As the spring ploughing season arrives, fields come alive with the hum of machinery and busy farmers, carrying hopes for a new year of bountiful harvests and increased income. Ensuring an ample and stable supply of fertilizers at reasonable prices is not only the expectation of hundreds of millions of farmers but also crucial for strengthening national food security and promoting green, high-quality agricultural development. Facing multiple pressures such as rising production costs and low nutrient uptake efficiency, ensuring the supply and price stability of phosphate fertilizers urgently requires technological innovation to break resource constraints.
Firstly, phosphorus, one of the three essential nutrients for crops, is easily fixed by metal ions in the soil, making it difficult for crops to absorb. To ensure grain yields, growers often apply large amounts of phosphate fertilizer, which not only increases costs but also leads to environmental pollution and resource wastage. Secondly, phosphate rock has been classified as a strategic mineral in China. According to industry research, domestic reserves account for only 4.5% of global reserves, yet annual production constitutes about 40% of the global total. At the current extraction rate, these reserves may be depleted in less than 40 years. In recent years, with the rapid development of sectors like new energy, demand for phosphate rock has surged further, posing significant challenges to the sustainable development of phosphate fertilizers. Thirdly, influenced by the current international situation, the supply of sulfur, a key raw material for phosphate fertilizer production, is tight, and prices have skyrocketed, driving up production costs and creating substantial pressure on ensuring supply and price stability for the spring ploughing season.
In this context, guided by SINOFERT's "Bio+" strategy, bio-phosphate fertilizers represented by products like Meilinmei and Linbao are actively leveraging the advantages of biotechnology. They have become an important force in safeguarding spring ploughing, supporting the green transformation of agriculture, and fulfilling the responsibility of ensuring fertilizer supply and price stability. Since their launch in 2018, the cumulative sales of bio-phosphate fertilizers have exceeded 1.35 million tons, covering an application area of over 33 million mu. Aligning with the trend of fertigation and conditions of saline-alkali land in northern China, products like water-soluble Meilinmei, water-soluble Linbao, and acidic Linbao have been introduced, tailored to local conditions to enhance per-unit yield. Meilinmei was honored with the SASAC's "Product Brand Creation Achievement in the Central Enterprise Brand Leadership Initiative," leading the industry's green innovation, transformation, and sustainable development, and demonstrating the mission and responsibility of a central enterprise as a "pillar of the nation."
**1. Technology-Enabled Yield Increase, Securing Supply and Stabilizing Prices to Strengthen Foundations** Since 2026, SINOFERT has made every effort to overcome numerous adverse factors in the production of bio-phosphate fertilizers, including soaring raw material prices and tight logistics. With a strong sense of political responsibility and industry commitment, the company has ensured the orderly supply of fertilizers for spring ploughing. From the winter storage period starting last October to the end of April this year, nearly 240,000 tons of bio-phosphate fertilizer have been allocated to key spring ploughing regions, representing an 11% year-on-year increase.
The unique "signal-induced root promotion" technology of bio-phosphate fertilizers can reduce farmers' fertilizer purchase costs by 10% while increasing grain yields, earning widespread recognition and trust from farmers. With stable supply, reliable quality, and steady prices, SINOFERT is fully committed to safeguarding spring ploughing agricultural production.
**2. Field Results Demonstrate Efficacy, Farmer-Friendly Promotion Warms Hearts** Bio-phosphate fertilizers are promoted through an integrated online and offline technical marketing approach. This year, the company plans to establish over 400 experimental demonstration fields and conduct more than 1,500 farmer-benefiting technology events. These activities will disseminate knowledge on scientific fertilization and experimental demonstrations, sharing expertise on high-quality phosphate fertilizers to help farmers achieve good harvests. During the spring ploughing season, live-streaming sessions on planting techniques benefit farmers.
The true test of a product lies in the field. Data from major corn-producing regions in Jilin Province show that bio-phosphate fertilizers can increase yield per mu by 8% to 12%. In 2025, even under extreme cold planting conditions like those in Mohe, Heilongjiang, the Meilinmei soybean demonstration field still achieved a 10% yield increase. Current data from the green-up and jointing stages of wheat in multiple areas of North China indicate that wheat in bio-phosphate fertilizer demonstration fields has more developed root systems, more fibrous roots, sturdier stems, and better chlorophyll content, laying a solid foundation for a summer wheat harvest.
Furthermore, bio-phosphate fertilizers utilize QR codes and chip technology for digital, efficient system management, enabling full lifecycle product traceability and effectively safeguarding farmers' interests. During the spring ploughing season, farmer-benefiting promotional activities such as "one bag, one code" and "blind box prize draws" are conducted at key market retail outlets, passing benefits to farmers. The company also guides distributors in proactive transformation and refined operations, promoting the healthy development of industry distribution channels.
Bio-phosphate fertilizers not only effectively alleviate the tight supply situation of China's phosphate rock resources but also represent a good practice in fulfilling the responsibilities of ensuring spring ploughing supply and price stability and deepening the reform and enhancement of state-owned enterprises. Facing the new normal of tight resources like sulfur and phosphate rock, SINOFERT uses biotechnology to safeguard spring ploughing, help farmers increase yields and income, address the practical challenges of ensuring phosphate fertilizer supply and price stability, and promote the green and sustainable development of the industry. Through concrete actions, the company fulfills its solemn commitment to "securing China's rice bowl," making new and greater contributions to strengthening food security and advancing high-quality agricultural development.
Bio-phosphate fertilizer production and logistics are efficiently organized, ensuring early delivery to grassroots warehouses.
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