[Focus on autumn grain purchase] This year, the national autumn grain output was 991.9 billion Jin, an increase of 11 billion Jin over the previous year.

　　CCTV News:According to the latest statistics of the National Bureau of Statistics, the national autumn grain output this year was 991.9 billion Jin, an increase of 11 billion Jin over the previous year. With a bumper harvest, what farmers hope most is to sell at a good price. At present, the acquisition of autumn grain has been fully launched. What is the situation of autumn grain purchase this year?

　　Up to now this year, eight provinces in China, including Anhui, Henan, Hubei, Sichuan, Jiangsu, Hunan, Jiangxi and Heilongjiang, have started the minimum purchase price policy for mid-late rice, and Wanzai County of Jiangxi Province started the minimum purchase price policy for mid-late rice on December 11th. According to the regulations of the state, the minimum purchase price of mid-late rice is 1.26 yuan per catty.

　　Liu Yadong, Deputy Director of Grain Bureau of Wanzai County, Jiangxi Province:The purchase of late rice here this year has just begun, and it has collected more than 12,000 tons in the same period last year, mainly because the harvest of late rice was delayed for more than half a month this year due to the influence of climate.

　　Due to the late start of the minimum purchase price, coupled with climate and other reasons, the acquisition progress of rice this year is slower than last year. Besides rice, corn is another main variety of autumn grain. So, what about the acquisition of corn? In hua county, Henan Province, the reporter saw that some farmers’ corn was stored at home and had not been sold yet.

　　Reporter:These are not for sale, are they?

　　Ding Yong, a large grain grower in Niuzhuang Village, hua county City, Henan Province;None of this is for sale.

　　Reporter:They were all sold last year, right?

　　Ding Yong, a large grain grower in Niuzhuang Village, hua county City, Henan Province;Almost all of them were sold at this time last year. I want to wait for the price this year.

　　There is no minimum purchase price policy for corn, and it is mainly market-oriented acquisition. Reporters in Henan, Shandong and other major corn producing areas learned that the price of corn this year can reach more than 9 cents per catty, which is higher than last year. Some farmers hold the mentality of taking another look and choose to be reluctant to sell.

　　Xu Zhanzhong, Head of hua county Corn Industry Association:Because the people see that the corn market is better this year, they all want to wait, have a look and be steady. Then there is not much room for the price of corn to rise, because the new grain in the northeast is also on the market, so if it is appropriate, they should take the shot.

　　According to the latest statistics of the State Grain and Material Reserve Bureau, up to now, the main producing areas have purchased 62.66 million tons of mid-late rice, corn and soybeans, a year-on-year decrease of 11.37 million tons, and the progress is slower than that of the previous year. The State Grain and Material Reserve Bureau requires all major producing areas to coordinate and implement safeguard measures such as grain purchase funds, storage capacity and transportation capacity, and guide all kinds of purchasing entities to do a good job in grain collection sites, equipment and tools to ensure the smooth operation of autumn grain purchase.