From raising a thousand pigs to growing a hundred mu of peaches

In the process of packing nectarines, Wang Genxiang always had a smile on his face, which was a kind of joy from the bottom of his heart. He, who raised more than 1000 pigs three years ago, would never have imagined that one day he would give up years of pig farming to grow peaches and grow a "second spring."

Dragon Boat Festival short holiday is the peak season for fruit sales. In recent days, Wang Genxiang, a villager of Jingxiang Village, Xinfeng Town, and his wife Gao Aizhu are very busy. They are busy picking and packing nectarines and peaches with a group of helpers.

"with a total of 102mu of land, based on an average harvest of 6000 yuan per mu, the income is estimated to be more than 600,000 yuan." When it comes to peaches, Wang Genxiang has endless words: "when nectarines first went on sale in May, the wholesale price of nectarines could reach seven or eight yuan per jin, and the hairy peaches were even higher. This year is the first year for peach trees to bear fruit, and the output is expected to double next year. "

When Wang Genxiang and his wife were lucky to switch to the right choice, no one would have thought that just three years ago, the couple were still hesitant to demolish the pigsty. "it is true that raising pigs is not a long-term solution, not to mention the risk of polluting the environment." Gao Aizhu remembers clearly that when pig prices fell in 2013, her family lost more than 300,000 yuan at a time, and the couple could not eat well and could not sleep.

"the government has called for a transfer of production, and we have responded, but what can we do if we have raised pigs for many years?" The cheerful Gao Aizhu said frankly that it was really difficult for the couple to make up their mind on the issue of whether or not to tear down the pig shed. However, the enthusiasm of district, town, and village cadres soon moved them, and a series of preferential policies for changing production gave them reassurance.

Talking about the help of departments at all levels and town and village cadres, one by one, this simple peasant couple all kept in mind: in order to choose which kind of cash crop to plant, the town agricultural and economic service center specially sent people to accompany them to visit Shanghai, Quzhou and other places; do not understand technology, sericulture forestry station chief of the district agricultural and economic bureau, town agrotechnical personnel braving the cold wind, braving the scorching heat, hand in hand to the ground to guide three or two days In order to improve the quality, the relevant departments even helped them contact experts from the Tsinghua Yangtze River Delta Research Institute to carry out door-to-door nutrition technical guidance. On the other hand, the preferential policies of changing production and changing jobs in districts and towns have further alleviated the economic pressure on Wang Genxiang's family to build a greenhouse.

As Wang Genxiang's peaches use greenhouse technology to avoid insect pests without applying pesticides, coupled with early-maturing varieties, they are very popular as soon as they are on the market. These days, other peaches began to appear on the market in large quantities, but Wang Genxiang's peaches entered the end of picking. More importantly, due to the guidance of experts from the Yangtze River Delta Research Institute, Wang Genxiang's peaches are still very large, look good, and taste very crisp, the largest hairy peach, a single more than 350 grams. "growing peaches is much less risky than raising pigs, and the environment has become better and more beautiful. No matter how much you took a bath in the past, you always had a bad smell, and it was embarrassing to go out!" Gao Aizhu told the reporter with a smile.

"for such a good peach, you should seize the time to register your own brand, which can further increase the added value." "the environment around the fruit base should also be rectified, and some picking and farm music projects will be carried out next year." The ideas of Shen Bugen, head of agricultural industrialization at the Yangtze River Delta Research Institute in Tsinghua, Zhejiang, and cadres in Xinfeng Town, made Wang Genxiang and his wife nod one after another: "this year we have not listened to the experts and are not willing to sparse the fruits. We will make up this lesson next year!" Although the fruit will be less, but when the quality is better, won't the price go up? " "this year, the eldest daughter opened a Wechat to promote, and the effect is quite good." As they spoke, the happy laughter of Wang Genxiang and his wife spread far away.

The leaders of Xinfeng Town told reporters that there are many examples of successful conversion like Wang Genxiang in Xinfeng Town, which typically inspire more villagers' entrepreneurial enthusiasm. At present, the town has 76 family farms with an industrial and commercial registration of more than 100 mu, most of which are engaged in the cultivation of fruits and vegetables, seedlings and flowers, some of which are also picked by sightseeing, and most of the farmers are transferred from pig farmers.