Although the vegetable basket is small, it is related to people's livelihood. With the Spring Festival approaching, the consumption of "vegetable basket" products such as meat, eggs, milk, fish, fruits and vegetables ushered in a peak. However, recently, there have been low temperatures, rain, snow and freezing weather in many places across the country, which has brought great challenges to the production of "vegetable basket" products. On the whole, during the Spring Festival, the production foundation of "vegetable basket" products is solid, the market purchase and sales are booming, and the total supply is guaranteed, which can make urban and rural residents have a safe year.
Produce - to cope with bad weather production and ensure supply.
The Spring Festival is approaching, it is the peak season of "vegetable basket" product consumption, and it is also a critical period for facility agricultural production, effectively coping with the adverse effects of bad weather on agricultural production and ensuring stability during the festival, which has become the top priority of the current "vegetable basket" product production in various places.
Since January 31, there has been a wide range of persistent low-temperature, rain, snow and freezing weather in the central and eastern parts of China. In Maping Town, Suizhou City, Hubei Province, the reporter saw that the villagers were removing snow from the vegetable greenhouse, and the tomatoes in the shed were still growing. "We received an early warning long before the heavy snowfall, and quickly organized farmers to harvest as much as possible, and at the same time organized farmers to strengthen the greenhouses in advance to ensure the safety of vegetables**. Li Jinshan, chief economist of Suizhou Agriculture and Rural Bureau, said. In Jincheng, Shanxi Province, the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau organized agricultural technicians to set up six "commando teams" to teach farmers how to prevent and respond to rain and snow.
To stabilize the "vegetable basket" during the Spring Festival, production is an important part. In 2023, the sown area and output of vegetables across the country will continue to grow, with an area of more than 78 million mu and an output of more than 21 million tons in late December, an increase of more than 800,000 mu and more than 600,000 tons year-on-year, respectively. According to the monitoring and dispatch of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, in the first quarter of 2024, the national production capacity of meat, eggs and milk will be abundant, and the area of vegetables in the field will increase steadily in January, and the supply of "vegetable basket" products will have a solid foundation.
Approaching the Spring Festival, the vegetable production base of the northern facility is busy. The members of Shandong Shouguang Zhaowei Vegetable Professional Cooperative transported baskets of freshly picked cucumbers, tomatoes and other more than 60 kinds of vegetables to the cooperative for packaging and loading. "Since the twentieth day of the lunar month, the number of orders across the country has increased day by day, and the supply volume has doubled compared with usual, with daily shipments of 80,000-90,000 catties. Zhao Wei, the head of the cooperative, told reporters that these vegetables will be sent to Henan, Jiangsu, Shanghai and other places, and they will be able to reach consumers the next day.
to ensure supply and stabilize people's livelihood", the string must not be loosened at any time. Low temperature, rain, snow and freezing weather have an adverse impact on the production, picking, procurement and transportation of "vegetable basket" products. In the early stage, the General Office of the Communist Party of China and the General Office of the Communist Party of China issued the "Notice on Doing a Good Job in Relevant Work During the Spring Festival on New Year's Day in 2024", emphasizing the need to implement the "vegetable basket" mayor responsibility system. Recently, the General Office of the Communist Party of China and the General Office of the Communist Party of China issued the "Notice on Preventing and Responding to Low Temperature, Rain, Snow and Freezing Disasters Before and After the Spring Festival", emphasizing the need to ensure the supply of vegetables and fresh agricultural and sideline products.
In order to do a good job in ensuring the supply of "vegetable basket" products during the Spring Festival, Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province, guided the city's key commercial and trade circulation enterprises to strengthen the production and marketing connection and joint supply of important "vegetable basket" commodities such as meat and vegetables, increase the supply organization, and increase inventory stocking. Jinan City, Shandong Province, has strengthened meteorological information early warning and forecasting services, established a special meteorological service group for "vegetable basket" to ensure supply and stable prices, and issued early warning and forecasts of cold wave, rain and snow weather through official websites, WeChat and other channels in a timely manner.
Stable – Seasonal** fluctuations are in line with perennial patterns.
Chinese cabbage 185 yuan catty, white radish 148 yuan catty, eggplant 431 yuan jin ......In the Changshun Street store of Yimin Cuisine in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, all kinds of vegetables are neatly stacked, sausages and bacon are hung in the air, and the smell of New Year's flavor and fireworks is blowing in the face. "It's just snowed, and the price of vegetables has risen a little, but it's still not too expensive, you can buy a little more. "Ms. Zhou, a citizen, is buying New Year's goods.
Whether the market is stable or not is connected to thousands of households. According to the monitoring of the information system of the national agricultural product wholesale market, in the fifth week of 2024, vegetables and pork will be **month-on-month**, but still **year-on-year**. Overall, the current "vegetable basket" products are mainly seasonal fluctuations, basically in line with the perennial law, Henan, Shandong, Anhui and other places affected by the cold wave, rain and snow weather, with the implementation of various measures to ensure the supply of the "vegetable basket", the market operation is basically normal, and the fluctuation is not large. It is expected that during the Spring Festival, the supply of the national "vegetable basket" product market will be guaranteed and run smoothly.
