High growth of corn output 　 "grain reformation" accelerates

The Ministry of Agriculture recently held a meeting in Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province, requesting to actively and steadily advance the pilot work of reforming grain to feed the development of herbivorous animal husbandry, vigorously promote the integration of agriculture and animal husbandry, and improve the comprehensive benefits of planting and breeding. In order to further advance the adjustment of the agricultural structure, the No. 1 Central Document this year requires pilot projects of the grain reform and feed and the combination of planting and breeding to promote the coordinated development of the ternary planting structure of grain, cash crops, and forage. To this end, the Ministry of Agriculture selected 10 provinces and regions, including Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang, and Gansu, to carry out the “grain reform” pilot program. At present, all pilot provinces and regions have formulated project implementation plans and performance appraisal systems, and implemented 33 pilot counties. Li Xirong, director of the National Animal Husbandry Station, said at the meeting that the “grain” in the “grain reform” is corn, and the focus is to adjust the corn planting structure and develop large-scale silage corn suitable for the needs of grass-fed animal husbandry such as beef cattle, sheep and dairy cows. He stated that it is necessary to focus on the adjustment of the corn planting structure and the development of herbivorous animal husbandry as the carrier to guide the conversion of corn grain collection and storage to the use of whole-plant silage, drive the recycling and conversion of straw to increase value, and promote the transformation of corn resources from cross-regional sales to profitability. Land use, and then promote the transformation of food crops to forage crops, and strive to build a new agricultural production structure that combines planting and feeding cycles, production and addition, grain and feed, and agriculture and animal husbandry. In the past decade or so, affected by factors such as price pulls, my country's corn planting area has increased by nearly 200 million mu, and the output has increased by nearly 200 billion jin. In 2012, it surpassed rice to become my country's largest food crop. However, the rapid growth of corn production also brings hidden concerns. "Currently, there is a relative and temporary surplus of corn, especially in the northeastern region and other major producing areas where inventory pressure is relatively high." said He Caiwen, deputy director of the Plant Management Department of the Ministry of Agriculture. In this context, the adjustment of corn structure becomes more and more urgent. At the meeting of the Ministry of Agriculture on the adjustment of corn structure and the implementation of "grain reform and feed" promotion in some provinces held on August 27, the Deputy Minister of Agriculture Yu Xinrong pointed out that it is necessary to follow the overall requirements of the national food security strategy under the new situation and adhere to market demand. Orientation, with the vision of ecological restoration, the goal of improving quality and efficiency, and the premise of respecting the wishes of farmers, optimize and adjust the high-profile deep corn industry structure, and accelerate the construction of integrated grain economy and feed, integration of agriculture and animal husbandry, and the integration of planting and breeding. Modern agricultural industry system of industrial integration. While actively advancing the adjustment of the corn structure, the Chinese government is even more demanding for stability. He Caiwen said: “The structural adjustment of corn should not be too drastic. It should be kept under pressure, and core production capacity and national food security must be protected.” Wang Zhicai, Chief Livestock Pastor of the Ministry of Agriculture, deployed the reform of grain forage to develop herbivorous animal husbandry on September 1. The pilot work also emphasized that it is necessary to properly handle the relationship between stock and increase, grasp the scale of adjustment and development, and scientifically determine the scope of adjustment of the planting structure. The string of "food security" can never be relaxed and food security should be effectively maintained.