Can't let monopoly destroy Yangchun pig industry

Introduction: Yangchun City is known as the largest pig raising city in Guangdong Province, but farmers complain about the difficulty of selling pigs, "pork farmers" (pork operators) complain about the lack of money, and citizens complain about the high price of meat People appeal—— In the early morning of June 21, just before dawn, a group of "pork men" (pork operators) in Songbai Town, Yangchun City, Guangdong Province sent the pigs purchased by themselves to the designated slaughterhouse as usual At this time, a huge team composed of public security, pig office and other relevant functional departments and municipal food companies had been waiting outside the slaughterhouse, ordering "pork men" not to carry the pigs into the slaughterhouse Slaughter house They claim: the municipal government stipulates that except for the pigs purchased by food companies, no one's pigs are allowed to enter the designated slaughterhouse for slaughter! The two sides held a standoff for more than three hours, and finally sold the pigs to the food company with "pork guy" Why does "pork guy" make relevant departments so enthusiastic? It turns out that in Yangchun City, even in designated slaughterhouses, pigs can not be slaughtered casually, and they should be purchased by the food companies under the Municipal Trade Bureau Although Guangdong Province has long had a policy that pig producers and operators can operate their own pigs after they are sent to slaughterhouses for processing, Yangchun has not implemented this policy so far On the afternoon of August 16, the reporter came to Songbai Town, and a group of "pork men" in the town's central market who had heard the news told their troubles "Pork guy" Yan Zhiyu said, Yangchun City for pig management to engage in unified purchase and marketing, so that the operator is not profitable He calculated an account: if a 200 Jin first-class pig is purchased by itself, it will also be calculated at the purchase price of 2.85 yuan / Jin, plus 70 yuan of slaughter tax, and 640 yuan will be paid However, for wholesale from food companies, if the meat yield is 80% and the wholesale price is 4.55 yuan / Jin, 728 yuan will be paid This in and out, a pig is less than 80 yuan He sells 40-50 Jin of pork a day If he makes a mistake, he will earn more than ten yuan If he makes a mistake, he will lose money In terms of the policy of live pig management in Guangdong Province, there is nothing wrong with the practice of "pork men" in Yangchun City running their own business Why are the relevant departments in Yangchun City "fighting vigorously"? According to Du Xianyuan, deputy director of the office of Yangchun municipal government, Yangchun City is concerned that it will be difficult to sell pigs, increase the number of pigs slaughtered privately, reduce the price of live pigs and damage the interests of farmers What is the truth? According to local people familiar with the situation, the truth is that the practice of "pork men" violates the interests of Yangchun food group company Yangchun City stipulates that all pigs entering designated slaughterhouses must be purchased and wholesale by food companies But if the "pork guy" only pays 70 yuan tax for processing and burning meat, instead of being purchased by the food company, it is undoubtedly beneficial for the operators and consumers, but it robs the food company's business The "pork man" in Songbai town processed "cooked meat" (cooked meat products) for the masses and made some independent management Soon, the relevant leaders felt that "the trend is not right" As soon as the wind is long, the monopoly management position of the food company will be threatened, so the government of Songbai town and the Municipal Trade Bureau were instructed to take urgent action, and a scene appeared in front of the slaughterhouse It is understood that on July 1, 1999, the general office of Guangdong provincial government clearly stipulated in the notice on further implementation of the regulations on the administration of pig slaughtering: "farmers (producers) can select and slaughter pigs at designated slaughterhouses set up in their own towns, and the operation of pig slaughterhouses and slaughterhouses (sites) should be carried out through public bidding .. To prevent an enterprise legal person and its affiliated enterprises from exclusively operating all slaughterhouses and slaughterhouses (sites) in the same administrative region At the same time, the slaughtering of pigs shall be separated from the management of pigs and the sale of fresh meat products " In Yangchun, the operation of designated slaughterhouses (sites) has not been conducted through public bidding, nor has it been separated from pig slaughtering, pig management and fresh meat sales Yangchun food company actually monopolized the pig business in Yangchun On the morning of August 18, the reporter came to Yangchun Trade Bureau for an interview Cheng Furong, chief of the trade management section, said that for 10 years, the food sector has been the main channel for pig circulation There are 58 designated slaughterhouses (yards, points) in Yangchun, all of which are owned by food companies except three The chief of the section said that they are moderately competitive I don't know what this means as moderate competition Because it can monopolize operation, food companies can be assured that they can buy pigs at low prices from farmers and wholesale them to pork operators at high prices to make high profits As farmers and self-employed pigs are forbidden to enter the slaughterhouse, the monopolistic operation of food companies has become a kind of forced sale and forced purchase Farmers and pork operators have no more choice but to accept this unfair trading mode The monopoly of pig management has seriously damaged the interests of pig farmers Food companies have been buying pigs at low prices, but even if farmers are forced to "voluntarily" sell pigs to food companies, the food companies do not pay as they come, but also have to register and line up, less than ten days, more than two or three months, which makes it difficult for farmers to "sell pigs" In addition, when the purchase price was reduced, farmers' income from selling pigs was even lower Most farmers lost money in raising pigs, which dampened the enthusiasm of farmers to raise pigs Reporter in farmer Yan Jie country see, in addition to a few piglets in pigsty, chicken, duck run everywhere Yan said anxiously that the time for selling pigs was too long He had to wait for three months at the longest time When the pigs were overweight, they had to reduce their prices The feed was expensive, and raising pigs would even lose money In Songzhu village, a farmer said to the reporter, "if you don't raise pigs, you will have no income If you raise pigs, you will worry about selling them Usually when you sell them, the first-class pigs will become the second and third-class ones, and you will lose money There is no way." The reporter also learned that due to the high price of meat on the market in Yangchun, the sales volume of meat was less, and the slaughter volume of pigs was less, which artificially caused the oversupply of pigs, resulting in and aggravating the "difficulty of selling pigs" of farmers, and forming a vicious circle Therefore, in Yangchun City, which is known as the largest pig raising city in Guangdong Province, farmers complained about the difficulty of selling pigs, "pork man" (pork operator) complained about the lack of money, and citizens complained about the high price of meat Local people urged Yangchun City to change this strange phenomenon as soon as possible.