Strong girls break out the road of "smart agriculture" to become rich

Looking at the freshly picked crocus, Lu Xiaofang's face blossomed with joy.

"I don't want to waste my life. I want to fight hard when I'm young." Over the past two years, this belief has enabled Lv Xiaofang to establish a geo-family farm in Jinyun County, register the Internet of Things software, apply for a utility model patent for crocus hydroponic device, invest and perfect the farm hardware facilities... Lv Xiaofang stepped on the road of smart agricultural entrepreneurship step by step, and was hired as a student entrepreneurship tutor by Lishui Vocational and Technical College.

Accidental contact with saffron to find the direction of entrepreneurship

Lv Xiaofang, 32, graduated from Wuhan China University of Geosciences. After graduation, she has run a repair shop, a small business and an English substitute teacher, but she has never found her goal.

In 2013, Lv Xiaofang learned by chance from Professor Lv Weide of Hangzhou Vocational and Technical College that crocus is a rare and scarce medicinal material variety, which has the effects of dredging meridians, dredging channels and removing stasis, relieving swelling and pain, cooling blood and detoxifying, worrying and stagnation, and is also a dual-purpose plant and high-grade spice. Zhejiang has been planting crocus for more than 30 years, and its planting area and output rank first in China, but it only accounts for 2% of crocus in the world. Lu Xiaofang immediately became interested in planting crocus. So resolutely followed Professor Lu in Fuyang, Jiande and other places to test how to plant crocus.

In June 2014, under the guidance of Professor Lv, Lv Xiaofang boldly invested more than 60,000 yuan to purchase more than 2000 catties of saffron seed balls from other places, developed 3 mu of saffron, and officially started her entrepreneurial road.

A girl can also be a "girl."

Lv Xiaofang told reporters that everything is difficult at the beginning. At the beginning of her business, she lacked funds, space, experience and manpower. The only thing she didn't lack was her fighting spirit and persistence. In order to save money, she went up the mountain with her sister to cut trees and carry firewood, went home with her mother to make shelves for placing saffron seed balls, planted seed balls in the fields and moved back indoors to wait for germination and flowering. Lv Xiaofang did it herself. "I didn't even dare to think that I had a masculine side." Lu Xiaofang, a petite and delicate girl, was proud and confident.

Lv Xiaofang was careful when planting crocus for the first time. When did crocus first sprout? When did it first bloom? What should field management pay attention to? She managed the crocus as if it were a child, carefully observing its growth and recording it daily.

The hard work finally paid off. The crocus planted by Lv Xiaofang for the first time has reached the requirements of high quality, whether it is the length of filaments, the thickness of styles, or the brilliance of colors. The price per kilogram of filaments is as high as 35,000 yuan.

"Smart agriculture" makes planting very high-end

Crocus should be rotated, suitable for sandy soil, good drainage performance, temperature and humidity should be strictly controlled. Lu Xiaofang did not dare to relax for a moment when planting such expensive plants. However, a trip back, due to traffic jam can not arrive at the farm in time, Lv Xiaofang can not adjust the temperature and humidity in time is very anxious. From then on, Lu Xiaofang began to seriously study "intelligent agriculture". At the beginning of 2015, she boldly invested 180,000 yuan to purchase advanced equipment, i.e. integrated Internet of Things, computer and other information technologies. Lv Xiaofang uses Internet of Things and wireless network to connect with greenhouse automatic control system, water-saving irrigation system, video monitoring system, weather station, etc., which can remotely monitor and manage, and collect data such as saffron growth and production to establish database.

Lv Xiaofang said: "Relying on these modern information technologies, I sit in front of the computer and click the mouse, or operate the mobile phone, in the business trip can also realize remote management, to achieve the time-saving and professional needs."

Crocus cultivation management has a long way to go to intelligent agriculture, and the extension chain space of products is also very large. Lv Xiaofang said that she should make use of the existing resources and characteristics of the farm, constantly explore the added value of saffron, do enough deep processing articles, such as saffron soil noodles, saffron banquet, saffron wine, saffron handmade soap, etc., carefully take every step, calmly deal with market risks.

"Agricultural Maker" was promoted to "Entrepreneurship Tutor"

In October this year, Lv Xiaofang was in Hangzhou, took out her mobile phone and tapped the screen to adjust the temperature and humidity of the crocus greenhouse in the family farm far away in Jinyun County, and collected the growth and production data of crocus and established a database. Her "smart agriculture" won the evaluation of "crocus planting is very high-end" by the judges, and was rated as the first top ten college students "agricultural maker" in the province.

At the same time, Lv Xiaofang's social recognition has also increased with the development of her farm. On November 2, she was invited to Lishui Vocational and Technical College to give lectures to college students in the family farm innovation and entrepreneurship class of the college, and was hired as an entrepreneurship tutor for students. Lv Xiaofang unreservedly shared the entrepreneurial experience of "family farm based on Internet of Things technology" and put forward reasonable suggestions for college students who are about to leave school to start their own businesses.

This year, Lv Xiaofang planted crocus area of nearly 20 mu, only silk income has more than 100,000 yuan. "Next, I will also increase investment to improve farm hardware facilities and continue to improve the Internet of Things platform." Next year, I will specialize in crocus planting technology to improve efficiency and use 'smart agriculture' to drive the surrounding farmers to become rich together!" Lv Xiaofang said confidently.