Farmers' replanting of potatoes in June

Farmers' replanting of potatoes in June

Recently, the Ministry of Agriculture held a press conference. Yu Xinrong, deputy director of the Ministry of Agriculture, said: The potato staple food products have entered the market and entered thousands of households. In Beijing alone, more than 600 supermarkets sell staple foods such as potato taro and noodles every day.

As early as February of this year, the Ministry of Agriculture officially issued the "Guiding Opinions on Promoting the Development of the Potato Industry" to industrialize the development of potatoes as staple food products.

The potato that has become the staple food is now more popular with the growers. Now that it has reached the spring season, the reporter found that in Mongolia, the main potato producing area, farmers' willingness to grow potatoes is significantly higher than in previous years. So, what are the trends in the market for potatoes this year? Can the potato really help the farmers harvest and get rich?

Inspired by the policy, farmers generally increase the number of potatoes

Zhang Dongxiu, a farmer from Wuyuan County, Zhalantun City, Inner Mongolia, had a good plan with the family before the spring ploughing. This year, the potato planting area will be enlarged. Zhang Dongxiu has planted potatoes for more than 20 years. In previous years, he used to keep his own seeds, but this year he used new varieties from local agricultural workers. It is said that this variety can increase production by about 20%.

Zhang Dongxiu: "It used to be stored by ourselves. It was stored in the next year. It was planted in the second year. Now it is not necessary. The Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Bureau has transferred the potato seeds from the field and sent them to our villagers."

Zhang Dongxiu only planted an acre of potatoes last year. This year he plans to plant five acres. One reason for the expansion is that the price of potatoes has risen. After the Spring Festival this year, the price of potatoes has risen steadily. The current retail price is around RMB 3, and the price is short-term. Doubled, the gains reached a new high of five years. The other is the reason for the market. Last year, the country proposed to make the main grain of the potato. Lao Zhang believes that this year's potato should not be sold.

It is understood that potato growers in Wuyuan County have expanded their planting area this year. Some large-scale planting families have even expanded to more than 1,000 acres. The local planter Li Guohong originally planned to plant corn this year, but found that the potato market is good and temporarily changed his mind. .

Li Guohong: "The state advocates the potato staple food. We have specifically expanded the plant in this area and intend to expand the scale to 800 acres to 1,000 acres."

With the increase in the market, potato prices may fall after June

In fact, in the past few years, potato prices have appeared in the “roller coaster” market. Due to the high price fluctuations, the growers are reluctant to expand, which has reduced the potato planting area in Inner Mongolia to more than 7 million mu last year. But this year, farmers are willing to grow their crops under the leadership of the main grain, but for market risks, growers do not consider much.

Bai Zhifeng, a potato grower in Zhalantun City, Inner Mongolia: “There is definitely a risk, but with the potato main grain, people are very motivated to grow potatoes. I think this policy is quite good, reducing the burden on farmers and increasing income. hope."

In this regard, some experts believe that although the current potato price is still at a high level compared with the same period of last year, but with the new listing of new potatoes in May, the price may decline, and after the market of the film potato in June, the price may still It fell below the same period last year.

"The recent Shandong new season potato began to go on the market, the price has continued the high price of cold storage before. At present, the net price of "Netherlands 15" in Tengzhou is 1.9-2.0 yuan / kg, up 95% compared with the same period of last year, almost the price of last year. After entering the new potato market area in May, the market volume will continue to increase, and the potato price will continue to decline. However, it is expected that the price will still be higher than the same period of last year, and the profit of the growers will be better guaranteed; After the month, the film potato will be listed one after another, the price will be further explored, and the price will probably be lower than the same period last year."