Harvesting green wheat as feed in many places will be strictly investigated. The person in charge of the relevant departments said that the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs attached great importance to this, requiring all localities to further comprehensively investigate the damage of all kinds of wheat such as damaged wheat and silage, and harvesting green wheat as feed in many places will be strictly investigated.
Harvesting green wheat as feed will be severely punished. In about 20 days, the wheat in Henan, Hebei and Shandong will enter the harvest season. However, recently, some videos of "cutting green wheat to feed" have been circulated on the Internet, which has aroused concern.
The video shows that in some northern wheat areas, some farmers harvest green wheat in advance, saying that it is used as feed, and an acre of land can be sold to 1500 yuan, or even more than 2,000 yuan. In the video, trucks loaded with green wheat line up in a long queue, ready to enter the breeding factory.
On May 10, the official website of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs released a message saying that in response to the recent short video of "cutting green wheat for feed" reported by some local media and circulated on the Internet, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs deployed the May Day period for verification, and all relevant provinces paid close attention to scheduling and investigation. Recently, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs also issued a notice requesting all localities to further comprehensively investigate all kinds of violations of laws and regulations such as wheat destruction and silage, and deal with violations of laws and regulations together.
economic factor
Silage wheat refers to the wheat harvested as feed with green straw when the wheat is immature.
Good wheat, why should it overwhelm silage? Interviewed experts and large grain growers told China Newsweek that for farmers, if this phenomenon occurs, it is mainly due to economic considerations.
Wheat in China is mainly winter wheat, and North China is the main producing area. Generally, the seeds are sown from the middle and late September to the early June of 10, and mature from the end of May to the middle and late June of the following year. In the 20021ranking of grain output of provinces, Henan, the "granary of the Central Plains", is second only to Heilongjiang. The Central Plains is ripe, and the world is full. According to the statistical bulletin of national economic and social development in Henan Province in 20021year, the annual wheat output in Henan Province is 38.02 million tons, which is close to 1/3 of the total wheat output in China.
China Newsweek contacted dozens of farmers at random, but most of them said that there was no local farm buying green wheat, and some people learned about it online.
Ethan, a farmer from Chutang Township, suiping county, Zhumadian, Henan Province, told China Newsweek that the price of wheat has increased due to changes in the international market, but the increase in agricultural materials prices far exceeds the increase in wheat prices. "(selling silage) saves trouble and effort, which is very cost-effective for farmers." However, he said that he had only heard of it and had never seen anyone buy it.
Ethan personally contracted 40-50 acres of wheat. According to the recent local market, a kilo of wheat 1.4 yuan, the income per mu can reach more than 1000 yuan. If the labor cost is excluded, and the state subsidies are added, the profit per mu will not exceed that of 300 yuan.
"The harvest of green wheat is very small. It used to be corn. We have several large cattle farmers here who move our corn away when the mature season is approaching. " Ethan said.
According to Zhao, a farmer in Changzhuang Township, suiping county, low food prices will harm farmers' interests, but food security cannot be said to have nothing to do with farmers. In their village, nearly 1/5 of cultivated land has been transferred to others for cultivation almost free of charge. "It is better to go out to work than to farm."
He told China Newsweek that the purchase price of local wheat was about 1. 1.05 yuan last year, and the highest price was 1.05 yuan, most of which was1.05 yuan the year before.
Li Guoxiang, a researcher at the Institute of Rural Development of China Academy of Social Sciences, told China Newsweek that at present, the average yield of wheat per mu in China is less than 400kg, and 600kg is high yield. Since the beginning of this year, affected by many factors, the price of wheat has remained high. It is estimated that grain wheat can be sold per mu 1.200 yuan and 1.300 yuan. For farmers, selling silage can also save harvesting and storage costs, and the purchase price of 1500 yuan is more attractive.
According to the season, after harvesting wheat, corn should be sown. Lin Guofa, research director of Brick Agriculture Big Data Technology Group, said that from the perspective of farmers, if wheat is harvested in advance, corn with longer cycle can be selected to avoid freezing injury such as autumn frost and increase corn yield.
