The purchase of peanuts has not yet been completed. Yunlin County Mayor Zhang Lishan called on the Council of Agriculture to continue the purchase.

The purchase of peanuts has not yet been completed. Yunlin County Mayor Zhang Lishan called on the Council of Agriculture to continue the purchase.

On the first day of 2020, Yunlin County Mayor Zhang Lishan continued to care about the production and marketing of peanuts in Yunlin. At noon on the 1st, he specially went to Shuilin Township to care about peanut farmers, and asked the Council of Agriculture to continue to purchase the parts that had not yet been completed to protect farmers' income.

Zhang Lishan, the county magistrate, said that peanut production decreased by about 20% last year, but prices fell on the contrary. The county government continued to care about prices and farmers' needs, which occurred for peanut farmers. On December 19, Su Junhao, deputy speaker of Yunlin County Council, led representatives of public opinion without party affiliation and peanut farmers northward to submit their views on the purchase issue, thanking the Council of Agriculture for announcing on December 20 that, in response to public opinion, the Director of Agriculture and Food and the third Chief of the Deputy Director would take turns to be stationed in Yunlin Office to assist farmers in solving acquisition-related problems, and promised to complete the peanut tutoring purchase by the end of last month (12comp31).

County magistrate Zhang Lishan said that Huang Wenxiang, a county councilman, reflected that many farmers had not completed the purchase of peanuts, coupled with recent weather changes, and that some of the peanuts that had been harvested late had not been dried, and that they were worried about the course of the peanuts that had not been purchased. Therefore, arrangements have been made for local understanding, and the Council of Agriculture has been asked to write the Committee of Agriculture, hoping to convey that the Council of Agriculture can continue to purchase peanuts, so that the basic income of farmers can be guaranteed.

In addition, county magistrate Zhang Lishan also called on the central government to raise import tariffs on peanuts, and so is garlic. Peanuts and garlic are two important agricultural products in Yunlin. In order to protect the rights and interests of farmers, import tariffs should be increased in comparison with red beans, in order to reduce the import quantity of peanuts and protect local peanut farmers. Yunlin County-stand with farmers and work together for peanuts and other local agriculture.

▲ peanut purchase has not yet been completed. Yunlin County Mayor Zhang Lishan called on the Council of Agriculture to continue the purchase.