Rising fuel, impact on agricultural machinery

In the recent period, the price of oil on the international market has risen sharply, and the price of refined oil in China has also been raised several times. The continuous rising oil price of refined oil products has a great impact on agricultural production, and the cost of agricultural machinery operations continues to increase. The resulting charges for agricultural machinery operations have been transferred to the majority of farmers who have farmed, which has shown signs of a rebound in farmers’ burdens and, to a certain extent, dampened the enthusiasm of farmers for farming. . Thanks to the implementation of supportive agricultural policies such as agricultural tax reduction, direct subsidies for growing grain, and purchase subsidies for agricultural machinery, the farmers’ enthusiasm for growing grain, tobacco, and vegetables has greatly increased. As a result, farmers’ demand for agricultural production materials such as agricultural machinery and equipment has greatly increased, and refined oil In particular, the increase in the price of agricultural diesel has affected the agricultural production of winter and spring agricultural machinery, irrigation and drought prevention, flood prevention and rescue, cultivating, transportation, agricultural product processing, and other agricultural production. The cost of agricultural machinery oil has soared, bringing greater agricultural production. The negative impact has increased the burden on farmers' production and life.

Fuel price increases, continuing shortages, problems for agricultural production and agricultural machinery development
1. The cost of agricultural production has been greatly increased. Due to the increase in diesel prices and the increase in the cost of agricultural machinery operations, the operational efficiency of agricultural machinery has declined, and large agricultural households have generally reported that agricultural machinery operations such as ploughing and hoeing are basically profit-making services.

2. Severely dampening the enthusiasm of farmers to invest in agricultural machinery At present, the development of China's agricultural mechanization has entered a market-oriented stage of development, and the efficiency of agricultural machinery has become a major factor affecting the development of agricultural mechanization. Although the state, the province, and farmers subsidize the purchase of agricultural machinery, from the actual situation, due to the rise in diesel prices, the operational efficiency of agricultural machinery has decreased, and the enthusiasm of farmers for investment in purchasing has been affected to some extent. The owners of agricultural machinery have a high cost of the oil, which increases the cost of the agricultural machinery operation and can not afford the machinery. The farmers are unwilling to accept agricultural machinery operation services, causing the idleness, rust, or even scrapping of agricultural machinery resources. The vicious cycle of farmer households who do not use machines, do not buy machines, and farm machinery companies do not produce or produce agricultural machinery will seriously affect the agricultural machinery process.
In addition, diesel prices also have an impact on the management of agricultural machinery. Many agricultural machinery operators have been unable to operate mechanical storage due to high oil prices. They neither participate in training nor participate in annual machine inspections. Some newly purchased machines are also unlicensed, leading to annual inspections and lower licensing rates, resulting in the production of agricultural machinery. Insecurity increases.

3. The increase in the cost of agricultural machinery as a result of rising oil prices has led to an increase in the burden on farmers. The increase in fuel prices has led directly to a significant increase in the operating costs of agricultural machinery. Farmers who buy agricultural machinery can only increase the operating fees for agricultural machinery in order to protect their own interests. All of them were transferred to farmers, causing a rebound in the peasant burden. At the same time, oil prices rose and they could not buy, farm machinery was idle, and the burden on buyers was aggravated.
In the past two years, the party Central Committee has attached great importance to grain production and adopted a series of support measures. Food prices have remained low despite improvements. The sharp increase in diesel prices, shortages, and agricultural production are seasonally strong industries. Undoubtedly, it is aggravating and the farmers' grain production is basically a meager operation. Therefore, in the production process, investment is reduced as much as possible, and no-tillage can be done without tillage. Shallow ploughing does not require deep ploughing and can be irrigated twice without irrigation.

As early as 2004, the "Promotion Law of the People's Republic of China on the Promotion of Agricultural Mechanization" was promulgated and implemented. Article 28 of the Law states: "The state shall provide financial subsidies for the use of fuel oil for agricultural production operations of agricultural machinery in accordance with the needs of agricultural and rural economic development. Fuel subsidies shall be distributed to farmers and agricultural production and operation organizations directly engaged in agricultural machinery operations." The agricultural fuel subsidy policy is an important support measure for the state to guide the development of agricultural mechanization as stipulated in the "Promotion of Agricultural Mechanization Promotion Law." It is hoped that the details of the specific fuel subsidy policy will be introduced as soon as possible and subsidies will be in place.