But from the farm's point of view, selling silage is not a cost-effective thing. Many experts and insiders pointed out in interviews with the media that corn is the most commonly used silage for livestock enterprises. In contrast, silage corn has more balanced nutritional value and high yield, and its unit price is usually lower than silage wheat.
For this phenomenon, Henan Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs has issued "extremely urgent" internal power supply throughout the province. According to the telegram, agricultural and rural departments at all levels should fully understand the seriousness that wheat is the main ration and cannot be used for silage.
According to the telegram, from now until the end of the wheat harvest, no place, no unit or anyone is allowed to destroy or silage wheat for any reason. All localities should rely on grass-roots organizations in towns and villages to thoroughly investigate the incidents of wheat destruction or silage, leaving no dead ends and blind spots, taking resolute and effective measures to strengthen the protection of wheat fields, preventing all kinds of wheat destruction incidents from happening again, and striving to win a bumper harvest of summer grain.
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"We can't let cattle and sheep starve to death," said Lin Guofa, and some livestock farms have to do so. He analyzed that one reason is that since the beginning of this year, the market supply has been tight and the price of corn has remained at a high level. "Even the price of corn fiber, a by-product of corn processing, should reach about one ton 1900 yuan, a record high," said Lin Guofa.
"I still have more than twenty thousand catties of corn to sell. The highest price 1.3 yuan can sell it, but I can't bear to sell it, "said farmer Ethan.
Another core of the problem is that the harvest of silage corn is blocked. At the end of last year, Hebei, Henan, Shandong, Shanxi and other places suffered from continuous rainfall and even severe floods, which coincided with the autumn harvest of corn, peanuts and other crops.
"Now mechanical harvesting is used. Continuous rainfall makes it difficult for machinery to work smoothly or enter farmland, and corn will not be harvested." Lin Guofa said that due to the rainy weather, some corn and straw could not meet the forage requirements after receiving the goods. For example, many peanut seedlings in some places in Shandong exceeded the standard.
From the perspective of the industry itself, Lin Guofa believes that the domestic aquaculture industry is mainly distributed in Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, Northeast China and other areas with rich silage. The straw output in North China is not low, but the silage is relatively small. In many places in northern China, such as Henan, Shandong and northern Anhui. Cattle and other aquaculture industries have developed rapidly in recent years, but the planting and breeding of herbivores are not completely matched.
In addition, the severe epidemic this year has brought great inconvenience to the transportation of silage, and the cost has risen, while the imported forage has not increased significantly.
In April this year, Lin Guofa investigated farms in Henan and Shandong, and found that the silage quantity of many enterprises basically bottomed out around May and June. "The next round of silage supply can be a small part of the middle and late August, but the main time will wait until the end of September and around 10".
In his view, it is precisely because of this that some aquaculture enterprises have to buy some green wheat silage to "emergency". "Enterprises are also sores. In contrast, the water content of green wheat is higher. After two tons of green wheat are dried, there may be a little more than one ton left. " But not every farmer will have this situation. There is a relatively large-scale cattle and sheep breeding factory nearby, and there is a shortage of feed, so it is sometimes done.
Guo Tiancai, an adviser to the wheat expert guidance group of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and a professor at Henan Agricultural University, is also worried about the "feed shortage". Last year, in June 5438+10, he reminded the relevant departments of Henan province.
Avoid inducing farmers to harvest wheat impulsively.
In fact, the practice of using green wheat as feed has long existed, but the scope is small.
"In recent years, our country has had a surplus of grain and overproduction, so part of this green wheat and corn is used as high-quality feed, supplemented by herbivorous feed." Li Guoxiang said, but this phenomenon is limited to local areas, and the area is very small. "For example, as far as I know, the price of wheat silage has reached 2,000 yuan per mu 1500 yuan this year, while it used to be from 300 yuan to 500 yuan."
"China's wheat production capacity is1350,000 tons to1380,000 tons per year, and the demand is about1200,000 tons to1225,000 tons, with an annual balance." Lin Guofa said.
