Shaoyang Daily, Yun Shaoyang Client, February 16 (Reporter Ning Rujuan) On February 14, the fifth day of the first lunar month, the weather was fine, and my father sent me an invitation: "Go, take you to see the rape flowers I planted!" "At this time, the rape is green, what's so good?" I muttered in my heart, but thinking that my father couldn't rest assured of the "baby" in his field, I also went with me.
Came to Renfeng Village, Pheasant Ping Town, Shaodong City, the rape flowers planted by my father were presented in front of me, and the difference between my imagination was that this rape flower had entered the flowering period, and the rape flowers showed a sea of golden flowers, against the backdrop of the blue sky and white clouds, it was very good-looking. "I used to appreciate rape flowers in early March, and it was not long after the beginning of spring, why did the rape flowers bloom at home?" Looking at my puzzled expression, my father smiled and said, "I am here as a demonstration base of 'rice and oil' of the Hunan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, and I grow early-maturing rape." ”
My father told me that "rice and oil" is a model for planting three crops of "double cropping rice and one season of rape" in one year, and it is also a new mode of oil rice rotation. In 2022, he used more than 300 acres of farmland to try this planting model on his own, and not only successfully achieved three crops planting, but also increased rice yield. In 2023, under the guidance of experts from the Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and the Provincial Academy of Agricultural Sciences, my father will carry out the construction of the "Rice, Rice and Oil" demonstration base, and now the planting scale has exceeded 500 acres.
Subsequently, my father turned on the "field patrol" mode. I saw him shuttling on the ridges of the fields, checking the drainage of the fields and the leaves of rape to check whether there were pests and diseases. After some on-site observations, my father said with relief, "The rape is growing very well, most of it has survived the low temperature, rain, snow and freezing weather some time ago, and it is expected that this year's output will increase by 30% compared with last year." "It turned out that in mid-to-late January, when I learned that the cold wave was coming, my father took measures in advance to enhance the cold resistance of rape and help rape successfully survive the cold winter.
His father's name is Ning Pingxin, a native of Lingguandian Town, Shaodong City, 59 years old this year, who has been planting rice for 10 years and has a planting scale of more than 1,500 acres. He admits that although he has more mature experience in rice planting, there are still many challenges in promoting the "rice-rice-oil" planting model. "This planting mode is very urgent, rice seedling raising, rape harvesting, rice planting and other work are interlocking, must be completed on time, otherwise it will delay rice planting, the consequences are unimaginable. To this end, my father made a year-round plan for a new round of crop planting before harvesting late rice last year, and then strictly followed the planned time nodes one by one.
After listening to my father's mentions, I couldn't help but worry: "This is too risky, you should plant according to the old pattern, so that you can have an easier time and a more secure harvest." "My father patted his chest and said with confidence," The No. 1 Central Document in 2023 clearly states that places in the south with conditions are encouraged to implement the 'rice-rice-oil' planting model, which can make full use of idle fields and increase grain production. I have had a successful experience before, and I must respond to the call of the country to make the new planting model fully promoted. ”
My father's words reminded me of his dedication to rice cultivation over the years. The early departure and late return when the farm was busy, the exposure under the scorching sun and his full head of white hair made me can't help but persuade him many times to reduce the scale of planting and work less, but he expanded the scale more and more, "I have lived for most of my life and have engaged in a lot of work, only farming gives me the most sense of achievement, and I hold the Chinese's rice bowl firmly in my own hands, how amazing!" Excellent rape grower, advanced family farm in grain production in Hunan Province, and many honors won by his father over the years have also witnessed his strength.
When I was about to return, my father stood next to the rape flower and asked me to take a picture of him and the rape flower. Through the frame of my phone, I saw that my father's smile was extraordinarily bright, like a blooming rape flower, full of hope and beauty. When I pressed the shutter, I was very sure that my father's "rice and oil" planting model would be successful and usher in another bumper harvest year.