Ministry of Agriculture requires early deployment of spring ploughing and ploughing preparation work

Today is the Beginning of Spring, who is 24 solar terms. Spring field management and spring ploughing and preparation will be carried out one after another from south to north. The Ministry of Agriculture recently issued a notice on earnestly doing a good job in spring field management and spring ploughing preparation, calling on all localities to attach great importance to it and take effective measures to promote the smooth development of spring field management and spring ploughing and preparation, and to strive for a bumper harvest of summer grain and a good foundation for grain and agricultural production throughout the year.

The Beginning of Spring, before the festival this year, the farming season is very urgent. The "Circular" requires local agricultural departments to make arrangements as soon as possible, mobilize extensively, and quickly set off an upsurge of spring field management and spring ploughing and preparation. Before the festival, we should formulate a work plan, define the sown area and yield targets for key producing areas and major crops, implement them in counties and townships and plots, strengthen policy propaganda, stabilize and expand the sown area of grain, organize government cadres and agrotechnical personnel to go deep into the production line of spring ploughing, extensively mobilize farmers to go to the fields early, manage early, and prepare for ploughing early, especially to mobilize migrant workers who return home for the Spring Festival to actively participate in spring field management and spring ploughing preparation. At the same time, we should actively cooperate with relevant departments to implement policies such as the minimum purchase price of rice and wheat and the temporary purchase and storage of corn, soybeans and rapeseed, and the subsidy funds that have been allocated should be cashed in to households as soon as possible.

In view of the complex situation of small and weak late sowing wheat populations in Huang-Huai and other places this year, and frozen crops in some southern areas, the Circular emphasizes the need to strengthen classification guidance and focus on "one promotion and three prevention": for fields with insufficient populations and weak seedlings, fertilizer and water should be applied early to promote fast growth and turn weak into strong during the period of returning to green. For wheat fields with insufficient soil moisture and drought, it is necessary to suppress hoeing, timely watering, and firm soil, and make technical preparations for preventing spring drought as soon as possible; pay close attention to weather changes, apply fertilizer and water in a timely manner, increase temperature and preserve soil moisture, and guard against "late spring cold." improve prevention and control plans as soon as possible, strengthen monitoring and early warning, carry out emergency prevention and control in a timely manner, vigorously promote unified control and rule, and reduce the harm of diseases and insect pests. In winter rape producing areas, it is necessary to clear ditches and drain water in time, reduce field humidity, improve soil permeability, and prevent waterlogging and disease. For the frozen and weak rape, it is necessary to apply more bolting fertilizer and flower fertilizer to promote the weak to become strong. In addition, it is necessary to do a good job in the current vegetable production, especially in the frozen fields in the south, so as to ensure the market supply in the off-season in winter and spring.

The "Circular" points out that in spring agricultural production, it is necessary to strengthen overall planning and consideration, grasp spring field management on the one hand, grasp spring ploughing and preparation on the other, and make preparations for spring ploughing as soon as possible. We should strengthen the dispatch of materials to ensure the supply of chemical fertilizers, seeds, agricultural film, and other agricultural materials needed for spring ploughing and preparation for ploughing. At the same time, we should actively cooperate with relevant departments to carry out in-depth special rectification actions against counterfeiting of agricultural materials to purify the agricultural materials market.

On the basis of winter training, special technical training and various forms of technical services were carried out around the techniques of raising rice seedlings in rice greenhouse in Northeast China, "sitting water planting" of maize in drought resistance, centralized raising of rice seedlings in the south, and plastic film mulching of corn in northwest and southwest China. Carry out the safety production inspection of agricultural machinery in spring to ensure the safety of agricultural machinery operation. In particular, in the northeast region, in view of the heavy tasks of land preparation this spring, we should do a good job in the deployment of large-scale agricultural machinery and tools in advance, organize cross-district operations, and speed up the progress of land preparation in spring. All localities should organize and carry out multi-level work supervision to help grass-roots units and farmers solve practical difficulties and problems in production.

It is reported that some local agricultural departments have made early arrangements and acted early to seize the critical period before the Spring Festival, setting off an upsurge of spring field management and preparation for spring ploughing. Jiangsu held a video conference on field management of crops in the province on January 28, calling for strengthening classification guidance according to local conditions and implementing key measures. Hunan Province has allocated 150 million yuan to support the centralized cultivation of early rice seedlings. At present, the procurement of 20, 000 high-efficiency bud accelerators has been completed, and 70% of the counties and cities have signed contracts for the purchase of simple steel-framed single-layer seedling raising greenhouses. Technical training for 110000 operators of centralized seedling raising has been launched. Hubei Province has allocated 60 million yuan to support the construction of a centralized seedling supply system. At present, indicators such as the planting area of early rice and the scale of centralized seedling cultivation have been decomposed into the main producing counties and cities.