On July 16, the International Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs released the Overseas Agricultural Information Express (No. 135).

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1. Russia's crop planting area is 80.2 million hectares this year. Spring wheat, corn and sunflower acreage than last year increased by 50 million, or 30 Million and 20 million hectares. At present, Russia's crop harvesting area is about 5.2 million hectares, and 16.6 million tons of grain is harvested. This year's cereal output will exceed 122.5 million tons, oil crop output will reach 22.5 million tons, potatoes about 22 million tons, vegetables 14.1 million tons.

2. Maintaining the stability of the domestic grain market is a strategic goal of the development of the Russian plantation industry. The Russian Minister of Agriculture said that to strengthen the status of Russian agricultural products in the international market and increase the output of high-quality agricultural products, it is necessary to increase the area of agricultural land and develop a land improvement system. At present, the Russian Ministry of Agriculture is formulating the relevant national plan. Through the implementation of this plan, it is expected that the area of agricultural land will be increased by 12 million hectares in the future and the modernization level of the land improvement system.

3. New Zealand set a new world record for wheat yield of 17.4 tons per hectare. With strong support from Bayer, New Zealand farmer Watson achieved this incredible result by experimenting with new wheat varieties, switching to liquid nitrogen, and regularly monitoring plant health. New Zealand has abundant rainfall and there is no risk of heat wave shocks during the filling process. The average yield of wheat reaches 12 tons per hectare.

4. German hog prices plummeted. German Pig Association said that as Germany's largest slaughterhouse meat through Nice temporarily closed after the outbreak of large-scale new crown epidemic, its production capacity is not replaced by other digestive slaughterhouse, in just two weeks, the German pig backlog of 50 Wan Head, and caused the price of live pigs to plummet by 11% , and farmers lost 20 million euros.

5. EU wheat production is expected to fall to its lowest level in eight years. The latest report of the US Department of Agriculture has lowered the EU wheat production in 2020/2021 by 1.5 million tons to 139.5 million tons, which will be the lowest EU wheat harvest since 2012/2013. World trade in wheat is expected to reduce 80 million tons to 180.8 billion tons; reduce the consumption of 160 million tons to 751.6 billion tons; inventories will be reduced by 130 million tons to 3.148 million tons, but will continue to maintain the highest level, which China and India still account for more than half of the total inventory, 51% and 10% respectively .

6. Myanmar allocated a total of 6 billion kyats (approximately 30 million yuan) of special funds for 150,000 acres of fishponds to aquaculture farmers. The Myanmar Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Irrigation stated that it will complete subsidies for the fishery industry affected by the COVID-19 epidemic by September. The government will also use a $ 4 million loan from the World Bank to build a cold storage facility for aquatic products. By September, 1.4 billion kyats will be used for technical training of farmers under the economic assistance plan for the new coronary pneumonia epidemic. In total, the government provided 95.1 billion kyats in funding for agriculture and animal husbandry.

7. African swine fever broke out in Kayah State, Myanmar. According to the Myanmar Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Irrigation, African swine fever virus was detected from 46 dead pigs in Kayah State. From June to now, 139 cases of sick and dead pigs have been reported in several towns and districts of Kayah State.

8. Pakistani business community calls for the introduction of Chinese technology to improve crop yields. The Pakistan-China Chamber of Commerce and Industry recently held a think tank meeting that called on the Pakistani government to adopt China’s ecological agriculture model to increase crop yields and avoid the growing food security crisis in Pakistan. The chairman of the federation stated that the Chinese government has established an effective government -market regulation mechanism to ensure food security. The use of Chinese technology and planting models on Pakistani land is the best way to increase crop yields.

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