CCTV News: The latest data released by the National Food and Material Reserves Bureau shows that as of now, the cumulative purchase volume of autumn grain in the country has exceeded 300 million tons, equivalent to 60% of the autumn grain output in 2024. Autumn grain mainly includes rice, corn, and soybeans, accounting for more than 70% of the annual grain production. It is mainly distributed in 13 major grain-producing areas including the Northeast, the Huanghuaihai, the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and the southwest.

my country's grain purchase mainly includes summer grain and autumn grain. The purchase of autumn grains spans a long time, usually starting from late September of the previous year and continuing until the end of April of the next year.

At present, the national corn and soybean purchase volume exceeds 190 million tons and 10 million tons respectively, both of which are the highest levels in recent years. The peak season acquisition of mid-to-late rice has ended at the end of February 2025, with a total of 105 million tons acquired, with a total market price stable overall and obvious characteristics of high-quality and high-price.

Luo Shouquan, Director of the Grain Reserve Department of the National Grain and Material Reserve Bureau, said that in order to protect the interests of grain-growing farmers, relevant state departments have launched the purchase of medium and late rice in major grain-producing provinces such as Heilongjiang to maximize the purchase price of middle and late rice, to meet farmers' needs for grain sales. The cumulative minimum purchase price of rice was 7.11 million tons, accounting for 7% of the total purchase volume of rice. Corn and soybean purchases and sales are active, and market prices have rebounded

Since 2024, domestic corn market prices have been operating at a stage of low levels. The National Bureau of Food and Material Reserves shall implement comprehensive measures to promote the maintenance of grain prices within a reasonable range and protect the enthusiasm of grain-growing farmers.

In the past few days, the site of this grain storage site in Jidong County, Heilongjiang Province has been busy, and the corn purchase volume has exceeded 10,000 tons.

From December 2024 to the present, China National Grain and Oils Reserves Jilin Branch has increased its corn storage three times, and 48 storage sites in the province have opened purchases. In the Shuangyang Branch of Changchun Direct Storage, trucks filled with corn are entering the warehouse in an orderly manner.

As of now, China Grain and Oils has set up more than 400 purchase warehouses in each major corn production area. In March, a batch of storage and storage points were added to further expand the scale of storage and storage, and actively stabilize the market and expectations.

Luo Shouquan, Director of the Grain Reserve Department of the National Grain and Material Reserve Bureau, introduced that at present, the market prices of corn and soybeans have increased by 100 yuan to 200 yuan per ton compared with December 2024, reflecting the positive attitude of various market entities toward the future market. Technology helps the grain industry to iteratively upgrade

The grain market is actively purchasing and selling, and many places are also continuing to strengthen technological support to help the entire grain industry chain iteratively upgrade.

Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province is an important production base for granaries in northern Zhejiang Province. This large screen shows the entire provincial-level rural revitalization grain industry chain, which means that a grain of rice has achieved full-link supervision from warehouse entry, drying, storage to final sales and processing.

After drying, it enters the second half of the grain industry - processing and sales. The rice stored in the silo ends its "sleep period" and is transported to the rice mill through conveyor belts, starting the transformation from rice to rice.

Although there are few people, they can accomplish major tasks. Only two people can manage the drying, storage and processing of 10,000 tons of grain throughout the year, and the subsequent work of multiple links. Of course, this cannot be separated from the help of scientific and technological innovation. The entire base adopts the "digital twin + digital intelligent management" method to achieve the upgrading and iteration of the entire grain industry chain.

At present, the State Food and Material Reserves Administration is continuing to strengthen grain market monitoring and situation analysis, and coordinate market-oriented procurement and policy-based acquisitions. Guide all kinds of market entities to actively enter the market, enhance market purchase and sales vitality, and ensure the smooth conclusion of the autumn grain purchase in the peak season.