On August 1st, the author learned from the Municipal Bureau of Statistics that in the first half of this year, the value of agriculture, forestry and animal husbandry in the city was 9495.48 million yuan, an increase of 3.3%, and the per capita disposable income of rural residents was 6712 yuan, 170 yuan higher than the average level in the whole province, the growth rate of 8.5%, presenting a steady development trend in the whole city's agricultural and rural economic development.

In the grain production, the spring and summer grain planting was relatively stable and the price slightly decreased. This year, the planting area of spring and summer grain was 12960 hectares and the yield was 53700 tons, increase year-on-year. The retail price of early indica rice was 4.46-4.54 yuan per kilogram, while that of late indica rice was 4.76-4.86 yuan per kilogram, a drop of 0.04-0.08 yuan per kilogram from last year.

In the production of tobacco leaf, there are 26 tobacco farmers' professional cooperatives and 20429 families of tobacco farmers, full coverage of service at present. The contract planting of flue-cured tobacco in the whole city was 378,000 mu, agreed to purchase 985,000 dan; the repayment of loan funds was 3.0491345 billion yuan, signing the annual tobacco purchase and sale agreement for online electronic transaction of 985,000 dan.

In the "vegetable basket" aspect, the production of fruit and vegetable remained stable. The planting area and yield of vegetable, melon and fruit increased from the same period last year. At present, the pig column price is 11.4 yuan per kg and pork prices continue to decline. Beef prices remain at 70-80 yuan per kg and mutton prices about 60-70 yuan per kg, while cattle and sheep prices remain relatively stable. Poultry prices rebounded significantly and capacity gradually recovered. In the first half of the year, the number of poultry cages in the city was 14.8207 million, an increase of 0.3%, while the number of poultry storage cages was 13.8948 million, an increase of 4.4%. The broiler chicken column price was 15.4 yuan per kg, maintaining in a better profit range, and poultry farmers can earn a profit of 3-4 yuan per chicken. The price of broiler chicken and eggs has been rising for a long time since mid last year, and capacity has gradually recovered.

In addition, our city in recent years has changed from a single format to a diversified pattern by creating the whole Industry chain of the three industries closely amalgamating to promote the transformation and upgrading of modern agriculture with characteristics and improve quality and efficiency. By the end of June, there were 238 leading enterprises in agricultural industrialization at and above the municipal level, of which 3 were national leading enterprises, and more than 2060 leisure farms and farmers in the city, among which 192 star-rated leisure farms. The added value of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery services in the city was 210 million yuan, an increase of 13%, 4.3% higher than the average level of the province, ranking third in the province.