Cauliflower, our common people's "getting rich dish"

The spring sun is warm, the breeze is blowing, and the land that sleeps all winter is full of vitality. On the morning of February 23, in Honglian Village, Jinyantu Township, Cili County, the reporter saw that small groups of villagers were digging and weeding in their respective fields, and the new year of farming began quietly. "they are all cauliflower growers in the village, and their enthusiasm for planting is getting higher and higher year by year!" Yu Xinxiang, head of Jiuduxi cauliflower planting professional cooperative in Cili County, said.

"I have been growing cauliflower for more than 30 years, and I will continue to grow it! Cauliflower is the 'dish to get rich' of our common people! " Yu Jinxue, 65, is a member of the cooperative. He made an account for the reporter in high spirits. Last year, the old man planted two mu of cauliflower, which yielded about 150kg of dried yellow flowers per mu and sold them to the co-operative at a unit price of 40 yuan per catty, with an income of about 12000 yuan per mu, or 24000 yuan per mu. In addition, the cooperative will pay some subsidies every year. On the contrary, if you plant rice, the income per mu is only about 1000 yuan, and the economic benefit is far less good than that of planting cauliflower. It is understood that the Jiuduxi Cooperative was established in 2010 and has 520 member growers, distributed in Minjia Village, Honglian Village, Shuangzhong Village and Zouma Village, Xiangshi. In 2015, the total planting area reached 5200 mu, with a total output value of nearly 30 million yuan.

Because it is planted strictly according to green and ecological standards, no chemical fertilizers or pesticides are applied, and it is processed by the traditional technology that has a history of 200 years, the cauliflower produced by the Jiuduxi cooperative tastes very good and is very popular with consumers after it has been put into the market. "in addition to supplying the local market, our cauliflower is also exported to Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Changsha and other cities. It is in short supply, with a maximum unit price of more than 100 yuan per jin. At the end of last year, the cooperative signed a sales contract worth 20 million yuan with Shanghai Zhongjun Group in 2016! " When it comes to market sales, Yu Xinxiang is beaming with joy.

In recent years, with the great attention and strong support of the city, county and township party committees and relevant functional departments, the development of Jiuduxi cooperative has reached a new level every year, and the planting scale has expanded year by year. "in 2015, cooperatives were included in the first batch of selenium-rich industries in Hunan Province, and in 2016, cooperatives were listed as associated enterprises in the city's' Shuanglian Shuangjie 'theme activities, and so on. The emergence of this series of favorable conditions gives us the confidence to develop cooperatives better. Build Jiuduxi cauliflower into a characteristic agricultural brand, so as to drive more farmers to become rich and well-off!" Yu Xinxiang is full of confidence.