Stabilizing the income of grain and ensuring the supply of winter seeds in southern Guangdong

"the Beginning of Winter" has passed, and various parts of the province have entered the busy winter planting season one after another. Walking in the fields, the atmosphere of winter planting in rural areas is very strong. In Meizhou, farmers are busy buying seeds, seedlings, fertilizers, pesticides, and other production materials in agricultural capital shops; in Shaoguan, sprinkler irrigation systems are watering continuous slices of organic vegetables; in Huizhou, agricultural machinery is busy shuttling through 3000 mu of winter potato planting bases; in Zhanjiang, farmers' cooperatives provide social services for sugarcane farmers.

At a time when the 12th five-year Plan is coming to an end and the year of comprehensively deepening rural reform is approaching, it is of great significance to continue to stabilize grain production and increase farmers' income. Winter planting production is not only an important part of agricultural production in our province for the whole year, but also a key to increase agricultural efficiency and increase farmers' income. it has become a bright spot of agricultural and rural economy in our province, and plays an important role in stabilizing grain, increasing income and ensuring supply. The output value of winter and spring harvest crops in the province accounts for about 20% of the annual planting output value, and the income of winter planting has far exceeded the sum of the income of rice planted in the morning and evening. How to do a good job in winter production this year and take the initiative in grain and agricultural production next year?

Recently, the Provincial Agriculture Department held a video conference on winter production and high-standard farmland construction in the province, implementing the spirit of the national video conference on autumn harvest, autumn and winter work, analyzing the current situation, and arranging the deployment of winter production. Zheng Weiyi, director of the Provincial Department of Agriculture, demanded that all localities should regard winter planting production as the central work of the current agricultural and rural economy, earnestly strengthen leadership, overall planning and coordination, supervise and inspect, and spare no effort to promote the implementation of all kinds of work in winter planting production.

Early planning and heavy support to promote the development of winter seed production

In the first three quarters of this year, the agricultural and rural economy of our province maintained the momentum of "steady improvement". The total output value of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery in the province was 365.832 billion yuan, with an added value of 226.379 billion yuan, an increase of 2.6% and 2.9% respectively over the same period last year. The per capita net income of farmers was 9683 yuan, an increase of 10.7%, 1.5 percentage points higher than that of urban residents. The import and export trade of agricultural products increased by 14.9% against the trend. The overall grain production remained stable throughout the year, and the output of major cash crops and "vegetable baskets" products increased steadily, providing a strong support for ensuring effective market supply and promoting stable economic and social development. In particular, grain production has withstood many typhoons and torrential rains, and the total grain output for the whole year is expected to achieve a restorative increase, laying the foundation for accomplishing the target task of agricultural and rural economic work this year.

With the support of the favorable momentum of agricultural and rural economy in the first three quarters, the planned area of winter planting in our province this year has reached 12.8 million mu, an increase of 300000 mu or 2.4% over the previous year, including 3.61 million mu of grain such as winter potatoes, corn and sweet potatoes, and 7.75 million mu of vegetables grown in winter. the output value of winter and spring harvest crops increased by more than 5%.

There are many favorable factors for winter seed production in our province this year. The central government has defined ensuring food security as a national strategy, emphasizing the need to secure the Chinese people's own rice bowls, which are mainly filled with their own grain, the attitude of attaching importance to farmers and grasping grain is not always firm, and the policy of strengthening farmers and benefiting farmers and rich peasants has been further strengthened. In order to support the development of autumn and winter seed production in various localities, the central government has allocated subsidies for improved varieties, agricultural machinery purchase, high yield creation, soil testing, formula fertilization and other subsidies in advance this year.

The development of winter seed production in our province has a unique advantage of climatic resources. in recent years, the intensity of agricultural development in winter has been continuously increased, the economic benefits are promising, and the enthusiasm of farmers has increased day by day. the production area of winter planting in the province has increased, the structure has been optimized and the benefit has been improved. spring harvest crops have been growing for six years in a row.

This year, various localities have planned ahead of time and basically implemented the chemical fertilizers, seeds, seedlings, and pesticides needed for winter seed production.At present, the varieties of agricultural materials are complete, the market supply is adequate, and the prices are basically the same as last year. According to the survey, this year, winter corn and winter vegetable seed stocks are abundant, prices remain stable, winter potato seeds are basically in place, and prices are about 10% lower than last year. It is estimated that the amount of fertilizer needed for winter planting is 1.35 million tons, and the market price of most fertilizer varieties is 1-9 percentage points lower than that of the same period last year.

Stabilize the area and adjust the structure to expand the production scale of winter seeds

The implementation of production area is the premise and basis for the stable development of winter seed production. At present, there are still 8 million mu of winter fallow fields in our province, which has great potential for the development of winter crops. All localities fully tap the resources of winter planting, strengthen planning guidance and policy encouragement, do a good job in implementing the plan at various levels, mobilize the masses to expand the scale of winter planting, and ensure that the area of winter planting is implemented in towns, villages, and fields. Make full use of various publicity channels, vigorously publicize the great significance of the development of winter production in promoting farmers' income, publicize the good models and good experiences of winter production, play a typical guiding role, create a good atmosphere, and mobilize the masses at various levels. quickly set off the best part of winter production.

