c**i
发帖数: 6973 | 1 VOA Chinese, Mar 17, 2011.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20110316
-Can-the-United-States-Feed-China-and-More-118132089.html
("路透社的报导说，美国的玉米、小麦和大豆因受强劲需求和严酷天气造成的全球谷物
库存下降等因素的影响，近期已经激增到接近历史纪录的水平。报导援引的数据说，受
饲料价格高涨、存栏数量的减少，以及大量出口销售等因素的影响，美国牛肉价格到3
月15日时达到7年半以来的最高点")
My comment: The reports cites
(a) Jessica Wohl and Christine Stebbins, "Get used to higher food costs":
experts. Reuters, Mar 15, 2011.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/15/us-food
-summit-prices-idUSTRE72E8UX20110315
("U.S. corn, wheat and soybeans recently have escalated to near-record as
strong demand and severe weather cut world grain stocks. Beef prices hit a 7
-1/2 year high on Tuesday amid a jump in feed costs, shrinking cattle
numbers and big export sales")
* 比尔·拉普 Bill Lapp
* The VOA quotaion mentions 接近历史纪录. It is unclear to me whetehr it
refers to production or price. However, the Reuters report itself is
ambiguious.
(b) Lester R Brown, Can the United States feed China? Washington Post, Mar
11. 2011 (op-ed)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/can-the-united
-states-feed-china/2011/02/28/AB7mXrQ_story.html
Quote:
"China is at war. It is not invading armies but expanding deserts that
threaten its territory. * * * Enter the United States — by far the world’s
largest grain exporter. The United States exports about 90 million tons of
grain annually, though China requires 80 million tons of grain each year to
meet just one-fifth of its needs.
"water tables are falling under much of the North China Plain, which
produces half of the nation’s wheat and a third of its corn.
"For every 1 million cars added to this fleet, at least 50,000 acres are
paved over.
"And in recent years, China has bought or leased land in other countries
from Sudan to Indonesia to produce food and biofuels, but there is little to
show in production from these lands so far.
"In 1995, around the time the Communist Party prioritized grain production,
China produced and consumed 14 million tons of soybeans. By 2010, China was
still producing 14 million tons of soy annually, but consuming 69 million
tons.
"Our country has never known food shortages or spiraling food prices.
My comment:
(a) VOA misspells teh first name. Not Leister but Lester.
(b) At first glance, I thouhgt there must be a typo when the article states
"China requires 80 million tons of grain each year to meet just one-fifth of
its needs." Obviously the 80m is import (note the present, as opposed to
future, tense). Reading further, I realise it is no typo, for China imported
55m (69-14) tons of soybean alone. | m********y
发帖数: 21909 | | c**i
发帖数: 6973 | 3 World in peace. Great.
【在 m********y 的大作中提到】
: 中国成为美国的工厂----
: 很公平。
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