Liu Tianhua: land farming from tractors to agricultural planes

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??? Comprehensive report on agriculture, rural areas and farmers express: never know how to cultivate land, to grow well, there are benefits, let's take a look at the new farmer Liu Tianhua's farming experience from tractors to agricultural planes.

Liu Tianhua: land farming from tractors to agricultural planes

Liu Tianhua, a farmer in Zhoukou, Henan Province, can be regarded as a "fire" these days, according to China Rural Voice "three Rural China". Since the establishment of the Tianhua planting Professional Cooperative in Weiji Town, Shangshui County in 2009, Liu Tianhua has not only never left the land, but also dug gold in the soil and planted golden dolls. As a representative of farmers, he also discussed the issue of land cultivation with the prime minister. So, how did Liu Tianhua come along step by step on the road of growing grain? How far is he from his dream of agriculture?

Six years ago, 38-year-old Liu Tianhua founded an agricultural cooperative with great enthusiasm, leading more than 600 farmers to become rich.

Liu Tianhua: there are no white people in the field. Especially on a hot day, the temperature is 38 degrees in the ground. You can't be white if you want to, hehe.

In Zhoukou, Liu Tianhua has two high-standard good fields, which are specially used for the research and development and promotion of high-quality seeds. Liu Tianhua suffered losses in planting these two plots of land.

Liu Tianhua: in the year of its establishment, I also worked on high-quality wheat. I didn't understand. The first tractor didn't hit it. It was very shallow. It was relatively cold that year. It froze to death.

Liu Tianhua said that at that time, in his most difficult time, it was the county agriculture bureau that helped him.

Liu Tianhua: he said that the variety is not suitable, I said what to do. Since 2010, they introduced me to the Zhou Mai series to create a large-scale. Later, I promised that if I wanted to do it, I would do it, and if I didn't do it, I wouldn't do it. I had to be bigger and stronger.

Liu Tianhua ran from house to house, promising the villagers that seeds, fertilizers and pesticides would be free. As long as he gave him the land, he guaranteed that the villagers' income would not be lower than their current income.

Liu Tianhua: when ordinary people don't believe in their ears, when I see it, I get material benefits. I listen to you. That year I took a bet. I said, "if you don't believe my money, I won't take your money. If this wheat can't hold the general output, I won't take the money."

In that year, Liu Tianhua's grain yield per mu reached 1100 jin, three to four hundred jin more than in the past. The bumper harvest gave Liu Tianhua enough confidence that a feasible grain chain began to form in his mind.

Liu Tianhua: you can't get any grain down. If you sell it at random, there will be no benefit, and it will become an order, that is, I signed an agreement for your company. When I hit wheat, I sold 15% more than others, the output went up, and the income increased, that is, 1,000 jin of land per mu. That is, 150 yuan. The second one is to reduce the cost, how to reduce the cost, to reach an agreement for the fertilizer company, we put in fertilizer, guarantee the quality, the price is definitely cheap, and engage in large-scale mechanical farming. The price has come down. The cross-district operation of agricultural machinery is carried out through the network of co-operatives, and wheat ends in three days. Now we advocate cross-district operation. The first step is to go to Hubei, which is 20 days ahead of ours, and Hubei has received it to Nanyang, so as to manage and make more money.

With the expansion of the scale of land, Liu Tianhua continues to add agricultural machinery equipment. In his memory, he harvested wheat for half a month, and now four days are over.

Liu Tianhua: the promotion of the new technology of agricultural machinery is the most critical. Agricultural machinery will be efficient, and when the efficiency is high, the cost will come down. In the nineties, what did we rely on for farming? small tractors, small pear rakes. Around 2000, it was medium-sized, and now it is large-scale mechanization. I was the first to install a dryer in Zhoukou. After the dryer was installed, the corn was broken manually, cut down, an mu of land or even a day, now the new technology? As soon as the corn harvester used to harvest the seeds, it returned the straw to the field. The first to protect the soil, the second to ensure safety, the third corn was randomly put into the dryer, harvested during the day, baked at night, reduced from 28 to 15, there is no mildew, your dried grain is sold to the feed factory, more than 3 points to 4 points per jin, this profit has come out, playing a win-win situation.

In 2012, Liu Tianhua saw the agricultural plane for the first time. He felt that it was good, time-saving, labor-saving and effective in prevention and control. All of a sudden, he was moved.

Liu Tianhua: since 2012, just want to buy a plane, now the scale is large, manual work is too busy, medication is too difficult, the family is all old people, if you hire people to take a taxi, 8 yuan per mu of land, prevention and control is not good. The first benefit of airplane spraying is high, and the cost is low. My plane hits 800 mu of land a day. If you hit 800 mu of land a day, how much do you get if you hit 10 mu a day? for example, according to this plane, one mu of land is less than one yuan. Prevention and control is good, because you often have to watch and learn.

With the promotion of mechanized production, the scale of Liu Tianhua cooperative is also expanding. At present, Liu Tianhua's cooperative has set up 2000 square meters of granaries, 1500 square meters of sun farms, 6800 mu of trusteeship land, 4200 mu of transferred land, and farmers store 7000 tons of grain every year. No matter where he goes, Liu Tianhua always says three words without grain.

Liu Tianhua: in the future, maybe we will also eat the instant noodles made by ourselves. at present, the co-operatives are taking the road of deep grain processing. Now, for example, we have our own green convenience food-dried sesame leaves.

On the morning of January 27th, as the only representative of grass-roots farmers in the country, Liu Tianhua was invited to Zhongnanhai and attended a forum of representatives from the field of science, education, culture, and health and the grass-roots masses chaired by Premier Li Keqiang of the State Council. He put forward suggestions and opinions on the draft of soliciting opinions on the government work report, and discussed the topic of growing grain face to face with Premier Li Keqiang. Liu Tianhua said that his heart was warm and nervous at that time.

Liu Tianhua: we are a farmer. How do farmers feel? this time, they speak on behalf of 800 million farmers. It can be said that they hit the nail on the head.

Liu Tianhua clearly remembers that when he spoke for 10 minutes, the Premier laughed three times.

Liu Tianhua: what is a smile? when the premier shook hands in front of me, in the middle of the second small return, I assured the premier that I would do a good job and buy more grain in the future. The premier laughed, and the third laugh was that the villagers were looking forward to going back and the premier smiled.

From not knowing how to farm, to planting well, there are still benefits. Liu Tianhua's experience is also affecting his son. The son, who is currently studying in the Department of Modern Agricultural Engineering at Henan Agricultural Vocational College, decided to be a new type of farmer inspired by his father.