Hunan Jiahe scale agriculture drum farmers 'pockets

Since October 25, Wang Kaibing, a big grain grower in Zhongliang Village, Guangfa Township, Jiahe County, has harvested more than 2900 mu of late rice in 10 days with the help of two harvesters. It is reported that since the beginning of this year, 2897 large-scale farmers in the county have bulged their pockets through modern large-scale agriculture, and the average income of each household has exceeded 24000 yuan.

This year, in view of the increasing number of wasteland in rural areas, the county is committed to guiding farmers to take the road of intensive management in Guangfa, Shiqiao, Longtan, Puman and other towns with more land area in the county. Through leasing, contracting, joint venture, technology shares and other forms, a large area of land circulation is carried out to introduce and encourage technical experts and big growers in growing tobacco, grain and fruit. More than 180 modern scale farming communities have been established to continuously improve the level of intensive management of low-yield or abandoned land in rural areas. In order to make the big growers feel at ease in production, the departments of tobacco, science and technology, agriculture, agricultural machinery and forestry in the county have selected technical backbones to set up seven professional service teams, such as seedling raising, machine ploughing, and plant protection, to provide technical guidance carefully. For large growers imported from other places, the departments of tobacco, science and technology in the county also provide wage guarantees for them to employ seasonal workers, solve the difficulties in roasting houses, housing, water and electricity, and schooling for children, transport roasting coal free of charge, and pay electricity bills in advance for production. We will earnestly solve their problems and optimize the production and living environment.

The county has also comprehensively promoted advanced techniques such as intensive greenhouse seedling raising, mechanized semi-mechanized ploughing and ridging, and unified prevention and control of diseases and insect pests in accordance with local conditions, and successively introduced modern equipment such as tillers, transplanters, harvesters, and baking machines. According to statistics, the implementation of mechanized operation can not only reduce the labor intensity of farmers, but also reduce the employment of 17.6 workers per mu and reduce the production cost by 1224 yuan. Cheng Zhengqing, a big tobacco grower in Futang Village, Longtan Town, contracted 125 mu of soil in the village at the beginning of this year to grow tobacco. The county tobacco company specially equipped him with a tobacco production technician to provide technical services throughout the process. This year, Cheng Zhengqing sold a total of 387.5 piculs of tobacco, with an income of 334000 yuan.