grain storage brings huge costs to the China Grain Storage Corporation, which is responsible for managing China's grain depots.

Central policy makers acknowledge that China's land and water resources are not enough to produce enough food for 1.4 billion people. Pervasive soil pollution will cause China to grow more labor-intensive cash crops and import grain. One of the suggestions is to reduce the level of grain reserves that have increased over the past few years and gradually move away from the policy of food self-sufficiency in the Mao era.

China is currently experimenting with direct subsidies to cotton or soybean farmers rather than setting a minimum price. In March, Beijing said it would spend 154.6 billion yuan on grain, cooking oil and other supplies, but did not specify how to allocate them.

The Grain Bureau strictly inspects grain depots in three northeastern provinces.

Before the honor of the National Outstanding Unit of Grain quality and Safety Supervision in 2014 was overheated, Liaoning and Jilin were exposed as the "Grain Mouse News" of "using old grain as new grain".

As soon as the news came out, the State Grain Administration immediately organized an investigation and announced on 19 April that in addition to seriously supervising and conducting a thorough investigation of the relevant enterprises in Liaoning and Jilin exposed by CCTV a few days ago, the policy grain stocks collected and stored in the three northeastern provinces and Inner Mongolia Autonomous region will also be taken as the focus of this year's national grain inventory inspection.

Ma Wenfeng, a senior analyst at Beijing Oriental Iger Agricultural Consulting Co., Ltd., told reporters that this incident is undoubtedly a wake-up call, that is, the current grain collection and storage system has reached a time when it has to be changed. "the urgent task is to change the current grain collection and storage system and carry out target price reform."