200 China farmers can't beat 1 American farmers? Do you understand these truths?

American agriculture has always been famous for its high technology and high efficiency. I believe many people have heard of it? 1 American farmers are worth 236 farmers in China? Statement.

Many agricultural university documentaries or classes will also introduce that 1 The average area of cultivated land managed by American farmers is close to 3,000 mu. In contrast, the efficiency of agriculture in China is too low.

However, what many people don't know is that the seemingly invincible American agriculture is not as glamorous as the above figures. Today, we look at three factors that support American agriculture from another angle. Secret weapon? ：

(1) Is it cheap for American farmers to hire? Illegal workers?

Used to be widely circulated on the Internet? 236 China farmers can't beat 1 American farmers? Judging from such a set of data, it is said that in 20 1 1 year, China's agricultural population is 670 million, and the agricultural population of the United States is only 2.84 million, which is 236: 1. Even though it has a huge advantage in quantity, it is the United States that has become the world's largest grain exporter.

But there are two problems: First, the agricultural population of China is 670 million. Agricultural registered permanent residence? Under the background that most rural people go out to work, according to the data of the National Bureau of Statistics, the actual number of rural farmers is 209 million.

Secondly, the agricultural population in the United States is 2.84 million, which is actually calculated? Farmers? . Because family farms or large enterprises are the most common production units in the United States, it is common for a farm to exceed 100 hectare. Does such a large area depend entirely on machinery? In fact, a large number of seasonal workers still need to be employed in transplanting and harvesting. And these migrant workers are counted in the United States as? Workers? Yes

Besides, are you hiring? Farm workers? At that time, the most cost-saving way was to hire immigrants from Mexico and other places, even illegal immigrants, with almost no exact statistics; The Spanish newspaper Uprising also revealed that in 2009 alone, there were 400,000 child laborers engaged in agriculture in the United States.

It can be said that without these low-income people, the American agricultural model is difficult to maintain.

② High pollution and high consumption? Unsustainable? model

American agriculture is indeed high-yield, but the price paid is high pollution and high consumption. Statistics show that for every 300 million tons of grain produced in the United States, it will consume 6.5438+million tons of pesticides, 40 million tons of fertilizers, 8 million tons of steel and more than 6,000 tons of oil.

In other words, although the current agricultural model in the United States has created high efficiency at present, it is unsustainable in the long run and will face a serious crisis one day. The extensive use of pesticides and fertilizers will continue to consume soil fertility, and the output of agricultural products will eventually get worse year by year.

According to statistics, in 1980, the average application of chemical fertilizer in American corn planting industry was 1 ton, which could produce corn 15 to 20 tons; By about 1997, only 5 to 10 tons of corn can be exchanged for each ton of chemical fertilizer.

③ High domestic subsidies and dumping abroad.

American agriculture is highly commercialized. Enterprises and farms invest a lot of fertilizers, pesticides, pesticides and herbicides in order to maximize profits, and the government bears nearly half of these costs. Because only in this way can American agricultural products maintain their price advantage and implement global dumping, but in the long run, on the one hand, the financial pressure is huge, on the other hand, the ecological damage is serious.

With the support of the government, the three monopoly grain merchants in the United States have now controlled two-thirds of the global grain trade; Monsanto, Pioneer and other enterprises control the global 1/2 seed market and pesticide and fertilizer market.

Of course, the purpose of saying so much is not to deny the direction of agricultural modernization, but to show that it is not advisable to blindly follow the United States, and we must explore a more scientific and sustainable road to agricultural modernization. This is also the reason that the country has repeatedly emphasized in recent years. Rotation fallow? And plans to gradually reduce the use of pesticides and fertilizers.

For agricultural practitioners, the crisis facing the industry just shows the existence of opportunities. To solve the above problems, countless innovations and technological breakthroughs are needed, which will inevitably lead to more new ventures.