China development network news on April 19, the official website of the National Bureau of statistics released an article by Wang Guirong, director of the rural socio-economic survey department, interpreting the economic data of the first quarter. The article mentioned that in the first quarter, all regions and departments fully implemented the major decisions and arrangements of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council on agricultural development, took various measures to stabilize summer grain production, the development of animal husbandry was stable, and the situation of agricultural production was generally stable.
The article mentioned that there were positive changes in the growth of winter wheat and continued to transform for the better. Affected by the severe autumn flood last year, about 110 million mu of winter wheat was sown late in China, accounting for about 1 / 3 of the wheat area, and the growth trend is weak as a whole. Since the beginning of spring, the temperature in the main producing areas of winter wheat has been on the high side, with sunny weather and suitable soil moisture. Sufficient light and heat conditions and good moisture content are very beneficial to the rejuvenation and jointing growth of winter wheat. All localities have firmly grasped the key growth period of winter wheat rejuvenation, paid close attention to the field management in spring due to the land and seedlings, and laid a good foundation for the weakening and strengthening of wheat seedlings through timely application of rejuvenation fertilizer and watering jointing water, The growth of winter wheat continued to improve. However, remote sensing monitoring shows that the current growth of winter wheat has not reached the level of last year and the same period of the year. In the later stage, field management needs to be further strengthened to ensure a good harvest of summer grain production.
In addition, livestock production developed steadily, and the output of pigs, cattle, sheep and poultry increased by 8.8%. In the first quarter, the national animal husbandry production developed steadily. The national output of pigs, cattle, sheep and poultry meat was 23.95 million tons, an increase of 1.94 million tons or 8.8% over the same period last year. Among them, the slaughter of live pigs continued to grow; Stable development of cattle and sheep production; The production of poultry meat decreased and the production of poultry eggs increased.
First, the slaughter of live pigs continued to grow, and the stock of fertile sows decreased. In the first quarter, 195.66 million pigs were sold nationwide, an increase of 24.22 million over the same period last year, a year-on-year increase of 14.1%; Pork output was 15.61 million tons, an increase of 1.92 million tons, an increase of 14.0%. At the end of the first quarter, the number of live pigs was 422.53 million, an increase of 6.57 million, an increase of 1.6%; 26.7 million heads decreased month on month, down 5.9%. Among them, the number of sows that can breed was 41.85 million, a year-on-year decrease of 1.33 million, a decrease of 3.1%; The number decreased by 1.44 million, down 3.3%.
Second, the production of cattle and sheep has developed steadily, and the output of meat and milk has achieved double growth. In the first quarter, 11.38 million beef cattle were sold nationwide, an increase of 3.4% over the same period last year; Beef output was 1.71 million tons, an increase of 3.6%; Milk output was 7.68 million tons, an increase of 8.3%. 70.92 million sheep were slaughtered, an increase of 0.5% over the same period last year; The output of mutton was 1.06 million tons, an increase of 1.4%. At the end of the first quarter, there were 98.84 million cattle, an increase of 3.9% year-on-year and 0.7% month on month; There were 321.29 million sheep in stock, a year-on-year increase of 3.6% and a month on month increase of 0.5%.
Third, the output of poultry meat decreased and the output of poultry eggs increased. Since 2021, meat and poultry breeding has suffered losses and production has begun to slow down. In the first quarter, 3.7 billion poultry were sold nationwide, a decrease of 0.9% over the same period last year; The output of poultry meat was 5.57 million tons, down 0.9%. The output of poultry eggs was 8.31 million tons, an increase of 2.5%. At the end of the first quarter, there were 5.95 billion poultry on hand, a year-on-year increase of 2.7% and a month on month decrease of 12.4%.
The article also mentioned that the price of live pigs fell, and other Shenzhen Agricultural Products Group Co.Ltd(000061) mainly rose. In the first quarter, the producer prices of agricultural and fishery products generally rose, and the prices of forestry products were basically stable. Affected by the continuous sharp decline in pig prices, the national Shenzhen Agricultural Products Group Co.Ltd(000061) producer prices decreased by 6.7% over the same period of last year.
By category, producer prices of agricultural products rose by 5.8%; The price of fishery products increased by 2.5%; The price of forestry products decreased by 1.0%; The price of raising animals and their products decreased by 25.3%.
In terms of varieties, soybean prices rose by 7.5%, wheat by 4.4%, corn by 0.7% and rice by 2.7%; Cotton (seed cotton) rose by 28.2%; Vegetables rose 6.0%; Fruit rose 4.3%; Oil decreased by 1.0%. Affected by the continuous increase of pig supply, the price of pigs fell sharply by 51.3%, the price of raising animals and their products fell by 25.3 percentage points, and the overall price level of Shenzhen Agricultural Products Group Co.Ltd(000061) producers fell by 9.5 percentage points.
