Food processing enterprises, how is this summer

Affected by the superposition of factors such as rising grain growing costs and low market consumption, many grain processing enterprises have high operating costs, insufficient operating rates and declining profits. In the face of adversity, many enterprises through increasing warehouse capacity, increasing technological transformation, research and development of new products and other measures to resolve rising costs and increase market development efforts. Experts suggest that when the domestic grain market is in a "buyer" market atmosphere, grain processing enterprises should make use of the price discovery mechanism of third-party grain trading platforms to reduce grain procurement costs through competitive bidding to avoid financial risks.

"come on, help me unload all the wheat. I have to go back and load another truck!" A few days ago, Geng, a grain broker from Guandong Village, Yanqiao Township, Dingyuan County, Anhui Province, hurriedly greeted the workers as soon as he entered the door of Dingyuan County Yunlong flour Co., Ltd.

"this is the third cart of wheat I sell, and there is a truckload of wheat waiting to be loaded at home." Geng Zaichuan told reporters that he has been cooperating with Yunlong flour Company and is going to pull four carts today, with about 70 to 80 tons of wheat to be sold. Now the weather has been unstable and it often rains, affecting the speed of wheat sales.

In the factory area of Dingyuan County Lukang Grain and Oil processing Trade Co., Ltd., a tall container twisting machine was seen under the operation of the staff, stretching out its arm to grab the container from the truck, and then flipping the huge container upside down. The conveyor belt keeps sending wheat into the belly of the container. Soon. The container was "full" of wheat, and after it was sealed by the staff, it was turned over by a twisting machine, placed smoothly on a large truck, and then arrived at the feed processing plant in Fujian by water....

"We have this equipment, each container can carry an extra 4 tons of wheat, because the waterway, the freight is cheap, can give more profit to the common people." Wei Shangzhi, chairman of Dingyuan County Lukang Grain and Oil processing Trade Co., Ltd., told reporters that my family is from the countryside, and I know it is not easy for ordinary people. So, if I can, I will charge as much as I can.

Expand warehouse capacity and engage in technological transformation, and enterprises are busy upgrading.

"I thought there would be a lot of wheat this year, so I specially built a standardized warehouse and expanded the warehouse capacity of nearly 20,000 tons in preparation for this year's wheat purchase." In the factory area of Dingyuan County Lukang Grain and Oil processing Trade Co., Ltd., Wei Shangzhi pointed to the tall warehouse and said, "I have also built a new simple warehouse that can hold 5000 tons."

As early as the end of May, Dingyuan County summer grain production is in sight of a bumper harvest, the overall situation is good, the county is trying to increase warehouse capacity. "the output of wheat in the county is expected to be 470000 tons. We have adopted measures such as freeing up warehouses and building simple warehouses to increase available warehouse capacity, expand collection and storage capacity, and strive to prevent farmers from having difficulties in selling grain, so as to ensure high yields and income for farmers." Chen Deyi, deputy director of Dingyuan County Grain Bureau, said.

As a flour production enterprise, Dingyuan Lukang Grain and Oil processing Trade Co., Ltd. increased its warehouse capacity by more than 20,000 tons. Dingyuan Yunlong flour Co., Ltd., which is also mainly engaged in flour production, has also actively vacated its warehouse and expanded its capacity to 20,000 tons. "our enterprise consumes 200 tons of wheat every day. If there is not enough wheat reserve, it will have a great impact on enterprise production." Sun Chengyou, chairman of Dingyuan Yunlong flour Co., Ltd., told reporters.

In order to better process wheat and boost the development of enterprises, Wei Shangzhi invested more than 3.7 million yuan in technological renovation funds this year to upgrade the enterprise's flour production line. "after the upgrading of the process, the ability of enterprises to classify wheat has been improved, the products have been refined, and the safety of food has been more guaranteed." Wei Shangzhi said that the new production line can greatly improve the processing capacity of wheat. In the past, it could only handle wheat with imperfect grains of about 10%, but now it can handle wheat with imperfect grains of less than 20%.

Solve farmers' difficulties in selling, and enterprises open up to collect grain.

"after the technological transformation, we have a daily processing capacity of about 300 tons of wheat, and now we have purchased only about 3000 tons of wheat into storage." Wei Shangzhi told the reporter helplessly that this year, in order to prepare for the wheat purchase, he specially borrowed 8 million yuan from the bank. "for wheat before the second rain, the price I gave was basically 1.05 yuan per jin. Moreover, I pay cash for all the wheat sent here without a blank note. "

"this year, I sent more than 1000 tons of wheat to Boss Wei, all before and after the first rain. After the second rain, I collected and sold all the wheat to the feed factory for feed." Zhang Xinquan, a grain broker in Dingcheng Town, Dingyuan County, told the truth.

From May 26 to June 8, the original good situation of wheat production and purchase took a sharp turn for the worse because of the sudden change in the weather. The continuous overcast and rain affected the normal harvest of summer grain, and the yield, quality and grade of wheat appeared "three drops" and the proportion of moisture and mildew bud was "two high" after rain.

"We can't buy good wheat either!" Sun Chengyou also poured out his grievances when he saw the reporter. In order to receive the wheat, he also lowered the bulk density of the wheat by a grade. In the past, the volume importance reached more than 750 grams / liter of the third class, but now the unit weight reaches 740 grams / liter of the fourth class, and the price is also given according to the standard of the third class. I can't help it. For this alone, I will lose 32 yuan per ton of wheat.

In the face of the current situation, Dingyuan County has also taken active measures to encourage enterprises to harvest more grain and alleviate the problem of farmers selling grain. "at this time, our enterprises should also bear the corresponding social responsibility!" Sun Chengyou said. They are open to purchase farmers who come to sell grain, and they do not restrict or refuse to accept it. Farmers from villages and towns around the enterprise as well as Yanqiao Township and Zhangqiao Town in the south all came to sell wheat. "the good wheat is processed into flour, and the poor into industrial flour. If you can harvest it, you can harvest a little more, so try your best to reduce their losses."

Wei Shangzhi's flour production line is still in the process of installation. On the other hand, he made use of his personal connections to actively contact the feed factories along the coast and contact the market in many ways. He admitted that substandard wheat is harvested as soon as possible, earning only labor and freight money, and he also wants to do his best to help farmers reduce losses.

The government set up the stage to alleviate the cash shortage of enterprises.

"if enterprises don't have enough to eat this year, what if there isn't enough wheat to maintain normal production?" In the face of the reporter's questions. Wei Shangzhi said helplessly: "then we can only go to the trading market to participate in the auction!"

Dingyuan County is a traditional agricultural county, with an area of 1.3 million mu of wheat this year. Wei Shangzhi's enterprise is in Wuwei Town, which accounts for 1/7 of the county's total wheat output.

"now farmers' agricultural production has been mechanized throughout the process from planting to harvest. However, much of the harvested wheat has to be dried before it can be sold. But now it is very difficult to find a suitable drying ground, and the labor force left at home to farm is mainly the elderly, women and children, so it is definitely a test for them to undertake the heavy physical work of drying grain. " Wei Shangzhi said: there was an emergency under a rainstorm this year. Because it was too late to bag the grain dried by the roadside, some of them drifted away with Rain Water, which really made people feel heartache! When I came back, I made up my mind to put on a set of drying equipment so that the grain of the common people could be sent to me. After drying, it could be directly stored in the warehouse. After drying the grain, I would no longer look at God's face.

"at present, we in Dingyuan County are soliciting opinions to encourage large households to invest in the construction of drying equipment, shorten the time of grain from the field to storage, reduce grain loss, and safeguard the interests of grain farmers." Chen Deyi, deputy director of the Dingyuan County Grain Bureau, said, "We are also actively fighting for policies to increase subsidies for grain drying equipment."

As we all know, the purchase of grain requires a large amount of money, and grain enterprises are in urgent need of credit support in the purchase of summer grain. "if we fill up our treasury, we will need more than 30 million yuan of financial support." Sun Chengyou said frankly that if enterprises use circulating funds to store wheat, it will be a great challenge to enterprises.

However, there is also good news from the Dingyuan County Grain Bureau that the county will implement a docking acquisition policy, which will be issued by the government and guaranteed by a third party, and enterprises can obtain loans from banks according to the acquisition contracts of both parties. At that time, Sun Chengyou's enterprise will have access to more than 30 million credit support.

"We should encourage the planting of red wheat in Dingyuan County. Red wheat matures earlier and has obvious advantages in rain resistance and mildew resistance than white wheat." As an influential grain broker in Dingyuan County, Zhang Xinquan spoke from the bottom of his heart. It is understood that the Committee of Agriculture of Dingyuan County has also been exploring wheat varieties suitable for local cultivation and promoting them to farmers to contribute to their income and wealth.