Recently, one of the hot topics on the Internet is that some people are trying to induce farmers to harvest immature wheat in advance as green fodder at a high price of 1,500 yuan per mu.
Threat to food security?
Many bloggers also posted articles denouncing this threat to food security, and also pointed out that the Henan Department of Agriculture responded quickly to oppose and take measures to stop these things from happening!
As soon as this article was issued, it immediately caused controversy among many netizens!
Some netizens asked rhetorically:
It's only 1200 when it's mature, and now you can sell it for 1500, if you were it, how would you choose?
Some netizens said it directly:
Food security should not be based on exploiting farmers!
Some netizens mentioned that last year, wheat sprouted in the field, and in some places farmers were not even allowed to harvest with machines!
Indeed, the price of animal feed has been rising in recent years, and some farm owners have begun to play the idea of green wheat storage. They felt that it was both cost-effective and convenient to use the immature wheat as feed.
Farmers should understand the general situation and take into account the overall situation?
The blogger above said it was quite tactful, but the next blogger's point of view is even more infuriating!
Directly buckled a big hat to the peasant:
Farmer brothers must understand the general situation, take into account the overall situation, not just look at the small profits in their pockets, but also think about food security!
The article also cites the views published by the People's Daily in 2022: To defend food security, we can't destroy wheat!
Needless to say, more than 10,000 networks are fiercely debated in the comment area!
Some netizens directly said:
Understanding the general situation and taking into account the overall situation can make us earn more money?
Some netizens feel how unfair this is, businessmen can make money in business, white-collar workers can go to work to earn wages, farmers farm to make ends meet, and now they have to bear the big hat of food security! Are you willing to let you go to work for nothing without paying?
Some netizens also proposed that it is not advisable to "cut green and destroy wheat", but this responsibility cannot be borne by all farmers, and farmers should be compensated!
Standing and talking without back pain?
Some netizens accused that you people don't have a backache when you stand and talk, and you sit for hundreds of thousands of dollars a year! Peasant uncles face the loess with their backs to the sky all year round!
Take Kaifeng as an example: less than 1 mu of land per capita, 800-1000 catties of wheat per mu, less than 1.5 catties, and an acre of land may not even be 1200!
The deep-seated reasons behind it
Xiaobian believes that the reason why the farmer brothers choose to harvest the immature wheat in advance as silage is mainly due to the following three key issues:
The first is to make more money. In the current situation of rising agricultural inputs, labor costs and low wheat purchase prices, farmers can obtain higher returns by selling green reserves. For example, an acre of wheat can be sold for 1,500 yuan or even more when sold as green storage fodder, and when the wheat is really ripe and then harvested, the price of an acre of wheat may only be about 1,200 yuan. This price difference makes farmers more inclined to choose to harvest early. If you can make ripe wheat more expensive and farmers have a good harvest, what will a fool sell?
Second, harvesting ahead of time can save trouble. After harvesting the green storage wheat, farmers no longer have to worry about follow-up management such as watering, spraying, and harvesting, which can save a lot of time and energy. Moreover, the harvested straw does not need to be processed anymore and can be sold directly to the farm.
Third, harvesting earlier reduces risk. Weather can be unpredictable, and in the late stages of wheat growth, disasters can lead to reduced yields or reduced quality. Early harvesting can avoid this risk and ensure a stable income for farmers.
Official refutation of rumors
However, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs quickly responded that the online rumor that farmers harvesting immature wheat for silage was a rumor!
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Although this year is a rumor, this incident did happen before, and in 2022, Henan Province did issue relevant documents to strictly prohibit any incident of destroying wheat!
The editor has something to say
Although it is said that this incident did not happen this year, some so-called expert bloggers put some big hats on the heads of farmers at every turn, which is simply a sadness!
It is ridiculous that the peasants should take care of the overall situation, but who will take care of the peasants?
Pensions, medical care, caring for the elderly, children, etc., which ones don't need money? And where does the money come from?
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