According to a press conference held by the State Administration of Grain and Material Reserves on the 15th, the peak season for autumn grain purchases in 2023 has ended. As of April 30th, various grain enterprises in the main production areas have cumulatively purchased over 200 million tons of autumn grain, with a total amount of purchases reaching a new high in recent years. Among them, the purchase volume of corn reached 135 million tons, an increase of 5.2 million tons year-on-year. This year's summer grain purchase is about to begin. According to data from various regions, it is expected that the peak season purchase volume of summer grain will be about 70 million tons, slightly increased from last year, including about 63 million tons of wheat. Qin Yuyun, Deputy Director of the State Administration of Grain and Material Reserves, stated that autumn grain purchases account for three-quarters of the total annual grain purchases and are of utmost importance in the annual grain procurement work. After the autumn grain was launched, the price of rice opened steadily and the market was better than last year, with obvious characteristics of high quality and good price. The average purchase price of mid to late season indica and japonica rice has always been higher than the same period last year. After the Spring Festival, with a series of policy measures taking effect, the purchase prices of corn and soybeans have stabilized and rebounded. Summer grain procurement is the first battle of the year's grain procurement work, and focusing on summer grain procurement is a powerful measure to ensure the stable and safe supply of important agricultural products such as grain. Tang Cheng, Deputy Director of the Grain Reserve Department of the State Administration of Grain and Material Reserves, stated that the summer grain production situation is good this year, and if there are no major natural disasters in the later stage, another bumper harvest will be achieved. At present, the preparations for the purchase of summer grain are basically ready, ensuring that there are people to collect grain, money to collect grain, warehouses to collect grain, and vehicles to collect grain. According to the dispatch, the six major wheat producing provinces of Hebei, Jiangsu, Anhui, Shandong, Henan, and Hubei have prepared wheat warehouses with a capacity of nearly 80 million tons; The preliminary arrangement for summer grain purchase funds is 110 billion yuan. Adequate purchasing capacity, sufficient purchasing funds, smooth logistics and transportation, and good market order in various regions have laid a solid foundation for ensuring the smooth implementation of summer grain purchases. Grain should be harvested well, stored and managed well. Continuously improving the security guarantee capability of grain collection and storage is necessary to ensure that summer grain grains are returned to the warehouse. How to provide high-quality services and reduce grain storage losses for farmers is an important part of promoting post harvest grain loss reduction. Zhou Guanhua, Director of the Department of Safe Storage and Science and Technology of the State Food and Materials Reserve Bureau, said that he would play a good role in demonstrating 10 million sets of scientific grain storage equipment to effectively solve farmers' "troubles after harvest"; Give full play to the guarantee role of over 5500 grain postpartum service centers, provide timely services such as grain cleaning and drying for farmers, promote grain upgrading, and reduce grain postpartum losses. While ensuring the safety of grain quantity, it is also necessary to improve the quality and freshness of grain storage. In recent years, China has vigorously promoted the construction of storage facilities, with the scale of storage facilities increasing year by year, effectively meeting the needs of grain storage. As of the end of last year, the intact storage capacity of national grain standard warehouses exceeded 700 million tons, an increase of 36% compared to 2014. There are various types of granaries that can meet different functional needs. Among them, flat houses with storage and storage functions as the main function account for 78%, vertical silos with transfer functions as the main function account for 12%, and shallow round warehouses with storage, storage, and transfer functions account for 6%. Since the 14th Five Year Plan period, the country has built and renovated warehouses with a capacity of over 65 million tons. Key performance indicators such as airtightness and thermal insulation of warehouses have significantly improved, and the green storage efficiency and performance of grain silos have been continuously upgraded. Continuously strengthening warehouse management standards