Shanxi red jujube is difficult to sell and feed pigs to avoid mildew

Original title: a large number of unsalable red dates encountered difficulties in selling dates in Yonghe, Shanxi Province.

On January 13, Ren Chengxiang, a villager of Huangjialing Village, Yonghe County, Shanxi Province, was sorting out red dates. Ren Chengxiang said that in previous years, she could earn more than 10,000 yuan from red dates, but now her family's 3,000 jin of red dates have not been sold.

The Spring Festival is approaching, and it is the peak season for red jujube sales, but jujube farmers in Yonghe County, Shanxi Province are not happy. Red dates, which have long been snapped up by acquirers in previous years, cannot be sold at home. With the reputation of "Chinese jujube township", Yonghe County, Shanxi Province has a planting area of 200000 mu of red jujube, with a total output of more than 20 million jin in 2015. However, affected by many factors, such as backward sales model, declining market demand, and foreign red dates occupying the market, red dates in Yonghe County are facing unsalable problems. at present, the sales volume is less than 30%, only 1/3 of that in the same period of previous years.

According to the local jujube farmer and Yonghe Forestry Bureau, the heavy precipitation and high humidity last autumn led to mildew and rot of some red dates harvested. If they are not sold in a short period of time, jujube farmers will lose even more.

At present, in the face of the difficult problem of unsalable red dates, the Yonghe county government is actively contacting jujube enterprises to purchase red dates, participating in various New year goods fairs to promote red dates, and at the same time trading red dates online through e-commerce to help local dates "go out" as soon as possible.

Photo taken by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhan Yan

In Huangjialing Village, Yonghe County, Shanxi Province, villager Ren Fenglian feeds red dates to pigs. Ren Fenglian's family harvested 5,000 jin of red dates, which have not been sold so far. Seeing more and more moldy red dates, Ren Fenglian used some of them to feed pigs (photo collage, January 13).

On January 13, villager Jia Changchun packed a basket of moldy red dates ready to throw away in Heqingli Village, Yonghe County, Shanxi Province. Jia Changchun said that the 5,000 jin of red dates harvested by his family have not been sold so far.

Jia Changchun, a villager of Heqingli Village, Yonghe County, Shanxi Province, threw away the moldy red dates picked out on January 13. Jia Changchun said that the 5,000 jin of red dates harvested by his family have not been sold so far.