Ministry of Agriculture: In the near future farm price rise is not because the supply and demand is unbalanced

Chinanews on December 21 Ministry of Agriculture crop production management office’s Director Ye Zhenqin indicated today that in the near future the farm price rises, is not because the agricultural product supply-demand relation has the reversal, the development of our country crop production achieves remarkable success, agricultural product’s supply and demand as a whole is balanced.

This morning, Ministry of Agriculture holds the press conference, introduced that in 2009 the crop production development achievement and luminescent spot, and will answer the reporter the question.

Ye Zhenqin indicated that recently the grain, cooking oil and vegetables price had some scopes rises, we looked from Ministry of Agriculture’s angle, cared about three matters: First, the farm price rises, was the agricultural product supply-demand relation had the reversal? Second, does the farmer obtain the advantage from rising in prices? Third, what rises in prices has to affect to next year’s agricultural production?

Ye Zhenqin said that about the first question, rises in prices the later supply-demand relation question, I may tell everybody explicitly, the development of our country crop production achieves remarkable success, agricultural product’s supply and demand as a whole is balanced, the grain successive years produces, the stock is sufficient, the market supplies completely have the safeguard, the fuel oils also two years restore to develop, the degree of self-sufficiency is also stable. Spoke the vegetables producing area a moment ago is increases, will not present the supply and demand to be out of stock. The farm price rise truly promotes the farmer to additionally receive. But we had heard recently also some basic units reflections, said that the farmer has not obtained too many advantage in the middle of rising in prices, this situation also has, therefore this kind of situation also hopes that can further obtain the attention, we hope that rises in prices to bring the advantage to the farmer, specially the vegetables rise in prices. The farm price rise truly is to farmer very positive signal, to arousing farmer’s enthusiasm is advantageous, other favorable development grain and crops productions. (According to Chinese net writing direct seeding reorganization)

(This article originates: China News)