Agricultural Information Centre, Shandong Province, according to statistics scheduling in the first quarter prices of major agricultural products in Shandong Province have risen overall prices high. Wheat, corn, vegetable prices rose, but a steady drop slightly in March; cotton, pigs, pork prices continued to rise rose significantly; soybean, peanut, millet, rice prices continue to fall but prices are still higher than the previous year; the price of eggs Spring rapid increases before falling after the Spring Festival; fertilizer prices high levels over the same period a relatively large increase.
Wheat crops in the first quarter of the average price of 1.099 yuan / kg year (a year earlier, the same below) was up 7.84% chain (the same below the fourth quarter over the previous year) rose 1.05% increase has narrowed. The average price of corn in the first quarter 1.02 yuan / kg rose 11.57% year on year increase of 1.29% increase the chain has also been reduced.
Peanut crops in the first quarter of the market price of the basic maintenance of relatively flat last year at the end of a steady level soybean prices fell. Cotton has experienced ups and downs last year after the end of a steady rise in the first quarter as a whole. The average price of 6.22 yuan seed cotton / kg rose by 69.68% up 0.13% qoq increase significantly over the previous year. The average wholesale price of vegetables in the first quarter of 1.91 yuan / kg rose by 0.43% point of view from the trend of rapid increases in 1,2 month continued to drop in March.
Livestock and poultry products, live pigs in the first quarter average price of 6.91 yuan / kg rose by 28.12% up 8.31% qoq. 3 end by the "lean" incident decline in pig slaughter purchase price of slightly less than normal fall. 3 end of the price of live pigs and 7.2 yuan / kg decreased by 2.37% last week. The average price of eggs in the first quarter of 4.21 yuan / kg rose by 22.92% up 0.36% qoq. Festival eggs into the traditional off-season demand for consumer prices less rapid decline in egg. 3 end of the egg price is 3.69 yuan / kg prices continue to fall more than 30% cumulative drop.
Agricultural average price of urea in the first quarter of 2013.36 yuan / ton, up 10.12% year on year up 3.57% qoq; compound average price of 2932.96 yuan / ton, up 13.81% year on year up 6.32% qoq; DAP average price of 3316.12 yuan / ton, up 10.04% year on year . (Wang Jun, Zhang Haifeng)