Then, why do some green wheat as feed attract so much attention, and how much impact will it bring to China's food security? Many experts analyzed that the flood in autumn and winter last year led to an unfavorable start of wheat planting, which affected the expected grain production capacity this year.
In the most critical period of wheat field management in Henan this spring, Guo Tiancai highly summarized the growth, production characteristics and future development trend of wheat in the province in four sentences: "The wheat sowing started badly, the transformation was better than expected, and there was hope for a bumper harvest. On-site management must pay close attention. "
He believes that the above measures and weather conditions are generally favorable through the "four supplements" technology of late sowing wheat, fertilizer and water management focusing on promoting weakness and strength in winter and spring, comprehensive prevention and control of scab and stripe rust in spring, and the recent arrangement of "one spraying and three prevention" measures in Henan Province. "My judgment is that this year's wheat production in Henan is basically the same as last year, or slightly increased or decreased, with an increase of 5% and a decrease of 5%, which should be considered.
Li Guoxiang said that about 1 100 million mu of wheat was affected to varying degrees last year. However, some late-sown wheat basically increased production by supplementary sowing, and some areas may not have fully recovered, but the grain supply can basically be stabilized.
In the opinion of experts, public concerns may also stem from the impact of the food supply situation this year. Affected by external factors such as Russia, Ukraine and international epidemic, the international wheat price continues to rise and the supply is tight, so the global food security risk has become a hot topic.
Since the beginning of this year, high-level officials have repeatedly stressed the need to "build a solid bottom line for food security."
"China's grain reserves can't supply the world, but it can be completely self-sufficient," Li Guoxiang said. It doesn't rule out that the online video communication storm is the influence of hype, and it should not be exaggerated to avoid inducing farmers to harvest wheat impulsively. He introduced that in general, silage wheat has special varieties, with an area of only a few hundred thousand mu, while China has 300 million mu.
He said that the special silage wheat is different from the grain wheat that people usually eat. The yield of grain wheat is high, but the nutrition of wheat stored as feed mainly depends on wheat straw. "If you sow silage specially, the area will be small, which will not have much impact on national food security", but if you harvest grain wheat, you should pay attention. Grain and wheat can be used as both rations and feed, but priority should be given to ensuring the safety of rations.
In response to the news of "cutting green wheat for feed", the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs has also made corresponding arrangements. The person in charge of the relevant departments said that the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs attached great importance to this and organized relevant provinces to carry out verification during the May 1 ST period. Recently, a notice has been issued requesting all localities to further comprehensively investigate the destruction of various types of wheat, such as wheat destruction and silage start-up, and deal with violations of laws and regulations together.
Harvesting green wheat as feed in many places will be strictly investigated. Recently, the short video of "cutting green wheat for feed" circulating in some places on the Internet has aroused widespread concern. In response to this phenomenon, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs responded that all localities have been asked to further comprehensively investigate all kinds of wheat destruction behaviors such as wheat destruction and silage, and found that they should be dealt with together.
Everything was laid back and the food was great. For a big country with a population of 65.438+400 million, eating is a "big event". Wheat is an important food variety in China, and ensuring a bumper harvest of wheat is of great significance to China's food security.
Since last year, wheat production has experienced many barriers such as resisting autumn flood, promoting weak seedlings and preventing pests and diseases. After many efforts, the wheat is growing well and the harvest is just around the corner. Why do individual farmers destroy grain and sell money at this time? "When the wheat is ripe, it will cost about 1200 yuan to sell the wheat per mu. During the wheat filling period, the price per mu is 1.5 million yuan. " Hit the nail on the head.
Cang, the world is safe. There should be no negligence in food security. Selling wheat seedlings, on the surface, is a farmer's personal behavior, but behind it is related to national food security. Whether the phenomenon of "cutting green wheat for feed" is caused by enterprises with ulterior motives advocating the value of wheat seedlings or farmers' enthusiasm for growing grain needs further investigation and verification by relevant departments to find out the specific reasons.
Only when farmers grow grain and have "Qian Jing" can the national grain be safe. In fact, in order to ensure farmers' income from growing grain, the Opinions of the Central Committee of the State Council on Promoting Rural Revitalization in 2022 clearly stated that raising the minimum purchase price of rice and wheat in 2022 is to make grain farmers not suffer losses and earn money.
