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60-kilogram pumpkins

Metro | Agriculture and forestry
2004-7-13

HAVE you ever seen a pumpkin as huge as a wheel? A botanical garden in Shanghai's Songjiang District developed 70 to 80 such giant pumpkins, each more than 60 centimeters across and weighing more than 60 kilograms. A single pumpkin costs no less than 1,000 yuan (US$120) and can feed 100 people. The pumpkin seeds were imported from India.

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Wholesale fruit price to decrease

Metro | Agriculture and forestry
2004-7-6

THE average wholesale price of fruits in the city is expected to drop by about 10 percent through the rest of this month and August, the Shanghai Fruit Co Ltd said yesterday.

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50 percent drop

Metro | Agriculture and forestry
2004-6-22

SHANGHAI fruit dealers are having bad days as the "Plum Rain" season sets in. Local fruit sales plunged 50 percent to 1,500 tons daily. Insiders said sales will not return to normal until the rainy days end.

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New cubic melons sell well

Metro | Agriculture and forestry
2004-6-2

CUBIC watermelons have received a warm welcome since they appeared in Shanghai markets on Sunday.

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Record bonsai trees

Metro | Agriculture and forestry
2004-4-7

OFFICIALS from a local flower and bird market said they have applied to the World Guinness Record Organization for recognition for growing the biggest and smallest bonsai trees in the world.

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Farms closed to protect river

Metro | Agriculture and forestry
2004-4-7

THE city has shut down a large number of livestock farms along the upper reaches of the Huangpu River to prevent them from polluting the waterway, but officials said the move won't have much effect on local livestock supplies.

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Online expo opens

Metro | Agriculture and forestry
2004-4-6

THE first China International Online Garden Industry Exposition kicked off on the Internet (www.gardenexpo.cn) yesterday. It will last through the end of the month. Sponsored by the Chinese Society of Landscape Architecture and the Shanghai Landscape Architecture and Gardening Trade Association, the expo is aimed at raising the level of the Chinese gardening industry.

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Shanghai's plant doctor

Metro | Agriculture and forestry
2004-4-1

JUST as sick people visit the doctor and animals a veterinarian to get better, flowers and plants can also recover from disease.

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Food fears prompt push to lift rice output

Metro | Agriculture and forestry
2004-4-1

THE central government has moved to speed up subsidies to grain growers and allocated 940 million yuan (US$113.5 million) especially to rice growers in seven provinces.

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Grain output set

Metro | Agriculture and forestry
2004-3-19

THE city will guarantee a total grain output of 1 billion kilograms this year, local officials said yesterday at a government conference on spring planting. The government also set this year's goal of increasing farmers' income. The per capita income of local farmers is expected to increase at least 7 percent from last year.

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City to close down small farms

Metro | Agriculture and forestry
2004-3-10

MORE than 3,000 small livestock and poultry farms in Shanghai will be either moved or closed down as the government intends to better manage the industry hit by a bird flu outbreak in January.

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Vegetable factory,self-reliant, prospers

Metro | Agriculture and forestry
2004-3-5

SHANGHAI Jinshan Yinlong Greenstuff Machining Factory, producer and packager of vegetables, is using advanced technology to keep it ahead of its competitors.

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Southern fruit early to market

Metro | Agriculture and forestry
2004-3-4

MANGO and pineapple are becoming the best selling fruits in the local market. The supply is increasing but the price is declining compared with last year.

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City looks to protect old trees

Metro | Agriculture and forestry
2004-2-26

THE local government is trying to convince the owners of more than 200 old trees around the city to join a tree protection project, according to the Shanghai Ancient and Rare Trees Protection Office.

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Safe veggies

Metro | Agriculture and forestry
2004-2-24

THE first batch of pollution-free agricultural products in the city has been authenticated by the Shanghai Produce Quality Authentication Center and entered local food markets. By the end of this year, another 100 agricultural products will be put into markets with small blue labels on them, center officials said.