More support should be given to grain drying

The cost of machine drying is more than half less than that of manual drying.

At present, it is the summer grain harvest and storage season, and farmers in many places suffer from rainy days. But Deng Shengwen, a big grain grower in Jingkou Township, Nanchang County, Jiangxi Province, has no worries at all, because he has bought a grain dryer.

"in the past, rice drying had to rob the weather, needless to say, but the biggest headache was that there was no venue. If there were too many Rain Water, the rice would easily sprout and mildew, and half a year's hard work might go down the drain." Deng Shengwen said with deep feeling.

In 2011, Deng Shengwen contracted 10,000 mu of rice fields. During the harvest of late rice that year, continuous rainfall made it too late to dry the harvested rice. More than 600 tons of rice became moldy and deteriorated, resulting in a loss of nearly 600000 yuan. Looking at the mountains of spoiled rice piled up in the warehouse, Deng realized that relying on heaven for a living was not the way after all. He made an one-time investment to buy nine grain dryers that year, saying goodbye to the artificial drying of grain for many years.

"compared with the traditional drying method, the mechanized drying operation is not restricted by the site and weather conditions, which greatly reduces the grain damage rate and secondary pollution, the moisture content of the dried grain is uniform, the storage time is longer, and the quality and quality after processing are better." Jiang Jianhui, deputy director of Nanchang County Grain Bureau, introduced.

"A dryer reduces the moisture content of 20 tons of rice from 30 percent to 13.5 percent of the national standard, at a cost of 1200 yuan, while manual drying requires 400 square meters of drying field and eight workers for more than three days, and the cost is about 2800 yuan." Deng Shengwen made an account.

The subsidy for the purchase of agricultural machinery should be inclined to grain drying machinery.

Today, Deng Shengwen's grain dryer has increased to 26, with a daily drying capacity of 400 tons, and the rice area with which he has signed grain drying business has reached 50,000 mu.

However, although grain drying is welcomed by some big grain growers, it is not accepted by most farmers. "A large amount of money has been invested in drying equipment, and if farmers have drying conditions, they will not consider drying. One point can be saved is one point." Said Liu Changbao, a farmer in Jiangxiang Town, Nanchang County.

At present, the mechanization level of grain harvesting, irrigation and field management in China is already relatively high, but the level of mechanized grain drying is less than 10 percent, while that of Japan, the United States and other countries is as high as 95 percent. The level of mechanization of grain drying is low, and the traditional drying leads to huge post-natal loss of grain. Nanchang County has an annual grain output of more than 2 billion jin, and there are more than 200 grain processing enterprises, but only a dozen enterprises have dryers, which can not meet the needs completely.

"drying is the 'last kilometer' to realize the mechanization of grain production, and the subsidy policy for the purchase of agricultural machinery should be tilted towards grain drying machinery, and more support should be given to enterprises that invest in the grain drying market and benefit farmers." Nanchang County Agricultural Machinery Bureau Yin Hongguang said.