Ginger planting has been the pillar industry of farmers in our city to increase income, according to statistics analysis, since March 2013, the price of ginger in our city gradually rebounded, in September this year, the price of ginger rose to 18.2 yuan/kg, the current average purchase price is maintained at 17-18 yuan/kg, the income of ginger farmers increased, Ginger income is expected to bring about 3,000 yuan per capita income to the city's farmers. Since July 2011, the price of ginger has continued to fall until the Spring Festival of 2012, during which it reached the lowest average price of 1 yuan/kg in nearly 10 years. For more than a year, the price of ginger hovered between 1-1.6 yuan/kg, and ginger farmers suffered serious losses. After the calculation of the year, the net loss per mu was 1820 yuan, and farmers' enthusiasm for planting was seriously frustrated. In 2012 and 2013, the planting area of ginger decreased for two consecutive years, and the total output of ginger decreased. After more than two years of market adjustment, affected by supply and demand, the price of ginger began to rise in March 2013. The average price of ginger in April was 2.5 yuan/kg, the average purchase price of ginger in July was 6 yuan/kg, the purchase price of ginger in August changed once a week and showed an upward trend, and in October, the price of ginger was stable at 10 yuan/kg. In April 2014, the average purchase price of ginger was 12.6-14 yuan/kg, the highest reached 15 yuan/kg, and then soared all the way, in September, the price rose to 18.2 yuan/kg in a short time, and the recent price was basically stable at 17-18 yuan/kg. More than ten years of planting area of the "starting and falling" price of many years of low operation, ginger planting area from 188,000 mu reduced to 81,000 mu last year, the city has a long history of ginger planting, is the famous "China's hometown of ginger". In recent years, Laiwu to create the country's largest ginger planting, processing, trading research and development base as the goal, and constantly improve the level of development of ginger industry, ginger products developed to thousands of varieties, ginger industry has been considerable development. According to statistics analysis, from 1992 to 2002 10 years of ginger planting area from 46,000 mu once reached 188,000 mu, which 2000 to 2002, the pace of agricultural industrial restructuring accelerated, ginger into a period of rapid development, 2001 is a year of greater ginger adjustment, the area exceeded 160,000 mu, Reached 166,000 mu, an increase of 33,000 mu over the previous year, an increase of 25.1%, ginger area of more than 10,000 mu of the township reached 5. In 2002, the planting area of ginger reached a record high of 188,000 mu, an increase of 22,000 mu over the previous year. Subsequently, due to price, a variety of ginger diseases and other factors, the planting area fell year by year. In 2011, it was 101,300 mu, in 2012 it was 83,300 mu, and in 2013 it was 81,000 mu. For more than 10 years, the price of ginger has also fluctuated greatly, among which the price of ginger in 2004 and 2010 reached two peaks, and the purchase price was 6 yuan/kg and 8 yuan/kg, respectively. The lowest prices were 1 yuan/kg, 1.4 yuan/kg and 1.45 yuan/kg in 2002, 2007 and 2011, respectively. "The low operation lasted for a long time, the planting cost of ginger farmers was difficult to recover, the economy was seriously damaged, greatly dampened the enthusiasm of planting, resulting in a decrease in the planting area in recent years." A professional from the Bureau of Statistics told reporters. "Crazy ginger" "staged" the inevitable reduction in area, planting input costs, high labor costs into constraints. A few days ago, when the reporter interviewed in Zhaili Town before the river village, Jiang Nong gave the reporter calculated such an account, a few years ago when the low price of ginger was running, according to the calculation of 7000 catty of ginger per mu, the price of 0.70 yuan/catty, gross income of 4900 yuan. Among them, ginger, compound fertilizer, chicken fertilizer, pesticides, mulch, soil sterilization, raking, irrigation and other inputs need to spend about 7000 yuan, not labor costs, Jiang not only do not earn money but also pay more than 2000 yuan. "This has been the case for many years, the enthusiasm of the big guy planting is no longer, it is better to go out to work, many people do not plant." Many Jiang Nong sighed like this. The aging of the labor force and the rising cost of employment also restrict the cultivation of ginger. In the interview, the reporter found that most of the farmers planting ginger are over 50 years old, and few young people are engaged in ginger planting. "Ginger is very hard to grow, young people are not willing to do this, you have to hire people to grow ginger and harvest ginger." Due to the need to seize the opportunity of ginger planting and harvesting, ginger farmers have to hire people, and the labor cost has increased significantly in recent years. In 2011, when the price was low, each person was 80 yuan per day. Last year, the price of hiring people per day was 100 yuan to 120 yuan, and this year the labor cost has risen to 200 yuan per day. No matter the price of ginger is high or low, the labor cost only rises and does not fall, rising by 20% per year, which also raises the planting cost of ginger. "In ginger cultivation, once ginger blast occurs, it is devastating to ginger production. In mild cases, the yield is generally reduced by 1-2 percent, and in severe cases, the yield is reduced by more than 50 percent, or even no harvest. Ginger blast is an important factor restricting the yield of ginger per unit area, and it is also the most important risk of ginger cultivation, which is an important factor restricting the yield of ginger." "Last year's ginger growing season, first spring drought, and after summer floods, ginger blast ran rampant, the city's main producing areas reduced production by about 30%. Other major ginger producing areas, such as Anqiu and Changyi, have also been affected to varying degrees, and ginger production has decreased significantly, which is also an important factor in the rising purchase price of ginger since last year." City Bureau of Statistics staff analysis. "Crazy ginger" "plot" predicts that after the new ginger is listed, the price of ginger will have a significant decline suggested that ginger farmers sell at the right price in time "in the past ginger prices are 'up one year down three years', with the price fluctuations of ginger, in recent years there has been a' three years expensive, three years cheap 'argument; When the price of ginger is at a high level, there has been a sudden plunge in the situation. According to the survey, there are many factors favorable to ginger production, such as the short duration of hot weather, less rain and less ginger plague in the city this year. The per unit yield of ginger is expected to increase significantly compared to last year." The staff of the bureau of Statistics told reporters. At the same time, the professional for ginger "plot" development, also made predictions. He told reporters that the current ginger on sale was harvested last year, and the new ginger will be harvested around Frost's descent and will not be available until after the winter solstice. Before ginger is harvested, most ginger farmers sell all the ginger they produce last year and empty their ginger cellars to store fresh ginger. At present, the ginger harvest price in our city is running at a high level, and there is still some time to go before the new ginger is listed, and the possibility of a sharp fall in the price of ginger in the near future is unlikely; However, as the new ginger harvest and listing date is approaching, the possibility of a sharp rise in ginger prices is also unlikely. It is expected that the purchase price of ginger in the city will continue to run at a high level in the near future, and the price will fall significantly after the new ginger is listed. It is suggested that ginger farmers should sell at the right price according to the storage situation, so as to avoid economic losses caused by falling prices.