State launches package of support policies to stabilise soybean production this year
In order to stabilize this year's soybean production, to protect the reasonable income of soybean farmers, the Central Agricultural Office recently coordinated to promote the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Finance, the National Grain and Reserve Board and other departments, the introduction of a package of stable soybean production support policy measures.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the relevant departments and bureaus said that this year's Central Document No. 1 proposed to increase efforts to expand soybean oilseeds, in-depth promotion of soybean and oilseed production capacity enhancement project. The Central Agriculture Office coordinates and promotes many departments, taking into account the supply and demand situation in the soybean market, comparative efficiency and farmers' willingness to plant and other factors, forming a set of policy "combinations" of subsidies, insurance and storage synergies. These support policies include.
The first is to improve the corn and soybean producer subsidy policy, increase the total amount of subsidies, guide the four northeastern provinces and regions to reasonably determine the corn and soybean subsidy standards, raise the soybean subsidy standards, and focus on increasing support for high oil and high yield soybeans.
The second is to increase incentives for large grain-producing counties, guide soybean production areas to develop soybean production, and continue to consolidate and expand the effectiveness of stable grain and expansion of soybeans. Increase financial and credit support for soybeans, and support the expansion of coverage in pilot counties for complete cost insurance and planting income insurance for soybeans. Continued support for the construction of soybean national modern agricultural industrial parks, industrial clusters and strong industrial towns.
Third, expand the area of arable land rotation in the northeast, support the development of grain-soybean rotation, promote the integration of land use and land nourishment, explore scientific and effective rotation models, and guide farmers to reasonably arrange the planting structure to expand soybeans.
The first is to expand the demonstration area of soybean-corn compound planting in the Yellow Huaihai, southwest, middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and northwest, and encourage localities to explore the development of young fruit trees, sorghum and other crops to plant soybean planting patterns.
Five is to strengthen technical guidance services to guide farmers to do a good job in preparing for the spring plowing of soybeans. The company's main goal is to provide a comprehensive solution to the 906 soybean-producing counties, focusing on the 100 key counties to implement soybean yield improvement actions, integrating and promoting high-yielding and high-oil varieties and good methods and machines.
Sixth, guide family farms, farmers' cooperatives, agricultural enterprises and other business entities to undertake soybean production. Organize a number of specialized and socialized service entities to provide low-cost, facilitated and all-round services for soybean production through full trusteeship or link trusteeship.
Seventh, accelerate the organization of soybean harvesting and storage, and guide the China National Grain Storage Group Corporation to add new domestic soybean acquisition plans in the two main production areas of Heilongjiang and Inner Mongolia, increase harvesting and storage efforts, and play a market-led role.
Eight, actively guide large state-owned enterprises such as China National Cereals Storage Group and COFCO Group and soybean processing enterprises above a certain size to dock with cities and counties in the main production areas and do a good job of linking soybean production and marketing.
Nine is to encrypt soybean production and market dispatch, keep abreast of soybean production, storage progress and prices, and release timely information to reasonably guide market expectations.
Ten, press the local responsibility, clear 2023 soybean production goals, and into the provincial party committees and governments to implement arable land protection and food security party and government responsibility assessment.