Will the Jilin Epidemic Affect Grain Production? Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs responded

　　Zhongxin Finance, April 20. On April 20, a reporter asked a question at a press conference held by the State Council Information Office: As a major agricultural province, the epidemic in Jilin has lasted for a long time. Will it affect spring plowing and spring sowing, which in turn affects grain production?

　　Pan Wenbo, director of the Plantation Management Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, responded that the epidemic in Jilin mainly occurred in March. At present, the social situation has been cleared, and the order of production and life is gradually returning.

　　Pan Wenbo said that from the perspective of agricultural time arrangements and agricultural activities, the Jilin epidemic mainly affects preparation for spring ploughing.

In the early stage, due to the epidemic control, vehicles in some places in Jilin were restricted, the villages were closed, the transportation and sales of agricultural materials were stagnant, and farmers' field preparation and agricultural machinery on the road were hindered to varying degrees. In particular, some farmers were stranded in the city and could not return to their hometowns to prepare for the progress of spring ploughing. Indeed slower than usual.

　　He added that at present, the order of spring ploughing in Jilin has been restored better than expected, and 231,000 farmers stranded in other places have returned to their hometowns, and some of them returned to their hometowns when they were farming.

The seed hem has basically arrived at households, and the rate of chemical fertilizers reaching households is 97.6%, which is 0.6 percentage points faster than that of the previous year.

In the later stage, the roads are not blocked or controlled, and the roads are opened up, and the agricultural materials will arrive at the households.

The rice seedling raising is basically coming to an end. Jilin has about 12 million mu of rice, most of which were planted in mid-May, and the seedling raising period is about a month.

　　Pan Wenbo said that through communication with the agricultural and rural departments of Jilin Province, they said that if the epidemic does not recur, they are confident and determined to ensure that the grain production tasks and spring sowing tasks assigned by the state this year are completed as scheduled. Mu will not be abandoned."

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