Technicians of Zhoutou Agricultural Technical Station in Susong County, Anhui Province collect first-hand data to guide agricultural production.

Recently, technicians from Zhoutou Agricultural Technical Station in Susong County entered the village and went deep into the fields to carry out a 2009 cotton production survey. A total of 120 households in 11 villages in the township were investigated, of which 55 households planted cotton more than 30 mu. The investigation contents include cotton variety distribution, pesticide fertilizer input, drought resistance and drainage input, seed cotton yield per unit area, pest control technology, fertilizer chemical control technology, cotton planting plan and variety intention, production opinions and suggestions, etc. This survey is part of the activity of "three visits and five visits" and "people's sentiment visit" to collect first-hand data for scientific guidance of agricultural production in the future.