Food is also a rigid need for life, why are many farmers still very poor after many years of farming

I think there are three reasons why farmers have been farming for many years but are not rich: first, there is also an expenditure for growing food; Second, the purchase of grain is not high; Third, food production is vulnerable to natural disasters.

First, there is an expense for growing food. Growing food is not about digging a hole, putting the grain in it and ignoring it, waiting for the harvest, growing food is a laborious and laborious job. First of all, before planting grain, it is necessary to cultivate the land first, and also buy fertilizers, grain seeds, pesticides, etc.

Secondly, the grain should be taken care of when it is planted, and weeding should be removed if there are too many weeds, otherwise the weeds will compete with the grain for nutrients, so that the grain will not grow well; The grain attracts insects, and if you want to find a way to get rid of the insects, sometimes you need to spray pesticides. In short, growing food requires not only financial expenditure, but also labor expenditure.

Second, grain purchases are not high. Although, we see that the grain ** in the supermarket is not very low, but most of the grain grown by farmers is sold to people who specialize in collecting grain, and the ** they give is mostly lower than the market price. It may be that for peasants, selling grain is just enough to solve their own food and clothing problems, and they can't make a lot of money.

Third, food production is vulnerable to natural disasters. Taking peanuts as an example, when planting peanuts, if the ground is too dry and the peanuts cannot grow, the yield will not be good; If it is too waterlogged, the peanuts may rot in the ground and the yield will not be good. Then you may have to say, the yield is less, then ** will not go up, in fact, the grain ** is a relatively average ** in the whole region**, we have drought and flood disasters in this place, it does not mean that there are other places, so ** is still not high.

In short, most peasants will not get rich by growing grain. As far as the situation of our village is concerned, most of the land in the village is now planted by the elderly, and most of the young people will choose to work in the city, and few young people will choose to farm, because the income of farming for one year is not as much as that of working for half a year. Now some of the land in the village grows grain, but not for sale, but for their own food, and there are very few people who farm simply for the sake of selling money.

First of all, one reason is that the income of the peasants is very meager, and the second reason is that most of the peasants in our country do not have a high level of education, so even if they have savings, they rarely invest, and even have few opportunities to plan for the future.

Because farming does not necessarily have a harvest every year, once the weather and climate are not good, the crop will be greatly reduced, and the farmers have no sales means and marketing minds, so they can't make money and are very poor.

This is mainly because they are only responsible for farming and only sell to local grain collectors at low prices.

Because grain is a necessity in the market, the crops planted by farmers are relatively low, not at all comparable to those industrial products, and the grain grown by farmers is probably purchased for two yuan a catty, and there is no money to be made.

The ** of food is indeed very cheap, because now the biggest cost of people's survival in society is not in this aspect of eating, now we usually eat how much rice is this, a pound of rice is a little more than two yuan, even if it is 2 yuan 5, an adult a pound a day, it is definitely enough to eat a month. At the consumer end, do you think it can be high when it comes to the production end? It's definitely cheap.

Even if it is so cheap, of course, there are many farmers who are willing to plant, not because they are particularly willing to plant, because they have no choice, because they do not farm and there is no other good way out, not the reality is as everyone thinks. Isn't it okay to go out to work without farming? Just find a job, earn 5,000 yuan a month, a year is much more suitable than farming, many farmers, he has been farmers for generations, he will not do other work at all.

What's more, there are old and young people in the family who can't let go, and they can't get out if they want to. <>

No one wants to leave his hometown, even if the income of a person who works outside is relatively high, earning tens of thousands of yuan a month, he doesn't want to be so far from home, just because he has no choice. The farmer also has no choice, of course he knows what to grow grain to make money, but he really lives on this land, and he can do other things, at most, he can go to the neighborhood to do odd jobs to earn pocket money or something when he has free time. He has no particularly high level of education, and he doesn't have any unique skills, and it is impossible to make a lot of money simply by paying for labor.

So now even farmers know education, this child you have to study hard, you have to have a good level of knowledge, you have a way out in the future, so that you can not face the loess with your back to the sky like your parents can walk out of the mountains and out of the land, because growing food is the only income of farmers, but this income is often relatively low. With this income, it is impossible to buy a house, buy a car, marry a daughter-in-law, and save a bride price, because the income is too low, and it is good to be able to barely make ends meet.

The main reason is to ensure their own living conditions, and if they want to meet the needs of life, farming can support their families, so farmers will insist on farming.

Because this is the economy of farmers, coupled with the fact that the current agricultural products are very high, the market demand is very large, so farmers still have to insist on farming.

Because this is the old job of farmers, they have no other work to do, and farming is easy for them and does not require any brain power.

Farmers do not make money from farming, so what kinds of grain can produce more and have high returns? With the continuous development of modern agriculture in China, the application and popularization of agricultural technology have gradually expanded. As a widely used cash crop, buckwheat has the characteristics of short growth cycle and strong resistance to stress.

