Yunlin County introduces new potato harvester to solve the problem of labor shortage.

Yunlin County introduces new potato harvester to solve the problem of labor shortage.

On the morning of the 19th, the Yunlin County Fine Agricultural production Cooperative held a "demonstration and promotion meeting for the introduction of labor-saving machinery ─ new potato harvester" in the field of Tai Puwei, Kuantong Township. The new harvester can simultaneously carry out excavation, screening, collection and removal of stone soil, with an area of more than 1 minute of land per hour, effectively solving the plight of rural labor shortage.

Zhang Xinfu, chairman of the director of the exquisite agricultural producers' cooperative in Yunlin County, said that manual harvesting of potatoes requires at least 30 manpower to complete one minute of land operation in an hour, while the new potato harvester needs only six manpower, greatly saving labor costs and improving the shortage of agricultural labor.

Chairman Zhang Xinfu pointed out that the new potato space bag self-harvesting machine is attached to the traction machine, with a moderate cost of more than 800,000 yuan, can apply for government subsidy 2x3, and the harvesting operation can complete the removal of stems, roots and grasses at the same time, equipped with hydraulic unloading devices to prevent crops from being damaged during harvest.

In order to promote the introduction of provincial industrial and agricultural grain machinery and equipment, the Council of Agriculture has drawn up a "demonstration and extension Plan for the introduction of Provincial Industrial and Agricultural Grain Machinery" for farmers (groups) in need to apply. By encouraging operators to introduce foreign commercialized agricultural machinery applicable to the agricultural grain industry and not produced at home, the subsidy shall be based on the principle of 2/3 purchase price after examination and approval, with a maximum subsidy of 6 million yuan per unit, which has been tested to be suitable for use by domestic industries. That is, to conduct demonstration and extension, in order to speed up domestic promotion and application, and alleviate the problem of labor shortage in domestic agriculture.

▲ Yunlin County introduces new potato harvester to solve the problem of labor shortage.