Recently, the Director of the Heilongjiang Provincial Party Committee has ensured
that the total grain yield of Heilongjiang will reach over 75
million tons in 2021, and that the total grain sowing acreage will stabilize at around 14.3
million hectares in 2021, with 6 million hectares of corn planting area, 4
million hectares of soybean planting area and 4 million hectares of rice
planting area.
Heilongjiang province
ranks first in China when it comes to grain production. The province also ranks
first in the yields of corn and soybeans in China, which has a great influence
in the corn and soybean markets in China. During the recent two years, affected
by both Chinese and international markets, the corn planting and soybean
planting in Heilongjiang province has fluctuated. In 2019, Heilongjiang was
known as the largest main non-genetically modified soybean production area. The
soybean planting area in Heilongjiang reached 4.3 million hectares in 2019,
which accounted for 45.9% of the total soybean planting area in China.
Heilongjiang greatest corn
producer in China
Responding to the
agricultural situation in Heilongjiang, the province expanded more areas for
planting grain crops compared to 2019, with stable rice production, an increase
in corn and wheat production and a decrease in soybean production. Data from
the statistical department shows that the grain sowing acreage in Heilongjiang
in 2020 was 14 million hectares, which was an increase of 330 thousand hectares
compared to 2019. The total grain yield in Heilongjiang in 2020 reached 75.4
million tons,
accounting for 11.3% of the total grain yield in China, which was an increase
of 380
thousand tons compared to 2019. The total grain yield in
Heilongjiang in 2020 also accounts for 6.7% of the total grain volume increase
in China.
In fact, Heilongjiang’s
title of the greatest grain producing province is attributed to its corn
production. In 2011, the corn planting area in Heilongjiang province reached 5.9
million hectares, which was an increase of 670 thousand hectares compared to
2010. With the high production of corn and other crops, the total output of
grain was 55.7 million tons, which produced 2.8
million tons more than Hunan, the second greatest grain
producing province.
Recently, the Minister of
Agriculture and Rural Affairs of
China indicated that the total grain production should be ensured to stabilize
at around 650 million tons in 2021, so that the total grain
production can continue to increase. Specifically, he stated that all areas in
China should make sure that the soybean production should reach over 933
million hectares, and he also emphasized that the expansion of corn planting
area in northeastern China and the Huanghuaihai region should be given
priority.
In order to ensure the
grain production in 2021, the government of Heilongjiang province issued a plan
for preventing farmland from being used for other purposes than grain planting
on December 31, 2020. Three points are emphasized in the plan. First, the grain
production plans should be practicable. Rice planting area should be
stabilized, and the corn planting area should be moderately increased. Second, increased
monitoring measures for ploughing and grain growing should be implemented.
Third, more benefits and allowances should be given by the government to the farmers
who increase grain production.
For more information, please check our China
Corn Products News.