Consideration on the price of corn is higher than that of wheat in Shaanxi Province

Introduction: since this year, there has been a rare abnormal phenomenon in the grain market The price of corn has been rising all the way At present, the transaction price of corn in the market market is 1.10-1.14 yuan per kilogram, while the price of wheat is 1.04-1.06 yuan per kilogram, and the market sales are not as popular as corn On August 26, the reporter saw in the market market of zerokou Town, Lintong district that the purchase price of corn was 1.12 yuan per kilogram and that of wheat was 1.06 yuan According to the prediction of relevant experts, the price of corn still has a rising space of 50-100 yuan per ton Why the price of corn can surpass that of wheat? According to a comrade surnamed Shi from the macro-control department of the provincial Food Bureau, in recent years, the average annual output of corn in Shaanxi Province is 3.5 billion-4 billion kg, and the daily grain accounts for about 500 million kg, of which more than half are exported Due to historical reasons and living habits, farmers pay more attention to wheat production, but the use of wheat is relatively single, coupled with changes in the structure of people's life, which makes the main food varieties in most areas of the North fall in value However, the use of corn has been expanding, and it has changed from mainly edible to feed and industrial multi-purpose processing raw materials The feed industry mainly processing a variety of livestock and poultry feed has risen rapidly In addition to the rapid development of the breeding industry, corn plays a leading role in the feed industry Industrial and edible alcohol processing also provide a large number of consumer markets for corn In contrast, wheat is still limited in food consumption, and with the improvement of people's living standards, the consumption of egg, meat, milk, fruit and other non-staple foods is increasing day by day The consumption of staple food per person per month is less than 10 kg, and there is a declining trend year by year The position of wheat as the "eldest grain" is beginning to waver In the mid-1990s, due to various reasons, China's corn export volume dropped sharply By 1999, it had recovered to 4.3 million tons Last year, the export volume reached 10.47 million tons, the most in recent years In 2001, the country will continue to increase the export of corn in order to alleviate the inventory pressure in production areas, reduce the financial burden, actively respond to the impact of imported corn on the domestic market after China's accession to the WTO, and promote the balance of domestic corn supply and demand In the past two years, due to the impact of serious drought, corn production has been relatively reduced Since last year, the drought in the three northeastern provinces, the main corn producing area, has continued to develop and the yield has been seriously affected In addition, with the adjustment of rural industrial structure, the planting area of economic crops has increased, and the area of grain, especially autumn grain, has been correspondingly reduced, which has also reduced the yield of corn The reporter learned from Weinan Grain Bureau that in recent years, the corn planting area in Weinan has decreased year by year, and the output has decreased about 50 million kg per year In 1999, the sown area of autumn grain in Fengxiang county was 473500 mu, which decreased to 407700 mu in 2000, 21% less than the output On the other hand, influenced by the increase of corn output in previous years, the saturation of domestic corn market demand and the decrease of price, the import has been greatly reduced, which makes the stock of domestic corn decrease, while the strong market demand trend remains unchanged, so it is inevitable that there will be a tight price In addition, the planting area of the major corn producing provinces has declined this year, and the spring drought has also occurred, which has had a certain impact on the corn production this year What kind? Let the market demand determine our country is a large agricultural country, grain cultivation has a long history, since ancient times only for food, this is the old concept formed by people for thousands of years With the development of economy, the problem of food and clothing has been basically solved In addition to leaving enough rations, most of the grain will enter the market as a commodity and become the main source of increasing farmers' income Therefore, its value has changed from merely satisfying the farmers' life to increasing their income If we only focus on the basic need of food production, the development of agriculture will be difficult to go on the way of industrialized management Therefore, grain production and marketing should go out of the traditional mode as soon as possible and step into the orbit of large agricultural market and large circulation The adjustment of agricultural structure must be market-oriented The price of corn is higher than that of wheat, which gives people a strong signal that the market only focuses on demand, regardless of cost Although corn has a short growth period, less investment, high yield, low cost, and its edible quality is far lower than that of wheat, because of its wide use, great development and utilization potential, and high economic value, the price of corn is higher than that of wheat and it is selling well At present, the adjustment of rural economic structure, "what to plant" has always been an important problem that puzzles farmers To correctly grasp this point, we must constantly understand, analyze and study the market, and take the effective demand of the market as the first signal of agricultural structural adjustment In this way, we can reduce the blindness of the planting industry and effectively solve the problem of "worthless" and difficult selling of agricultural products Developing and utilizing well is an important way to improve the value of agricultural products At present, corn has been widely used in brewing, medicine, feed and other fields The recent development of corn to produce alcohol fuel has opened up a new important use for corn, which will further stimulate the demand market of corn in China All these suggest that we should continue to open up new horizons for the utilization of agricultural products, increase investment in science and technology, develop its value potential, shift it from a single edible industry to other industries, and fundamentally expand its market demand In recent years, the problem of selling agricultural products has appeared from time to time In addition to the quality, variety and other factors, an important reason is that the circulation channels are not smooth The popularity of corn is closely related to the smooth circulation channels at home and abroad Therefore, the government should change the concept, do a good job in service, help farmers to open the sales channels, effectively solve the problem of selling agricultural products, speed up the pace of rural industrialization development, so that farmers around the market for production, rely on science and technology to run well-off (author:) share to feed Weibo share to: