China News Service, August 18th. According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development Development Planning Department, the relevant person in charge of the Development Planning Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs stated in an interview that the agricultural and rural economy has overcome the impact of the new crown pneumonia epidemic and floods, and continues to improve. Including: The early rice harvest is basically completed this year, and total output is expected to increase; at the same time, the recovery of live pigs continues to improve, and the production of vegetables, fruits, meat, beef, sheep, poultry, and aquatic products remains stable; local government special debts are used for agricultural and rural scale from January to July More than 90 billion yuan and so on.

Data map: Farmland in Baimei Village, Ouli Town, Fairy Lake District, Jiangxi Province. Photo by Zhao Chunliang

  According to the news, since July, agricultural and rural departments at all levels have gone all out to prevent and reduce disasters, highlight early rice harvesting and mid-late rice harvesting, continue to promote the recovery of live pig production, and strive to ensure stable production and supply of "vegetable basket" products. We will coordinate and do a good job in all aspects of agriculture and rural areas, and the agricultural and rural economy has generally performed well.

  Recently, the relevant person in charge of the Development Planning Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs stated in an interview that the agricultural and rural economy has overcome the impact of the new crown pneumonia epidemic and floods and continued to improve, mainly in five aspects.

Early rice production is expected to increase. The early rice is basically harvested. According to field surveys by the rice expert guidance group of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the number of ears per mu and the number of grains per ear of early rice increased this year, and the seed setting rate and thousand-grain weight decreased due to the impact of the previous floods. Due to the larger area increase, the total output is expected to increase.

Autumn crops are growing well. Most of Northeast corn is in the silking to filling period, soybean is in the pod-setting period, and rice is in the full ear to blooming period, and the growth is generally better than the previous year. Most of the corn in Huanghuaihai area is from the big bell mouth stage to the tasseling and silking stage, and the growth is normal. The impact of flood disasters on mid-late rice production is generally limited; double-cropping late rice rush-planting and rush-planting has accelerated, and more than 90% of it has been completed.

The recovery momentum of pigs continued to improve. In July, the stock of reproductive sows increased by 4.0% month-on-month, for 10 consecutive months, and increased by 20.3% year-on-year; the pig population increased by 4.8% month-on-month, and for six consecutive months, increased by 13.1% year-on-year. The production of vegetables, fruits, meat, beef, sheep, poultry and aquatic products remained stable.

Agricultural enterprises are operating well. In July, the purchasing managers index (PMI) of key leading enterprises in the national agricultural industrialization was 52.1%, which remained above the prosperity and decline line for 5 consecutive months, 1 percentage point higher than the manufacturing industry. The e-commerce of agricultural products developed rapidly, and the online retail sales of agricultural products maintained double-digit growth from January to July.

Agricultural investment continues to pick up. From January to July, the local government's special debt was used for agricultural and rural areas to exceed 90 billion yuan, and the construction of high-standard farmland and cold chain logistics facilities for storage and preservation of agricultural products was accelerated. Fixed asset investment in the primary industry reached 980.6 billion yuan, an increase of 7.7% year-on-year, and positive growth for two consecutive months, of which investment in animal husbandry increased by 59.2% year-on-year.

  The news pointed out that the internal and external environment facing agricultural and rural economic development is still complex and severe, the international epidemic is still spreading, and the domestic economy is facing many challenges to the stable recovery. Floods and droughts are intertwined with diseases and insect pests, which are stable for food, live pig production, and fresh agricultural products. The impact of supply, increased employment of migrant workers, and trade in agricultural products is worthy of attention.

  The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs will conscientiously implement the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, do a solid job of "six stability", implement the "six guarantees" tasks, go all out to do a good job in disaster prevention and relief, release early warning information in time, and implement various disaster prevention Measures to reduce disasters, strengthen the prevention and control of field management and pests in the middle and late stages of autumn grain, and strive to achieve disaster resistance and a bumper harvest; unswervingly grasp the production of live pigs, strengthen the prevention and control of African swine fever, and consolidate the recovery of live pigs; vigorously develop modern breeding and breeding, and continue Promote the resumption of leisure agriculture and expand the employment space for migrant workers returning to their hometowns; strengthen the research and judgment of the supply and demand situation, take multiple measures to ensure a stable supply of soybeans, and promote the export of advantageous agricultural products; coordinate the promotion of various key tasks in agriculture and rural areas, and consolidate the development of agricultural and rural economies situation.