In the long run, only by safeguarding the vital interests of farmers, paying attention to a series of concrete actions of the CPC Central Committee to benefit farmers, delivering policy dividends to them, and giving farmers a "reassurance" to make them more profitable, farmers will not sacrifice the overall situation of national food security for immediate interests, and completely avoid the reduction of grain production caused by human factors.
Grain production is related to the national economy and people's livelihood. We will not tolerate the destruction of cultivated land and crops. Ensuring that 65.438+0.8 billion mu of cultivated land is truly deserved, resolutely curbing the "non-agricultural" of cultivated land and preventing the "non-grain" of cultivated land, this bottom line is insurmountable and there is no room for bargaining.
For all levels and departments, it is necessary to implement the strictest cultivated land protection system, put the hard measures for the protection of "long teeth" cultivated land in place, strengthen law enforcement and supervision, severely investigate and deal with illegal occupation of cultivated land by non-agricultural construction, and ensure that supervision is not relaxed, rectification is not soft, and accountability is not merciless.
Food security is the "biggest country" and cannot be overemphasized. Winning a bumper harvest of summer grain is of great significance for stabilizing the overall situation, coping with the situation, opening up a new situation and coping with various risks and challenges. All departments and regions should conduct a thorough investigation, leaving no dead ends or blind spots. Once damaged wheat seedlings are found, resolute and effective measures must be taken to strengthen the protection of wheat fields, prevent all kinds of wheat damage incidents from happening again, and ensure that the particles are returned to the warehouse!
Harvest more green wheat as feed, and the damage of wheat will be strictly investigated. 3 "Find together, handle together!" "In response to the phenomenon of wheat destruction in some places, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs issued a notice requesting all localities to comprehensively investigate all kinds of wheat destruction such as wheat destruction and silage.
Anti-autumn flood, promote weak seedlings, prevent pests and diseases, wheat has experienced wind and rain, growing well, and has been heading and spitting. After about 20 days, the wheat will be ripe and harvested. At this juncture, in some places, the whole wheat field was shoveled and destroyed, and the phenomenon of "cutting green wheat for feed" appeared. This situation is disturbing.
Wheat is the main food in China, and it should not be used for silage, let alone destroyed by forklift. In order to start shoveling and destroying green wheat, "I didn't fully communicate with the government and farmers and arranged machinery to enter the field privately". Who gave me the confidence? What should I do?
According to the Ministry of Rural Agriculture, the wheat field requisitioned as construction land can not be started until the wheat is ripe and harvested, and we should cherish the fruits of farmers' friends' labor for more than 200 days.
At present, the relevant departments have ordered the developers involved to stop construction and said that they will be held accountable according to law; Regarding the behavior of "cutting green wheat for feed", the regulatory authorities also stressed that "no place, no unit or anyone may destroy wheat or use wheat for silage for any reason" and "take resolute and effective measures to strengthen wheat field protection, prevent all kinds of wheat destruction incidents from happening again, and strive to win a bumper harvest of summer grain".
The clockwork to ensure food security should be tightened at all times, and the work should be done in a down-to-earth manner. Whether it is a thorough investigation of the incident of shoveling and destroying green wheat or an emergency stop of "cutting green wheat for feed", it is a timely rectification and response to public concerns. However, we cannot stop there. These wheat destruction incidents once again give people a warning that food security cannot be overemphasized, and all parties concerned should consciously shoulder the heavy responsibility of food security.
In the final analysis, food depends on farmers to grow. According to related reports, some farmers cut green wheat and sell it to farmers or breeding companies as the feed behind the destruction of wheat, because the price they gave was very high, which exceeded the price of mature wheat. What kind of interests are behind and what are the facts need to be investigated and verified by relevant parties to clarify the problem. At the same time, the policy needs to make more efforts in protecting farmers' grain production and improving the economic benefits of grain production.
Food security cannot be shaken. Defend food security, grasp the initiative of food security and say no to the phenomenon of destroying food. China people's rice bowls, let's go together.