High Quality Development Research Tour: New Farmers Spreading Fields, New Hope Countryside | Agriculture | Fields
In early June, on the land of northern Anhui, the wind blew wheat waves, creating a golden hue, and a harvest painting was slowly unfolding.
Just after a few rains, Xu Congxiang, a grain grower from Zhanghuai Village, Jiuxian Town, Taihe County, Fuyang City, Anhui Province, came to the field to check the growth of wheat. "Although encountering rain disasters, the impact is not significant because our wheat varieties are excellent, with high technological content and strong resistance to natural disasters," said Xu Congxiang.
In order to reduce agricultural production costs, Xu Congxiang has put in a lot of effort in agricultural mechanization and efficient fertilization. "Today is about to harvest, and the agricultural machinery operator is already on the way. These 1230 acres of wheat can be harvested in three days.".
The locals all know this catchphrase: "High quality and high yield, harvest more grain, quickly find a model worker Xu Congxiang. Harvest more, harvest more, and sell more, increasing income by several hundred yuan per acre.". In the demonstration field of green and efficient crop testing in Zhanghuai Village, Xu Congxiang has repeatedly set records for yield per unit area of wheat, corn, and other crops in Anhui; Leading or participating in the development of new agricultural varieties and technologies has become a "magic weapon" for increasing agricultural efficiency and farmers' income.
In an agricultural province like Anhui, many new farmers like Xu Congxiang have worked hard and with wisdom to secure the rice bowl of the Chinese people.
The green seedlings do not grow in rice paddies, but instead live in spacious, bright, and majestic "small western-style buildings". They also sit up and down in "elevators", taking turns enjoying the sunshine, rain, and dew... At the intelligent factory seedling breeding center of Jin'an Munan Industrial Park in Lu'an City, the magical "magic" of modern agricultural technology is constantly admired.
In the past, seedling cultivation relied on manual labor, with cumbersome processes and occupying valuable land resources. Nowadays, the use of a three-dimensional integrated cycle of water, fertilizer, and medicine in seedling cultivation not only occupies less land and has high efficiency, but also greatly reduces labor costs. Gao Zongqi, the person in charge of Jin'an Munan Provincial Modern Agriculture Industrial Park and Science and Technology Park, calculated that seedling cultivation starts every spring, with a small amount of double cropping rice seedlings that can be recycled up to seven or eight times. The annual yield is nearly 600000 seedling trays, and the total seedling cultivation amount can be used for machine planting of more than 30000 acres of seedlings; After the rice season, edible fungi and large-scale vegetable seedling cultivation can be cultivated to improve utilization efficiency, with an annual output value of 16 million yuan.
It is countless new farmers like Xu Congxiang and Gao Zongqi who use their brains to farm, giving this hopeful field more vitality and driving more fellow villagers onto the path of rural revitalization.
The winding mountain road leads to Taohuaxian Valley in Shizigang Township, Yu'an District, Lu'an City, located at the northern foot of the Dabie Mountains. In the past, this was a barren hill. Shizigang Township has invested 120 million yuan to build industrial roads in key areas, improve supporting facilities such as tourist toilets, and implement environmental improvement projects. Through the "company+base+cooperative+farmer" model, more than 2000 households in the surrounding area have been driven to develop the peach industry. The planting area of red peaches exceeds 26000 mu, and the annual output of fresh peaches reaches 32000 tons, with an average household income increase of over 20000 yuan.
Nowadays, the flowers and fruits here are fragrant, and tourists are constantly coming in. "Xinhua Red Peach" has obtained green food certification, and Taohua Xiangu has been selected as a national rural tourism boutique route tourist destination. The continuous extension of the industrial chain, from peach wine, peach gum, and peach wood products to the comprehensive peach product trading market, fruit competitions, and peach blossom festivals, has allowed villagers to taste the sweet taste of common prosperity.
Seeing that there is now a promising future in the countryside, Xu Congxiang's children have deeply rooted themselves in this land. After graduating from university, grandson Xu Xudong returned to his hometown to engage in seed and agricultural technology research. He worked hard in the fields for 5 years and became a leader in modern agricultural production.
The grain production has remained stable at over 80 billion catties for six consecutive years, ranking fourth in the country. The output value of the entire green food industry chain has exceeded 1 trillion yuan. Anhui, as a major grain depot in the Jianghuai region, is taking vigorous steps to comprehensively promote rural revitalization.