From the perspective of the vegetable market, the total supply is sufficient, and it is expected that the vegetables will continue to rise in the later period, but the increase is limited. In January, the national average wholesale price of 28 kinds of vegetables monitored by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs was 520 yuan, up 46%, down 9 percent year-on-year9%。"From the 25th to the 28th of the lunar month, it is generally the time period for retailers to stock up in large quantities, because the vehicles stranded in the road due to rain and snow will arrive at the market one after another, and the vegetables are sufficient, but due to logistics and labor costs, it is expected that the pre-holiday vegetables will continue to rise, and with the rapid recovery of vegetable cross-regional transportation, it is expected that the price increase will be limited. Zhang Jing, chief vegetable analyst of the agricultural product market analysis and early warning team of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, said.
From the perspective of the pork market, the breeding sow and pig herd are still at a high level, and the production capacity is sufficient. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, by the end of 2023, there will be 41.42 million sows that can reproduce, which is higher than the normal number, and 434.22 million live pigs. "Before the Spring Festival, the centralized stocking has come to an end, after the Spring Festival, into the seasonal off-season of pork consumption, it is expected that the pre-holiday pork ** does not have the conditions of a large **, after the holiday in the short term **will be small**. Li Songlin, chief analyst of the pork market monitoring and early warning team of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, introduced.
From the perspective of the poultry egg market, there is plenty of egg prices during the Spring Festival, and egg prices are expected to be small after the holiday. Xiong Lu, chief analyst of poultry eggs of the agricultural product market analysis and early warning team of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, introduced that on the supply side, since October 2023, the national inventory of laying hens has maintained a steady increase, which is at a high level in the same period in history, and the egg market is sufficient.
From the perspective of the fruit market, this year's fruit production is generally bumper, the market supply is sufficient, and the varieties are rich. "Apples, pears and other cold storage fruits have basically completed pre-holiday stocking, and the market is dominated by citrus, apples, pears, bananas, strawberries, etc. Zhao Junye, chief analyst of fruit varieties of the market analysis and early warning team of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, said that the current average wholesale of fruits was slightly smaller than the previous month, but due to the sufficient fruit inventory, the Spring Festival was relatively stable, and the fruit market is expected to remain saturated in the short term after the holiday.
Supply-road transportation is smooth, and all parts of the country are fully supplied.
If it is produced, it must be supplied. In the face of the severe challenges of rain and snow, in the past few days, all localities have actively deployed manpower, material resources and transportation capacity to step up harvesting and transportation to ensure the supply of "vegetable basket" products during the Spring Festival.
As the "vegetable basket" and "fruit plate" of Beijing citizens, in order to ensure the best during the festival, Xinfadi Market has made full preparations. "At present, the amount of vegetables on the market in Xinfadi is about 260,000 tons, 1 fruit50,000 tons, the amount of pork is maintained at about 2,000 heads, and the market as a whole is sufficient and stable. Tong Wei, director of the Xinfadi Market Publicity Department, introduced that during the Spring Festival, there will be 2,000 merchants stationed in the Xinfadi market to rotate 3,000 tons of dishes in 9 categories such as potatoes, onions, and Chinese cabbage, and dynamically adjust the delivery according to monitoring.
Logistics and transportation are an important part of stabilizing supply and ensuring supply. Potatoes in Inner Mongolia, melons and vegetables in Hainan, Guangxi and other places ......At one or two o'clock in the morning, a large truck covered with quilts drove into the Shanxi Jincheng Lvsheng Vegetable Wholesale Market. "Although it has snowed for a few days, but the logistics are basically smooth, even if the blizzard closes the road, don't worry, we have stocked up in advance to ensure that about 1,000 tons of mainland vegetables are stored every day, if a high-speed road closure in a certain production area, we will urgently go to other places of origin to transfer goods to ensure that the wholesale market is sufficient. Pan Cundong, general manager of Lvsheng Vegetable Wholesale Market, said.
While ensuring the smooth flow of the "main artery", it is also necessary to smooth the "last mile" of logistics and distribution. "Through convenient vegetable shops and through trains, fresh fruits and vegetables from Xinfadi can be brought to the doorsteps of residents every day. Tong Wei introduced that during the Spring Festival, Beijing Xinfadi Market will deploy more than 100 vegetable through trains to operate efficiently to meet the requirements of the city and district to ensure supply, and at the same time, give full play to the role of Xinfadi Market in various communities to facilitate the direct sales of stores, and quickly deploy vegetables and fruits in the market into the community.
In the early stage, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs has deployed the work of the 'vegetable basket' during the Spring Festival. The relevant person in charge of the Department of Market and Information Technology of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said that in the next step, it will focus on strengthening the production scheduling of "vegetable basket" products and the dynamic monitoring of market operation by pressing responsibility, stabilizing production, strengthening supervision, and promoting docking, so as to release supply and demand information in a timely manner and stabilize market expectations.