China News Service, Qiyang, September 14 (Liu Zhijun, Feng Xiao) Currently, 259,000 acres of mid-season rice in Qiyang City, Hunan Province are fully mature, and farmers are gathering to harvest, and the fields are busy with harvest. The local government coordinates key tasks such as agricultural machinery dispatching, agricultural technical services, and grain collection and storage to ensure that all autumn grain harvests are harvested and grains are returned to warehouses.
In Banqiao Village, Maozhu Town, the contiguous rice fields are covered with golden colors. In the fields, modern harvesters shuttle back and forth, completing integrated processes such as rice cutting, threshing, and straw crushing and returning to the field in one go, making harvesting efficient and saving time and effort.
At the same time, agricultural technicians went to the front lines in the fields to provide regular autumn harvest technical guidance, guiding farmers step by step to accurately grasp the harvesting timing and standardize mechanical harvesting operations, effectively reducing harvesting losses, and fully protecting rice yield and grain quality.
Qiyang’s 259,000 acres of mid-season rice matured. Photo courtesy of Qiyang Rong Media Center
"I planted 300 acres of medium-sized rice this year, with a yield of about 1,200 kilograms per acres, and a net income of about 200 to 300 yuan per acres," said Liu Xiangqiu, a major grain grower in Banqiao Village, Maozhu Town. He said that the autumn harvest weather is changeable, and sunny weather is particularly precious, so we must race against time to harvest. If there is rainfall, the rice will easily sprout and deteriorate, which will not only affect the quality of the grain, but also cause direct economic losses.
In view of the reality of changeable weather and heavy agricultural tasks during the autumn harvest, Maozhu Town planned in advance and deployed accurately, comprehensively assessed the needs of agricultural machinery operations, grain drying, warehousing and storage in the area, scientifically deployed harvesting machinery and equipment, and organized professionals to carry out comprehensive inspection and maintenance of agricultural machinery to ensure efficient and stable operation of agricultural machinery. At the same time, relying on the weather warning platform to push meteorological information in real time, it is convenient for farmers to grasp weather dynamics in a timely manner and arrange farming work reasonably.
In addition, the town guides grain drying centers and purchase sites to debug equipment in advance, prepare sufficient materials, and make comprehensive preparations for collection and storage, effectively solving farmers' problems in drying, storing, and selling rice, and achieving a seamless connection throughout the entire chain of harvesting, drying, collection, storage, and sales. "The area of mid-season rice cultivation in Maozhu Town this year has reached 11,000 acres, and it has now entered the stage of intensive harvesting." Yin Jianli, member of the Xuantong Committee of Maozhu Town, introduced that the town organized party members and cadres to go to the fields to proactively meet farmers' autumn harvest needs, assist in contacting harvesting machinery, coordinate drying sites, and push farming reminders to guide farmers to seize the good weather and harvest in an orderly manner to protect the harvest of autumn grains.
Since the start of the autumn harvest, Qiyang City has closely focused on the goal of stabilizing production and ensuring harvests, coordinating all autumn harvest work across the region, scientifically dispatching agricultural machinery for cross-regional operations, allocating agricultural machinery oil, maintenance accessories and other materials, and providing agricultural machinery maintenance, technical consultation, farming coordination and other convenient services throughout the process, steadily accelerating the progress of the city's mid-season rice harvest. In the next step, the agricultural and rural departments of Qiyang City will continue to pay close attention to weather changes, carry out precise agricultural technology guidance on a regular basis, and guide farmers to scientific harvest, timely drying, and standardized storage, so as to build a solid defense line for autumn grain harvest with refined services. (over)
