The circulation of agricultural products returned to normal and prices fell steadily
  National wholesale pork prices fell for 7 weeks in a row; newly imported newly diagnosed cases fell below 10 cases for the first time in a month

  Yesterday, the State Council ’s Joint Defense and Joint Control Mechanism held a press conference to introduce the work on spring agricultural production and agricultural product supply security. Beijing News reporter Wu Ningshe

  "Silkworm house has been wrapped with Qingming seeds, and tea households have harvested Gu Yuya for the first time." Yesterday was Gu Yu of the 24th solar term. The State Council Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism held a press conference on spring agricultural production.

  According to Mi Feng, a spokesman for the National Health and Health Commission, on April 18, the newly confirmed cases imported overseas dropped to less than 10 cases for the first time in a month, but the number of local cluster cases caused by overseas imports in individual provinces continued to increase, suggesting that we should always do Good "screening-diagnosis-report-isolation" closed-loop management, resolutely prevent community transmission.

  Pork prices continue to fall slightly

  Chen Ping, first-level inspector of the Market and Information Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, said that this year, affected by the epidemic, the production and marketing of agricultural products in some areas have been blocked in stages, and the price fluctuations are relatively large. Basically stable.

  Chen Ping said that recently, with the improvement of the epidemic prevention and control situation, the circulation of agricultural products has basically returned to normal, and prices have mainly fallen steadily.

  In terms of varieties, pork prices continued to decline slightly. As of the end of March, the national weekly wholesale price of pork wholesale was 46.28 yuan per kilogram, falling for 7 consecutive weeks. The prices of beef, mutton, poultry and eggs are weak, and the prices of vegetables and fruits fluctuate seasonally, lower than the same period last year. The trading volume of aquatic products rebounded, and the prices fell.

  Judging from the trend in the later period, food stocks are sufficient, live pig production capacity continues to recover, the poultry production situation has improved, and the seasonal vegetable market has increased. The agricultural product market is expected to continue to maintain overall stability.

  China ’s food reserves are adequate and food rations are completely self-sufficient

  The epidemic is spreading around the world, and the global food supply situation has aroused great concern from society. Liu Lihua, deputy director of the Department of Plantation Management of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, said that at present, China has sufficient grain reserves, rations are completely self-sufficient, and rice noodles are available for purchase. This year's grain can achieve stable production and guarantee supply.

  According to Liu Lihua, judging from the summer grain situation, the wheat in the southwest region is now mature and the yield increase trend is obvious; the wheat in the Jianghuai and Huanghuai regions is heading at the booting, the overall growth is better than that of the previous year, and the harvest is promising.

  Liu Lihua said that in response to this year's warm and humid climate, wheat stripe rust and gibberellosis have a serious problem, and all regions have carried out unified control and emergency control in a timely manner. The prevention area is 1.6 times the occurrence area. The situation of rapid expansion in the early stage has been effectively curbed.

  The area of ​​grain sown in spring is more than half of the whole year. The area of ​​grain sown in spring is increasing this year, especially the area of ​​early rice is expected to contain the downward trend for seven consecutive years.

  Focus 1 African swine fever epidemic can be controlled, illegal and illegal transfer of live pigs will be strictly investigated

  Wei Hongyang, deputy director of the Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Bureau of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, said that the intensity and loss of African swine fever have decreased significantly this year, and the current African swine fever epidemic situation can be controlled.

  Wei Hongyang said that since March this year, a total of 13 African swine fever outbreaks have been reported nationwide, of which 12 involve domestic pigs and 1 involves wild boars, 12 outbreaks killed a total of 1313 domestic pigs, and 24 African swine fever outbreaks occurred in the same period last year , Culling 402,200 live pigs.

  Wei Hongyang reminded that due to the occurrence of African swine fever in various provinces, there is a large pollution area, and the resumption of development of hog production, the increase in related transportation activities, the risk of African swine fever epidemic may also increase.

  He said that the vast majority of African swine fever epidemics this year are related to the illegal transfer of piglets. The pigs involved do not have ear tags or animal quarantine certificates. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs has taken targeted measures to jointly investigate and deal with illegal and illegal transfer operations in conjunction with public security, transportation and other departments. From April 1, a 60-day special rectification of illegal and illegal transfer of live pigs was initiated.

  Focus 2 Internet celebrities live broadcast to ease the difficulty of selling agricultural products

  To help sell Hubei's agricultural products, on April 6, CCTV anchor Zhu Guangquan and internet celebrity anchor Li Jiaqi collaborated on live sales. Chen Ping said that the live broadcast sales of public goods brought more than 100 million yuan, and the social attention of the "Little Zhu Peiqi" live broadcast group was also very high.

  Chen Ping believes that the rapid development of new retail and new formats in recent years, the use of webcasts and short videos to promote the sale of agricultural products has become an innovation in agricultural product marketing, complementing the shortcomings of traditional agricultural product marketing, and helping ease the difficulty of selling agricultural products. Industrial development has played a positive role in promoting farmers' income. Especially during the epidemic, tens of thousands of vegetable greenhouses across the country became live broadcast rooms. Mayors, county heads, and township heads brought goods, and net red brought goods, making live broadcasts a new agricultural job and found a new way for agricultural products sales.

  Chen Ping said that the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs will accelerate the implementation of the "Internet + agricultural products" project from village to city, strengthen cooperation with e-commerce, accelerate the innovation of new technologies, new models, and new formats to provide support for promoting the circulation of agricultural products.

  Beijing News reporter Xu Wen