Li Lockqiang, Director of the Rural Affairs Department of the National Bureau of Statistics: Food production has reaped another bumper harvest

In 2020, all regions and departments will earnestly implement the major decision-making and deployment of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council on the work of the "three rural areas", comprehensively promote the prevention and control of the epidemic and the development of agricultural production, actively overcome the impact of floods and other disasters, make every effort to improve food production, fully implement policies and measures to ensure the steady production and supply of pigs, re-harvest food production, rapid recovery of pig production capacity, steady growth of poultry and milk production, and lay a solid foundation for effectively addressing various risks and challenges, ensuring sustained and healthy economic development and social stability.
1. Food production has reaped another bumper harvest, with output remaining above 1.3 trillion pounds for six consecutive years in 2020, with increased support for food production in various places, layer by layer to reduce the responsibility for food production, and actively implement various subsidy policies to increase farmers' enthusiasm for growing grain.
's total grain output was 1339 billion catties, an increase of 11.3 billion catties over the previous year, an increase of 0.9%, and grain production reached a new high, remaining above 1.3 trillion catties for six consecutive years.
planting area steadily increased, the national grain planting area of 1.752 billion mu, an increase of 10.56 million mu over the previous year, an increase of 0.6%.
grain yield has improved, the national grain crop yield of 382 kg / mu, per acre yield increased by 0.9 kg, an increase of 0.2%.
seasons, summer grain, early rice, autumn grain have achieved increased production.
2020, the country's summer grain production of 285.7 billion catties, an increase of 2.5 billion catties over the previous year, an increase of 0.9%; Early rice production of 54.6 billion catties, an increase of 2.1 billion catties, an increase of 3.9%; Autumn grain production was 998.7 billion catties, an increase of 6.7 billion catties, an increase of 0.7%.
varieties, rice, wheat and soybean production increased, and corn yield decreased slightly.
2020, the country's rice production of 423.7 billion catties, an increase of 4.5 billion catties over the previous year, an increase of 1.1%; Wheat production of 268.5 billion catties, an increase of 1.3 billion catties, an increase of 0.5%; Soybean production was 39.2 billion catties, an increase of 3 billion catties, an increase of 8.3%; Corn production was 521.3 billion catties, a decrease of 200 million catties.
, pig production recovered rapidly, and cattle, sheep and poultry production increased steadily by 76.39 million tons in 2020, a slight decrease of 100,000 tons, or 0.1%, over the previous year.
pork production declined slightly, with increases in beef, mutton, poultry, eggs and milk to varying degrees.
pig storage column continued to recover rapidly, and the decline in the column narrowed significantly.
2020, all regions will actively implement various policies and measures to ensure the steady production and supply of pigs, and new and expanded farms will be built and put into operation, effectively promoting the continuous recovery of pig production capacity.
406.5 million pigs in the country by the end of 2020, an increase of 96.1 million from the end of the previous year, an increase of 31.0% year-on-year and a return to 92.1% at the end of 2017; This was an increase of 36.12 million head over the end of the third quarter, an increase of 9.8% month-on-month, and the pig storage column grew for the 5th consecutive quarter.
2020, there will be 52.74 million pigs out of the country, down 17.15 million from the previous year and down 3.2%, a decline of 8.5 percentage points from the previous three quarters.
, after the year-on-year growth rate of the third quarter turned positive, the fourth quarter further accelerated, the fourth quarter out of the pig column increased by 22.9% year-on-year.
2020, the country's pork production will be 41.13 million tons, down 1.42 million tons, or 3.3 percent, from the previous year, a decrease of 7.4 percentage points from the previous three quarters.
production of cattle and sheep increased slightly and milk production increased.
95.62 million cattle in the country by the end of 2020, an increase of 4.24 million, or 4.6%, over the end of the previous year.
2020, there will be 45.65 million beef cattle in China, an increase of 320,000, or 0.7%, over the previous year. Beef production was 6.72 million tons, an increase of 50,000 tons, an increase of 0.8%; Milk production was 34.4 million tons, an increase of 2.39 million tons, an increase of 7.5%.
306.55 million sheep in the country by the end of 2020, an increase of 5.83 million, or 1.9%, over the end of the previous year.
2020, there will be 31.41 million sheep in China, an increase of 2.42 million, or 0.8%, over the previous year. Lamb production was 4.92 million tons, an increase of 50,000 tons, an increase of 1.0%.
poultry production increased steadily, and poultry meat and eggs production increased.
2020, the country's poultry storage column of 6.78 billion, an increase of 260 million from the end of the previous year, an increase of 4.0%.
2020, there will be 15.57 billion poultry in China, an increase of 930 million, or 6.3%, over the previous year. Poultry production was 23.61 million tons, an increase of 1.22 million tons, an increase of 5.5%; Egg production increased by 1.59 million tons, or 4.8%, to 34.68 million tons.
3. Agricultural producer prices rose more, the increase fell quarter by quarter 2020 national agricultural producer prices rose 15.0% over the previous year, mainly driven by the rapid rise in pig prices, in the 15% increase of 14.3 percentage points for pig prices But as pig prices fell back, agricultural producer prices showed a quarter-on-quarter decline, rising 39.0% in the first quarter, 21.1% in the second quarter, 14.8% in the third quarter and 1.9% in the fourth quarter.
subcategory, producer prices of agricultural products increased by 2.8 per cent over the previous year, animal husbandry and their products rose by 32.4 per cent, and prices of forestry and fishery products were generally stable.
varieties, the prices of corn and soybean producers will increase by 7.6% and 5.5% respectively in 2020 compared with the previous year, while the prices of rice and wheat will rise by 0.8% and 0.5%, respectively. Vegetable prices rose by 5.2%; The market demand for cattle and sheep is strong, and the prices of live cattle and live sheep have increased by 10.5% and 10.4%, respectively. Pig prices rose 55.7%, as pig production continued to recover, market supply gradually improved, pig prices fell quarter by quarter, pig producer prices fell 2.3% in the fourth quarter from a year earlier; The prices of live poultry and eggs fell by 7.1% and 14.1%, respectively.