Black wheat prices catch up with "pork prices" Shandong growers are happy

On the morning of June 26, looking at the black wheat with a bumper harvest, Li Chunxiang, head of Hao Xinyuan Grain and vegetable Professional Cooperative, Wanjia Town, Pingdu, Shandong Province, was indescribably happy. "the price we bought from members of this kind of black wheat is about two yuan per catty, and 500 grams of packaged black wheat after processing can be sold for more than 10 yuan, which is close to the current price of a jin of pork," Li Chunxiang told reporters.

At the black wheat planting base of the Haoxinyuan Grain and vegetable Professional Cooperative, the reporter found that the yellow wheat, with neat plants and full ears, looked no different from other wheat at first glance. Li Chunxiang pulled down several ears of wheat with a smile and twisted off the wheat husk, and a grain of black and full wheat appeared in front of him.

Li Chunxiang told the reporter that last year, after many inspections, the cooperative introduced new varieties of black, green, and colored organic wheat, popularizing more than 500 mu in the surrounding villages, and the cooperative was responsible for technical guidance for the whole process. Members only need to plant in accordance with the technical requirements. After harvest, the cooperative recovers at twice the price of ordinary wheat per jin, and growers do not have to worry about marketing at all. Chen Minggang, a grower in Chenjiacun, said that one mu of rye wheat can earn more than 300 yuan more than ordinary wheat.

It is understood that black wheat contains more trace elements such as iron, zinc, calcium and selenium than ordinary wheat, and foods made from its flour and bran are very popular in the market.