Xinhua News Agency, Jinan, November 26th, title: Are "vegetable baskets" adequate and stable in price?
A visit to the three major vegetable producing areas in Shandong
Xinhua News Agency reporters Zhang Zhilong, Chen Hao, Yang Wen
Recently, the supply and price of vegetables have become the focus of social attention.
Shandong is a major vegetable producing province in my country. Reporters interviewed in Shouguang, Lanling, and Xinxian counties, which produce more vegetables in this province, and found that the current vegetable production is basically normal, the supply is stable, and prices are gradually falling.
Area and production are basically the same as the same period in previous years
“The cucumbers here will be harvested within a few days and the seedlings will be planted. There are also new vegetables growing in the greenhouse. There is no shortage of vegetables, and they are all in the field.” said Zhao Yuqian, a cucumber grower in Shouguang City, because of continuous rain in September. Affected, cucumber production has indeed decreased.
During this time, the weather was fine and the output was also up.
Shouguang is the hometown of vegetables in China. The annual vegetable planting area is about 600,000 mu and the annual output is about 4.5 million tons.
Wang Lixin, director of the Shouguang Agriculture and Rural Bureau, said that in order to better play the role of the "vegetable basket" in stabilizing production and supply, the agricultural department not only organized dozens of experts to guide the production on site, but also recorded 122 videos on the key points of current greenhouse vegetable production and management. Platforms to play.
"Vegetables now have an area of 340,000 mu, mainly greenhouse vegetables, mainly cucumbers, tomatoes, eggplants, and peppers; there are very few open-air vegetables." said Miao Jizhong, a senior agronomist from the Xinxian County Agriculture and Rural Bureau, in the early rain and snow. The impact on vegetable production in Xin County has basically ended, and the current daily output is basically the same as in normal years, with a slight decrease.
The latest data from the Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of Shandong Province shows that the current vegetable area in Shandong Province is about 3 million mu, and the area and output are basically the same as those of the same period in previous years.
Vegetable price index helps stabilize vegetable supply
At 3 o'clock in the morning, Shouguang Dili Agricultural Products Logistics Park has started trading.
On the monitoring screen, real-time transaction data is clearly visible.
"The freight volume of Chinese cabbage is 1.1 million kilograms and the transaction volume is 600,000 kg; the freight volume of celery is 600,000 kg and the transaction volume is 400,000 kg..."
Liu Chun, a first-level wholesaler in the Shouguang Dili Agricultural Products Logistics Park, said that if there is a shortage in the terminal market, wholesalers will deploy more from various producing areas across the country to increase the supply and stabilize the price of vegetables.
According to reports, since November, Shouguang has supplied more than 4,500 tons of local vegetables to the country every day.
Among them, the daily supply of vegetables to Beijing is more than 200 tons.
In Lanling County, the Jiarui Vegetable Planting Cooperative, located in Xiangcheng Town, has been picking, sorting, packing, and loading vehicles since early morning.
"In addition to ensuring local supply, we also sell to all parts of the country. In the past half month, we can ship 500,000 catties of vegetables a day, focusing on the Pearl River Delta." Zhang Licun, the head of the cooperative, told reporters that the current cabbage, peppers, and eggplants produced by the cooperative , Cucumbers and lettuce are on the market one after another, and the prices are stable.
The China Vegetable Price Index released by Shouguang is a "barometer" of the country's vegetable supply and prices.
According to reports, with the help of the early warning function of China's vegetable price index, Shouguang strictly monitors vegetable wholesale prices and external supply, implements "daily reports" on prices, and takes timely measures when price fluctuations exceed the normal range to stabilize the market.
Vegetable prices tend to stabilize downward
Zhang Licun said that the prices of vegetables in cooperatives are now slightly higher than in previous years.
The price of cucumber is 3.6 yuan/jin, cabbage is 0.5 yuan/jin, and pepper is 3.7 yuan/jin. The prices have been the same for the past ten days, with little fluctuation.
"Since November, through the monitoring of 26 kinds of vegetables with a large trading volume, the overall vegetable market prices have been running smoothly, in line with the seasonal market changes." On the 25th, He Xiaojie, an analyst for the price index of Shouguang Dili Agricultural Products Logistics Park, told reporters that China Although the weekly vegetable price index rose year-on-year, it dropped 12.9% from the previous week.
Among the 10 major vegetable category indexes monitored last week, 9 categories fell month-on-month, and category 1 rose.
"Short-term cold waves have little effect on vegetables, so I'm afraid of long-term rain and snow." He Xiaojie said that the price of leafy vegetables has skyrocketed due to the continuous rainy weather that began in late September and has stabilized.
"For example, the wholesale price of spinach, which has skyrocketed in the previous period, is now 2.5 yuan/jin. Leafy vegetables have a growth cycle of about one month, and they have now returned to normal supply."
Zhang Chao, Chief of the Price Management Section of the Lanling County Development and Reform Bureau, said that the vegetable market in Lanling County is currently in good order, and the price of vegetables is stable. The main vegetable varieties such as cucumber, pepper and eggplant have risen and fallen between 1% and 2%. It belongs to normal fluctuations.
Under good weather conditions, it is expected that vegetable prices will generally remain at the current level in the near future.