Speaking of "granary", we will think of the golden ears of grain, the joy of harvest, and when we talk of "the land of fish and rice", it represents the happy land of worry-free food and clothing, happiness and tranquility.

But Dong Qijun, who lives in the Poyang Lake Plain, disagrees with this at all.

The Poyang Lake Plain is a veritable "land of fish and rice", crisscrossed by rice fields, vegetable fields, fish ponds and lotus lakes on the plain, and is the "granary" of the south of the Yangtze River and an important base for the production of cotton, oilseeds and pigs.

Now it is spring ploughing, but Dong Qijun, who has 60 acres of arable land, is panicking.

That's right, this is the land of fish and rice, rich in products, and it seems that life is very good.

But in the eyes of Dong Qijun, who is a farmer, it's just like that, there is food and drink, but he wants to make a fortune, and he accidentally owes a lot of debts!

The name of the country's "granary" sounds proud, but the person concerned does not necessarily enjoy it.

The main reason is that the large amount of arable land and grain production tasks in the Poyang Lake Plain have made it subject to a certain degree of constraints in economic development.

Take him as an example, he can be regarded as a big grower in the village, but so what? Grain is not valuable, and the more you grow it, the poorer you become!

Why is this happening?

In addition to the fact that the value of agricultural output is not comparable to that of industry, there are many other reasons.

For a long period of time, the national policy was tilted towards industry and cities, which led to a lot of economic pressure on the rural areas, such as unified purchasing and marketing, not to mention.

For example, the Yangtze River Delta and the Pearl River Delta, which are traditional fish and rice towns, are decreasing grain output and grain crop sowing area due to geographical advantages and policy drives, which means that grain production tasks are increasingly concentrated in other "granaries". Look at 1 gross 2 lines 3 Chinese net

In recent years, grain production has continued to increase, and prices have been flattened by the state – soaring food prices will affect social stability. In this way, the grain consumption areas are in an active position, while the production areas are in a passive position.

Why?

On the one hand, in order to ensure food security, the development of cash crop cultivation or industry in the main grain-producing areas has been restricted. On the other hand, grain-consuming areas can freely grant land for industry or develop the cultivation of cash crops; what kind of injustice is this? It is simply equivalent to the fact that the main grain-producing areas have suffered the difference between industry and agriculture in disguise.

If the above reasons are only vaguely felt by farmers like Dong Qijun and may not be very understood, then the following questions are truly experienced.

As we all know, the increase in grain production depends on the nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium in the field.

But there are not many mechanisms in nature to replenish nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium - Jinkela can't absorb nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium two meters below the ground, isn't it? In the end, only the nutrients in the surface layer are available.

Therefore, farmers can only rely on manual replenishment to maintain soil fertility, and the cycle of composting is too long, and chemical fertilizers must be used for high efficiency.

So after China had the capacity to produce fertilizers on a large scale, grain production made great progress. A lot of small freshness when it comes to chemical fertilizers feel that it is harmful and useless, and it must be enough to support it.

However, the role of chemical fertilizers also has a marginal effect.

To put it simply, if you apply chemical fertilizer for a long time, there will be a situation in which the amount of chemical fertilizer applied will increase very quickly, and the increase in grain output will be relatively slow - in recent years, the amount of chemical fertilizer applied by Dong Qijun for rice cultivation has increased by at least 60 percent, while the rice yield has only increased by more than 40 percent.

What makes him even more alarmed is that on the one hand, more chemical fertilizers will be used to increase production, which will further drive up the cost of growing food, and on the other hand, the misuse of chemical fertilizers has caused soil compaction on cultivated land, and excess chemical fertilizers have flowed into surface or underground runoff, causing eutrophication in Poyang Lake, which is a pollution that he can see.

In addition to the hidden dangers of the environment, the burden on the countryside is also quite heavy!

In addition to the production of grain and other agricultural products, rural areas have many contributions and sacrifices.

Today's people may be relatively unfamiliar with the "three mentions and five reunifications," and they are not familiar with the various rural taxes and fees at the end of the last century.

However, Dong Qijun has been facing this heavy burden for many years - there is a law to follow in taxes, and the fines are neither light nor heavy, and "one tax is light, two taxes are heavy, and three taxes and four taxes are bottomless" is the phenomenon that is being said. Not to mention the fines for family planning, "pickpocketing" is not just a slogan.

On the one hand, we must guard the red line of cultivated land and contribute to the whole country's game of chess, and on the other hand, we must desperately squeeze the basic industrial land and attract merchants to settle down.

For the country, since stable and low-priced grain is a necessary public service, the task of grain production in grain-producing areas is naturally an important interest appeal;

For the local governments in the grain-producing areas, the grain production tasks in the grain-producing areas are the constraints on local economic development, so the implementation is not resolute;

For peasants like Dong Qijun, due to the sharp fluctuations in grain prices, the income from growing grain is not guaranteed. The enthusiasm for the implementation of grain production tasks in grain-producing areas is also not high, and there will be hidden environmental hazards.

Three-way game, it's really too difficult!

But the hardest part is the peasants at the bottom!

But this year, farmer Dong Qijun finally saw the dawn of hope.

First, the good governance of abolishing agricultural taxes and various rural complicated taxes and fees has been tried out on a trial basis, and it is said that the state is already legislating that from next year, the agricultural tax that has lasted for thousands of years will be officially abolished!

Not all farmers can't understand the sadness and hardship of the past.

How many farmers still can't believe it's true!

At the beginning of this year, there is another good news, from this year, the state will implement the minimum purchase price policy of rice, and increase the price year by year!

This is definitely good news for a big grain grower like him!

In the past, there was no purchase policy in the market, for example, last year, the purchase price of rice fell, which was simply miserable.

Last year, because the rice could not be sold, the arrears of agricultural materials amounted to tens of thousands of yuan -- the working capital for planting grain, including the purchase of agricultural materials, cultivation costs, land rent, etc., mainly depends on the sale of grain, if the grain cannot be sold, the follow-up turnover will be difficult to continue.

Those who are reluctant to sell at a low price can only be pressed in their hands, but if they don't sell grain, they will have no money to spend, let alone repay debts.

Seeing that spring plowing is coming, Dong Qijun didn't know whether to plant rice or not this year - if he planted, he would continue to play white strips, but if this year's rice is still the same market as last year, he really can't pay back the money for two consecutive seasons.

But what can you do if you don't farm?

Well, now that there is the state's policy of purchasing the city, at least I am not afraid of losing money, and after careful calculation, there is still a good income, and it seems that I can continue to farm again.

There is really a lot of good news this year, Dong Qijun is still imagining, if there is other good news, come quickly, the old farmers are hungry and thirsty!

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