China record crops

[fjlip]

China reaped a bumper grain harvest for the 12th consecutive year in 2015, with grain output up 2.4 percent from one year earlier, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Tuesday. The growth followed a 0.9-percent increase in 2014 and 2.1-percent rise registered in 2013. Grain output totaled 621.44 million tonnes this year. Yields of major grain crops, including rice, wheat and corn, rose 2.7 percent year on year to 572.25 million tonnes, NBS said in a statement. The government's supportive policies, application of technology and fewer natural disasters this year contributed to the output rise, Hou Rui, a senior NBS statistician, said. It was also a result of increasing acreage for grain crops this year amid measures to re-adjust crop types, Hou said. Some regions, for example, have cut cot-ton farming so that more land became available for grain crops. The total size of arable land for grain crops stood at 113.3 million hectares, up 0.5 percent from one year earlier. Heilongjiang, Henan and Shandong provinces remained the country's top three grain producers this year.


Soon they will be feeding the world!

[ajl]

Proves that no one, not even the Chinese have any clue what is going on in China.

[cottonpicken]

Maybe because they are not afraid to put a little co2 in the air.

[hobbyfrmr]

They are good farmers to have 12 consecutive record crops.
A little fertilizer and some spray weed control definitely increases yeilds

[riders2010]

Maybe all that pollution grows a good crop. Lol

[checking]

I often wonder if their global imports aren't included in their production numbers, like the US carry over stocks.

[sumdumguy]

Maybe now we can go over there and learn how to farm. Jeez guys!

[Oliver88]

With these reliable reports maybe the Chinese NBS and Stats Can should merge?

[WiltonRanch]

Easy to grow lots when fertilizer is cheap as dirt. Average fertilizer use in China is 387 lbs of product per acre.

[malleefarmer]

They bought 70% of australias barley last year this year about 20%

[furrowtickler]

Agree on the fert cost, they pay about 1/3 rd , also herbicides and fungicides cost about 25% of what we pay
Good example, you can get Bentazone (Basagran) in China for about $2/ltr.
Basagran here retails at bout $28/lt.
We get so fuked over here in Canada it is sickening.

[sumdumguy]

Ocean freight is getting cheaper by the day.

[boarderbloke]

Look how some were saying, that last summers forest smoke was saving crops here from burning up in the heat. The haze and carbon make for great crops, but they can keep the pollution over there.

[sawfly]

sad when the communist Chinese have access to a free market, chemical; fert.
and we don't.
something wrong with this picture.

and i wonder who is to blame for it?

[AlbertaFarmer5]

What are the sources where you are quoting the fertilizer and chemical prices in China?