However, due to the low yield of buckwheat, no obvious economic benefits have been achieved in the short term, which has affected the enthusiasm of farmers to plant buckwheat, resulting in no significant increase in buckwheat planting area.

Tobacco. Yellow smoke is a much-needed plant in the tobacco industry. There are a large number of smokers in China, so there is no shortage of market for yellow smoke.

However, yellow smoke is relatively demanding on the soil. Waterlogged land, nitrogen-phosphorus fertile land, and over-fertilized land are not suitable for the growth of yellow smoke. So, if you decide to grow yellow tobacco, keep those plots that are not prone to water accumulation and have high phosphorus and potassium content to grow yellow tobacco.

Salvia. Salvia needs to be grown in fertile soil. One mu of salvia can produce about 500 600 kilograms; In addition, salvia is cultivated in a wide range and does not require much effort on your part.

As long as the weather is not particularly bad, the harvest can be made in the fall. The price of salvia is basically stable. Over the years, it has basically remained at about 8 10 yuan per kilogram.

Therefore, farmers can get about 4,000 yuan for planting one mu of salvia. Therefore, I think that growing salvia in the countryside is also an option.

Skullcap. Skullcap is a special type of Chinese medicine. In recent years, due to the impact of the epidemic, the ** of skullcap has also been **.

Especially this year, the ** of skullcap is still relatively ideal. In the market, dried skullcap is sold for about 12 yuan per kilogram, and fresh skullcap is also sold for between 5 and 6 yuan. The annual output of skullcap is generally about 600 kilograms, so the income from planting one acre of skullcap is about 3000 4000 yuan.

The cost of growing skullcap is not very high, and it is easy to succeed, so I think skullcap is also a good option for planting.

In short, from the point of view of traditional crops, agriculture does not earn much. However, if we change our way of thinking, optimize the planting model, choose some marketable crops, and try to plant them in the form of "company + farmer", farming can also make money!

Sorghum, wheat, and corn are particularly high-yielding, and they are also worthy of a plant.

I think the yield of wheat, corn and potatoes is relatively large, and the benefits are relatively high, especially wheat, which is now subsidized by the state.

I think corn, sweet potatoes, barley, and millet are good because these things are necessary for us in our lives. It is also the most turnover.

I think the reason why farmers are reluctant to grow food now is because the returns from growing food are too low. Choose to grow cash crops.

It is also because its income is much higher than that of growing grain, and it is a normal phenomenon for farmers to pursue the maximization of income from farming, and it is a bit abstract to say which is more important, food or money. <>

First, the income from planting grain is not equal to the income of farmers who do not make money from growing grain, and the agricultural university, as a member of the peasants, is also very clear about the economic benefits of growing grain. Take the local situation of the Agricultural University as an example, two crops can be grown in a year, the main food crop.

It's winter wheat.

And summer rice, the yield of winter wheat is basically about 1,000 catties, and the yield of corn can be slightly higher than that of winter wheat, but it is not dominant.

Winter wheat plus summer corn per acre, the gross income of a year is about 2,000 yuan, excluding various agricultural materials, machinery leasing, seeds and other expenses, the net income per mu is basically more than 1,000 yuan. This is an income that needs to be managed all year round, and such a low income is not equal to the effort, who would want to think about growing food crops.

Second, the income of cash crops is far greater than that of grain crops, and the income of peasants who choose to plant cash crops is much higher than that of growing grain. Let's take the garlic planted here in the hometown of the Agricultural University, if anyone plants garlic this year, under the proper management, the current gross income per mu is basically about 10,000 yuan. It can be seen from this point that that is to say, the cash crops of one acre of land are equivalent to many times that of grain crops, even if it is difficult to plant cash crops, but this is also an important reason and reason for farmers to choose to plant cash crops.

3. The importance of money and wheat is not comparable to the importance of food and money in a specific environment, and its important point is reflected in the situation of which kind of need you have, if you are put in a deserted place, hungry, food at this time is very important, because no amount of money can meet your hunger needs.

If money is the basis for improving material needs when the problem of food and clothing can be solved, then of course money is more important than food. Money is sometimes the standard for measuring a certain substance in a specific environment, and if the environment changes, then it is impossible to measure.

On farmers' choices in growing food crops versus cash crops, and the value of food versus money.

The money earned from growing food crops is not very much, and it is very tiring, so now farmers are going to work, and the money comes quickly when they earn more money from part-time work.

It may be that the farmers have become lazy and feel that the crops are very cumbersome to grow, and the crops are now very worthless.

Because the annual income of the year of growing grain is not high, and it is very tiring and risky, farmers are no longer thinking about growing food crops.

Because growing food is not profitable, you may earn thousands of yuan a year by working hard, and you will be particularly tired, and it is not as much money as going out to work, so few people can farm now.