Where is the way out for farmers when agricultural materials rise and food prices fall?

Once upon a time, farmers had to cultivate land to make a living, because they had no technology, no knowledge and culture, so they sold their labor and lacked the market. Nowadays, times have changed, and farmers have a variety of ways out. Even if they do not farm, they can still find a way to make a living in today's prosperous economy. At worst, they will not be hungry even if they pick up mineral water bottles in the city. What's more, most people can earn money by working.

Today, a reality that we have to face is that the cost of investment in farming is getting higher and higher, but today, when prices are generally rising, grain prices are falling, so many people sigh whether farmers still want to grow grain. Scientific development of agriculture believes that growing grain is really not the only way out for farmers. From the perspective of planting income, if it is not possible to grow a large number of farmers, it is really better to earn more by working. The direction of agricultural development in the future is naturally the planting route of large-scale and intensive land, which is no longer a small-scale peasant economy in terms of market trend, and it is an inevitable rhythm for this small-scale peasant economy to be eliminated by the market.

First of all, judging from the current situation, grain prices are gradually falling, which is a fact that everyone sees in their eyes. The root cause of the decline in grain prices is that China's grain prices are more than 20% higher than international grain prices, and this situation will not last forever. In the words of the upper class, it is to bring China's grain prices in line with the international market, otherwise, China's economy will always be derailed from the rest of the world. The direct consequence of the gradual decline of grain prices and the gradual rise of agricultural materials in China is that the cost of planting investment is too high and the income from farming is declining. Large-scale intensive route to reduce investment costs.

Second, small-scale farming economies cannot be mechanized on a large scale. This is not only a major malpractice of the small-scale peasant economic system, but also a problem left over by the history of our country. If we say that the landlord land system in the feudal society is not suitable for social development, the implementation of land contractual ownership at the time of reform and opening up is indeed in line with the social development of productive forces at that time. However, with the rapid development of society in a short period of 40 years, the household contract responsibility system has been gradually difficult to meet the needs of today's social development, and large-scale planting is difficult to apply. The land is divided into a family of fields, large machinery can not be used at all. I'm afraid no one expected such a situation at that time.

Now it has begun to implement the determination of land rights, and the state promotes land transfer. That is to say, at a time when agricultural materials are rising, it is beneficial to transfer the land and choose to go out to work, whether it is for others or for society. Why not? For large growers, the use of intensive and large-scale planting in agricultural materials and the sale of agricultural products to obtain higher bargaining power. It can be said to be a win-win situation.

Beside the point, a new term "new professional farmers" has emerged today, which refers to those farmers who are full-time using new agricultural ideas and technologies to guide agricultural production or engage in agricultural management activities as a means of making a living. At present, the state carries out training for new professional farmers and there are corresponding subsidies, which is also to cope with the transfer of farmers to cities and towns in the future so that rural land can play a greater social and economic value. Therefore, in today's society, it is unrealistic to expect to say that it is no longer realistic to simply manage one-third of one mu of land for families to get rich, or even to ensure that families have enough food and clothing. Instead of doing so, it would be worthwhile to go out and work.

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