Thousands of mu of abandoned sandy land has yielded a bumper harvest and "become rich"

The early winter sun shines brightly in the 1000 mu peanut field of Zhang Xiaojun in Aoganta Gacha, Daqintala Town, Naiman Banner. Three villagers are bundling peanut seedlings into trucks and sending them to the homes of nearby farmers.

"the price of peanuts is good this year. My friends and I conservatively estimate that each of these 1000 mu of peanut land can earn 150000 yuan. most of these land are sandy land that has been abandoned for many years. As long as we choose the right industry, sandy land that is short of water and drought can also become a 'treasure pot' for wealth." Zhang Xiaojun said happily.

Zhang Xiaojun planted peanuts not on a whim, but after careful consideration. In recent years, the price of corn has declined year by year, the benefit has obviously decreased, and it is becoming more and more difficult for farmers to increase their income and become rich. Last year, Zhang Xiaojun planted 430 mu of corn, invested 100000 yuan successively, sold 140000 jin of corn in autumn, earned more than 80,000 yuan, and lost more than 20,000 yuan in labor and electricity bills. You can't live without structural adjustment, Zhang Xiaojun realized. A friend of Changchun asked Zhang Xiaojun to contract a few hundred mu of sandy land to grow peanuts and told him to "make money from the bag." Friends also said that there are villagers willing to plant, can work with him, he is responsible for providing seeds, chemical fertilizer, machinery, and package sales. Zhang Xiaojun was moved by the promise of "making money by the bag". Peanuts are suitable for growing in the sand and are covered with treasures. Peanut shells are crushed and mixed with rice bran and wheat bran to make pellet feed, which can be fed to pigs, chickens and fish. Peanut seedlings are the best feed for cattle and sheep and can shorten the fattening period. Zhang Xiaojun, who was born and raised, is very familiar with this land in his hometown. 2/3 of the land in the village is sandy. If the benefit is good, peanuts can replace corn planting to become the pillar industry of the whole village. These benefits confirmed Zhang Xiaojun's decision to plant. Finally, he reached a cooperation agreement with his friends in Changchun. He contracted his family's 500mu of land to his friends, and he contracted 500mu of abandoned sandy land from the villagers. Zhang Xiaojun was responsible for the field management of 1000 mu of land, drilling wells, electricity, and installing sprinkler irrigation. friends are responsible for providing planting technology, seeds, chemical fertilizer and machinery, and the benefits are shared equally between the two after autumn.

Since the beginning of spring, Zhang Xiaojun has been "stuck" in the fields with his friends. Due to the use of intensive planting and modern farming instead of manual labor, from sowing to daily field management, only Zhang Xiaojun and his friends are "easily" managed in the huge 1000 mu of land. Zhang Xiaojun told the reporter that in the process of farming, all mechanized operations were adopted, such as sowing, fertilizing, covering soil, beating herbicides, covering with film, drilling holes, and covering soil with film at one time. In times of drought, turn on sprinkler irrigation and irrigate in time, saving time and effort.

With the passage of time, the sandy land that used to be barren has gradually become an eye-catching green land. As soon as they have time, the villagers go to Zhang Xiaojun's peanut field to learn about peanut planting technology, field management, market situation, and so on.

In early November, Zhang Xiaojun began to harvest peanuts. Due to the use of mechanical harvest, 1000 mu of land was harvested in less than 7 days. The 500 mu of sandy land contracted by Zhang Xiaojun is a low-yield field, which has no harvest every year. He calculated a detailed account with us: based on his harvest of planting sandy corn two years ago, he produced 400 jin of corn per mu. According to this year's market price of 0.6 yuan, the income per mu was 240 yuan, deducting 300 yuan from the cost, and 60 yuan per mu for planting corn. This year, when planting peanuts on sandy land under the same conditions, peanuts yield 300 jin per mu, and now the market price is 3.10 yuan, deducting 400 yuan per mu of cost and 500 yuan per mu of net income. It earns 500 yuan more per mu than planting corn. The peanut seedlings harvested have long been snapped up by nearby farmers, and the sale of peanut seedlings alone can earn more than 40,000 yuan.

Xie Fengmin, secretary of the village party branch, is very optimistic about peanut planting. "in fact, it is not difficult to adjust the structure of the planting industry, but it is difficult in terms of technology and concepts," he said. Peanuts are sandy crops. There are more than 7000 mu of arable land in our village, of which more than 5000 mu are sandy land. We should cultivate peanut cultivation into a pillar industry in the village, so that the pockets of the villagers can be bulged up. "

Zhang Xiaojun, who tasted the sweetness, was full of hopes for next year. He said that in the coming year, peanut planting cooperatives will be set up to expand the planting scale, give priority to the poor families in the village as members, and lead the villagers to become rich together.