Soybean farmers in northeastern China will receive more subsidies than corn producers in Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang and Inner Mongolia provinces, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs. The effort is the latest by China to trim its massive corn supplies that have built up. Farmers will also get subsidies for rotating their plantings and leaving some acreage fallow, with those subsidies applying to around two million hectares of land this year.
Farmers that purchase ag machinery and equipment along with those treating animal waste, using organic fertilizers when growing fruits and vegetables and recycling land films will also get government subsidies, according to the agency. No amounts were indicated in the reports recapping the information from the Ag Ministry.