Potato growers in Qiqihar, Heilongjiang grow "golden pimples"

In the past two years, the high selling price and good income of farmers in the potato market have led to the enthusiasm of farmers in Qiqihar to grow potatoes. What is the income of farmers growing potatoes now? With problems, recently, the author followed Qiqihar Price Bureau to investigate the production costs and benefits of potato growers in Keshan County, Qiqihar City. It is understood that in 2015, the planting area of potatoes was basically the same as that of the previous year, with increased output, lower costs, and rising prices, which led to an increase in planting income, and the sales market was good.

Potato plays an important role in crop cultivation in Qiqihar because of its relatively high yield and planting income, but there are also many difficulties in its planting process. Chen Zhijun, who has been in the potato wholesale business for many years, says that difficult sales, high planting costs and difficult storage are still worries for potato growers. Potato sales cycle is short, every year from late September to mid-October is the peak sales season, without bulk acquisitions, it is difficult to rely on retail to sell all the goods in a short period of time. In addition, at present, potato planting, production and processing have not formed large-scale and industrialization, and the economic benefit is not high. in addition, farmers still follow the past habit of storing different varieties of potatoes together, resulting in mixed varieties and the spread of diseases. affect the quality and economic benefits of farmers.

In view of the bottleneck in the development of the potato industry, the person in charge of the cost investigation and Supervision Bureau of Qiqihar Price Bureau said that storage capacity should be enhanced, potato intensive processing enterprises should be built, order agriculture and e-commerce should be developed. It is suggested that the government should build a large-scale potato storage base wholesale market to provide better conditions for the storage and sale of potatoes. Develop potato deep processing industry, give full play to the advantages of local potato industry, increase potato varieties and increase market share. The proposal of potato staple grain strategy is conducive to promote the development of local economy, promote the upgrading and sustainable development of potato industry, and reassure farmers to grow potatoes.