The price of ginger is close to the price of pigs: why is it difficult for agricultural products to get out of the price circle?

Although there is no lively activity of "beans you play", "garlic you are ruthless" and "spicy you do not discuss" on the market this year, the re-emergence of "Jiang your army", which has more than tripled over the same period last year, still makes the market widely watched.

"at present, the national price of ginger is more than double that of the same period last year, above the level of 13 yuan / kg. The 20% reduction in ginger production last year and the good expectation of prices have led to an increase in the selling mentality of many farmers, which is the main reason for the sharp rise in ginger prices. And the hot money speculation in the field of circulation has also played a further role in adding fuel to the flames. " Industry insiders said.

In fact, as small varieties of agricultural products, mung beans, ginger, garlic and other rising-growing area-increasing production-price plummeting-reducing production-price skyrocketing, this roller coaster change makes small varieties trapped in the cycle can not extricate themselves.

Relevant people believe that the prices of agricultural products are related to the interests of both producers and consumers, and the price fluctuations are too large, so that both sides are "tortured" and it is difficult to get rid of the weak position in the market. To this end, it is necessary to take a series of measures: first, to establish a national unified market information network, to provide accurate decision-making signals to large farmers in time, to improve the pertinence and effectiveness of production, and to avoid price fluctuations; second, to improve the subsidy policy for the planting and aquaculture industry in time, set up a planting and breeding subsidy base, and provide subsidies when agricultural products are in a "weak period" and when prices are low, so as to ensure that farmers do not lose money. The third is to bring the price stabilization of agricultural products into the people's livelihood protection project and establish a long-term protection mechanism for the prices of important agricultural products.

The price of ginger is as good as that of pork.

According to the ginger price data of China Agricultural products Trading Network as of July 24, the lowest price of ginger in all parts of the country is 11 yuan / kg, and the highest price of ginger is 19 yuan / kg from Zhejiang Wenzhou vegetable basket Group Co., Ltd. the most common offer is 13-14 yuan / kg. According to the monitoring data of Pig Price Network, on July 26, the average price of lean pigs in the country was 13.94 yuan / kg. It can be seen that now the "price" of ginger has been among the prices of pigs.

According to Xinhua News Agency's systematic monitoring of the prices of agricultural and sideline products and agricultural materials, the price of ginger across the country has continued to rise since the beginning of February. Compared with February 8, the national average daily price of ginger rose 43.7% on July 7. From a regional point of view, the prices of ginger in all provinces, autonomous regions and cities across the country have risen, with Yunnan, Guangxi, Jiangxi, Sichuan and Chongqing leading the way, ranging from 78.9% to 139.3%. At present, the national price of ginger is more than double that of the same period last year.

Qiu Fengyi, an analyst at China Ginger net, said that from October 2010 to October 2013, the price trend of ginger basically fulfilled the fluctuation law of "three-year cycle" of ginger price. The latest round of ginger prices (with reference to the trading prices of mud ginger in Anqiu, the main producing area) actually began in July 2013. Since 2014, the price of ginger has remained high, climbing from 3.13 yuan / jin in January to 5.92 yuan / jin (average price in May), the highest since 2010, up 355.38% from the same period last year. In June, the price fell back to 5.53 yuan / jin, still up as high as 325.38%.

However, while the price of ginger has soared, garlic and chili peppers have been slow to make efforts. Zhang Xiuzhi, responsible editor of China Hot Pepper Network, told China Securities News that the production of chili peppers in Henan, Hebei and other producing areas decreased significantly due to the weather in 2013. The overall volume is less, starting from the listing of new pepper, the price rises slowly with the acquisition activity. After the Spring Festival, as there is still a certain amount of old goods in the cold storage in 2012, buyers mostly hold a wait-and-see attitude and are not active in purchasing. In order to go out to work, farmers increased their enthusiasm to sell, and some farmers sold together, quickly pulling down the price of chili peppers. The price of chili peppers hit rock bottom between March and April 2014. With the reduction of supply, out-of-warehouse pepper is out of stock earlier, buyers have a higher enthusiasm for goods, driving the price to rise rapidly. Until early June, gradually entered a stalemate stage, slowly weakened so far.

As for garlic, although the old garlic opened low and left high last year, the price of new garlic was 0.70-0.80 yuan / jin after drying, and rose to about 1.40 yuan / jin after closing the warehouse. But since the beginning of this year, the price of old garlic first suppressed and then rose, and finally declined. At present, the general trend of garlic prices is fluctuating and rising.

The output of ginger has been reduced by 20%. Farmers are waiting for sale.

The main producing areas of ginger in China are mainly in Shandong and supplemented by Yunnan. Shandong Weifang, Laiwu, Rizhao, Weihai and other places mainly produce turmeric, which is favored by the northern market; Yunnan mainly produces small turmeric, mainly to Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and other southern markets. At present, the spot ginger is mainly for domestic retail consumption, partly for export trade and partly for the production of primary processed ginger products.

The price of ginger has skyrocketed again this year. Qiu Fengyi analyzed that there are two main reasons: first, affected by various factors, the output of ginger decreased by 20% in 2013; second, many farmers are reluctant to sell because of good expectations of rising prices.