China News Service, August 26. In response to the continuous sharp increase in corn market prices this year, Tang Ke, Director of the Department of Market and Information Technology of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, said on the 26th that corn prices are recovering and are generally within a reasonable range. The current corn market supply is generally With guarantee, the price will gradually stabilize in the later period.
Data map: corn. Photo by Que Hu Re
On the morning of the 26th, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs held a press conference on the current grain market operation and production. A reporter asked: The price of the corn market has continued to rise sharply this year, and the cumulative increase has been relatively large. How do you view the current corn market situation? Will the price of corn continue to rise sharply in the future?
Tang Ke responded that corn is one of the three staple foods, with a wide range of uses and a long industrial chain. After the Spring Festival this year, domestic corn prices continued to rise. Since the start of the national temporary reserve corn auction sales on May 28, the price of corn has continued to rise with high turnover and high premiums, which can even be described as "hot". At present, the average purchase price of corn in Northeast and North China has reached 2150 yuan and 2400 yuan per ton respectively, up about 30% from the beginning of the year. The short-term increase is more obvious, and the year-on-year increase is also nearly 25%.
Tang Ke pointed out that we organized a scheduling analysis and had two major judgments about the current corn market situation:
First, the price of corn is a recovery increase, which is generally within a reasonable range. Since the beginning of this year, with the continuous recovery of live pig production capacity and the improvement of the prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the operating rate of deep processing enterprises has increased, and the downstream demand for corn is improving. At the same time, as the auction of temporarily stored corn is coming to an end, capital speculation and irrational grain storage have intensified , And jointly drove the price of corn to rise significantly. At present, the price of corn in the Northeast is lower than the temporary reserve price of 2,240 yuan per ton in 2014, and also lower than the historical high of the previous market price, which is still a recovery increase. Appropriate increase in grain prices will help increase farmers' income from growing grain and increase their enthusiasm for planting corn in the coming year.
"I especially want to make a point about how to treat the rise in agricultural product prices. For example, the early rebound in the price of eggs in the early stage has aroused high attention. Some media reported that eggs are too expensive to afford. In fact, it was a long time ago. The price of eggs is very sluggish. The average wholesale price of eggs is about 8 yuan per kilogram, which is less than 60 cents per egg. In the morning, we usually have an egg, and the wholesale price is less than 60 cents. In the past ten years, This price has basically not risen much. But at the same time, the cost of feed and aquaculture has continued to rise, so I would like to call on all parties to rationally treat the normal fluctuations in the prices of agricultural products. A reasonable price increase will help stimulate production and supply and promote the market. Supply and demand balance." Tang Ke said.
Second, the current corn market supply is generally guaranteed, and prices will gradually stabilize in the later period. The pre-storage corn auctioned in the early stage will be released one after another. At present, the stock of the whole society can meet the market consumption demand before and after the autumn grain is listed. With the successive listing of new corn and the overall easing of global corn, my country's imports of substitutes such as corn and barley have increased. It is expected that the total corn market supply will be sufficient throughout the year, and the price is expected to stabilize. It is recommended that various market entities maintain a good buying and selling rhythm, and it is not advisable to continue to hoard food.
Tang Ke said that we will continue to improve policies and measures, continue to increase corn production capacity, steadily develop corn production, improve corn quality and yield levels, and ensure that corn is basically self-sufficient based on the country.