Multiple farmers in Sichuan had zero harvests from the soybean seeds provided by local governments. While farmers intended to have the seeds verified and protected their rights, police intervention also took place.
Last year, Sichuan provincial government announced the plan to procure seeds from local seed suppliers in response to the national soybean revitalization plan.
Nanchong City, for instance, issued 2,000+ tons of seeds to local farmers and encouraged alternating rows of corn and soybean planting.
Mr. Wang, a local farmer, received 1,323 pounds of soybeans last year from the agricultural service center of Xichong County.
He was very happy with the idea, and his workers all had high hopes for the seeds. However, the yield was zero. “At least five farms suffered the same outcome,” he said to the Chinese-language edition of The Epoch Times….