Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs： Take precautions against heavy snowfall and freezing weather with low temperature, rain and snow.

Guangming Daily, Beijing, December 9 (Reporter chenchen learned from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs that according to the forecast of China Meteorological Bureau, due to the strong cold air, there will be two large-scale rain and snow weather processes in most parts of central and eastern China from December 9 to 11 and from December 14 to 17, accompanied by continuous cooling, and the minimum temperature of 0℃ will be pushed south to the area from central Hubei to northern Jiangsu and Anhui. There are small to medium snow or sleet in North China, Huanghuai, the south-central part of Northeast China and the eastern part of Northwest China, and the local area is as big as blizzard. The heavy snowfall in Huanghuai, North China overlaps, and the snowfall is extreme, which will bring adverse effects on the safety of agricultural production in winter and the stable price and supply of agricultural products. In this regard, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs attaches great importance to the emergency deployment of preventive work, requiring agricultural and rural departments at all levels to take the initiative and respond scientifically to ensure the stable development of agricultural production in winter.

The weather process covers a wide range, with a large cooling range and a large amount of rain and snow in the local area, which may cause some winter wheat and winter rape with long and weak seedlings to freeze, damage some old facilities and greenhouses, affect the growth of protected vegetables, young livestock and aquatic products, and hinder the transportation of fresh agricultural products. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs requires agricultural and rural departments at all levels to strengthen organizational leadership, strengthen responsibility, keep a close eye on possible disasters, implement policies in different regions, provide precise and precise guidance, and effectively reduce the impact of disasters; Inform the production subject of early warning information and countermeasures at the first time, take the initiative to avoid disasters and prevent disasters scientifically; Organize experts to formulate and improve scientific anti-freezing and anti-freezing technical schemes, and send working groups and expert teams as needed to guide the implementation of anti-freezing and anti-freezing measures in the first line of production; Pay close attention to market dynamics, timely release supply and demand information, guide farmers to harvest mature agricultural products in a timely manner, ensure market supply, and ensure that the market price of agricultural products is basically stable.