After years of development, winter varieties in our province have initially formed a regional and large-scale production pattern with vegetables, potatoes and corn as the leading products. This year, all localities will continue to optimize the layout and strengthen the local leading products and pillar industries in accordance with the requirements of "adapting measures to local conditions, highlighting characteristics, and strengthening superior industries." We will vigorously improve the transformation and promotion of traditional superior products such as northbound vegetables, winter corn and winter sweet potatoes, improve the level of specialization and intensification of production, and increase market competitiveness and market share. Speed up the development of characteristic products such as potatoes, special vegetables, high-quality melons and fruits, and take advantage of seasonal differences and location differences to form a misplaced competitive advantage. We should further adjust the variety structure, promote the rational distribution of early, medium and late-maturing varieties, and enhance the ability to regulate the surplus and shortage in the market. Do a good job in the analysis of supply and demand in the production, circulation and consumption market of exported vegetables, arrange the sowing date reasonably, arrange the varieties scientifically, optimize the variety structure, adjust the listing, avoid squeezing each other and reduce the market risk.

Strengthen Science and Technology, grasp Standards and improve the quality of Winter seed products

All localities vigorously implement improved varieties and methods, formulate key technology extension plans according to crops and varieties, strengthen technical guidance, carry out technical training, ensure that various technologies are implemented in the field, and fundamentally increase the scientific and technological content of winter seed production. Actively carry out high-yield creation, this year, our province continues to establish 15 national sweet corn and 9 winter potato 10,000 mu high-yield demonstration chips in key producing areas. We will strengthen the supervision and price monitoring of agricultural materials markets, severely crack down on fake and shoddy practices in agricultural materials markets, safeguard the interests of farmers, and ensure the smooth development of winter production.

At present, various localities are stepping up efforts to organize the overhaul of agricultural machinery and encourage large agricultural machinery owners and cooperative organizations to carry out services such as winter planting machinery, water-saving irrigation, and unified prevention and control of diseases and insect pests, so as to improve the level of mechanization of winter planting. The main position of growing potatoes in winter is Huidong County, where the level of mechanization of cultivated land, plastic film mulching and other links is more than 80%, and the mechanized harvest link has moved from pilot to application. Maoming vigorously develops water-saving irrigation and greenhouse facilities, and speeds up the development of farming and seed industry in agricultural machinery cooperatives.

All localities vigorously promote standardized production technology, strengthen the supervision of the quality and safety of agricultural products, do a good job in the demonstration and promotion of standardized production technology, popularize technical regulations for pollution-free production, promote green prevention and control technology for diseases and insect pests and safe use of drugs, actively develop pollution-free and green food, and create famous-brand agricultural products. This year, 44 new horticultural crop standard gardens have been established in our province, demonstrating and promoting the yield, efficiency, quality and safety of horticultural products such as vegetables. Various localities will speed up the establishment of a long-term mechanism for the supervision and improvement of the quality and safety of agricultural products, further strengthen the supervision and inspection of the quality and safety of agricultural products grown in winter, increase the variety and frequency of monitoring, and strictly control market access. We will vigorously promote the label management of agricultural products and urge the wholesale markets of agricultural products to establish systems such as accounting records and reports of substandard agricultural products, so as to achieve traceable management of the quality and safety of agricultural products.

Excellent service to promote docking to improve the production efficiency of winter seeds

Agricultural departments at all levels have earnestly changed their work style and gone to the grass-roots level to actively strengthen guidance and services, so as to provide effective service guarantee for the development of winter seed production. Organize cadres and scientific and technological personnel to go deep into the front line of winter production, carry out pleomorphic technical guidance, training and demonstration, and deliver various technologies to increase production, save cost, and increase efficiency to thousands of households. Keep abreast of the market trends of agricultural materials in a timely manner, and coordinate the transportation, supply and adjustment of agricultural materials such as seeds and seedlings, pesticides and chemical fertilizers. We will strengthen supervision and price monitoring of agricultural materials markets, actively carry out special rectification actions on agricultural materials markets, severely crack down on fake and shoddy practices in agricultural materials markets, safeguard farmers' interests, and ensure the smooth development of winter crop production. Strengthen the adjustment of agricultural disaster situation, timely early warning and release of disaster information. We will actively promote the application of disaster prevention and mitigation technologies, formulate disaster prevention and mitigation plans as soon as possible, implement disaster prevention and reduction, and reduce agricultural losses due to disasters.

The connection of production and marketing is the key to improve the benefit of winter planting. The provincial agricultural department requires all localities to strengthen the guidance of production and marketing information. Strengthen information collection, analysis, research and judgment, pay close attention to market changes, do a good job in forecasting the demand of varieties, regions, and seasons, use the information network to release production, marketing and early warning information in a timely manner, and guide farmers to reasonably arrange the time for winter production and product listing, guide the orderly cross-regional circulation of agricultural products. Centering on regional leading products, guide leading agricultural enterprises to cultivate and build brands of agricultural products in Guangdong, strengthen product publicity and promotion, improve market awareness and enhance product competitiveness. The Provincial Agriculture Department will announce and focus on the ten famous brand series of agricultural products in Guangdong at the Fifth Guangdong Modern Agriculture Expo to be held in mid-November, so as to vigorously build the brand of agricultural products in our province. Vigorously cultivate leading enterprises in processing and marketing, develop farmers' professional cooperative economic organizations, improve the degree of organization of farmers, and vigorously develop order production, the main producers of agricultural products are connected with supermarkets, wholesale markets, residential communities, schools, enterprises and other units, promote the establishment of long-term and stable purchase and sales relations, and help farmers increase their sales promotion and income in various forms to resist market risks.