Today's Yongzhou News (Jianghua Special Reporter Peng Baohua Zhang Jian) It is now the harvest season of long-leaf oranges. In the vast orchard of Cross Village, Xiaowei Zhuang Township, Jianghua Yao Autonomous County, golden long-leaved oranges hang on the branches, and the fruity fragrance is overflowing, a scene of bumper harvest.
In the orange plantation, the orange trees are lush and green, and the oranges look particularly attractive in the sunlight. Fruit farmers shuttle through the orchards, busy picking ripe oranges, and their faces are full of harvest smiles. This year's climatic conditions are very suitable for the growth of oranges, and with the careful planting management of the growers, the yield and quality of the oranges have reached new heights.
"The orange was three or four hundred thousand catties last year, and this year it is more than 600,000 catties, because its fruit is so big, and its technology has also improved in all aspects, and the yield has also increased. Zhou Heng, head of Jiangcheng Fruit Co., Ltd., said.
This year, Zhou Heng has made great efforts to develop online sales channels and look for growth opportunities with the help of e-commerce platforms. In order to ensure the quality of the fruits, the fruit growers only pick the fruits after the customer has placed an order, and they can pack them in boxes and send them to all parts of the country the next day at the latest.
"The sales volume is relatively good, the price is very good, the price is basically five yuan a catty, when we started broadcasting this time, it was about 5,000 orders a day, that is, it was 4 or 50,000 catties, and our sales period was one month. ”
The harvest of the orchard not only brought benefits to Zhou Heng, but also provided jobs for nearby villagers, and during this time, more than 30 villagers came to pick oranges every day. For some older villagers, picking is not only easy to learn, but also allows them to find suitable work at their doorstep to take care of their families.
"It's also convenient to do things in the house, about 100 yuan a day. Cen Jingtian, a villager from Cross Village, said.
This orchard has a total of more than 1,000 acres, including more than 200 acres of long-leaved oranges, and now it has ushered in a bumper harvest period. Next, Gannan early navel orange, Newhall navel orange, wo mandarin and other varieties will ripen one after another, forming a production pattern with fruits in all seasons. It has also led to the development of agricultural industry in nearby villages. Orange planting has become one of the important ways for farmers to increase their income, and more and more farmers have joined the ranks of orange planting, which has also led to the development of agricultural industry in nearby villages.
"There are 5 and 6 companies that have approached us and want to join our cooperatives, including those in Guangxi, and there are 2 that have joined, one in dozens of acres, and one in more than 100 acres. Zhou Heng, head of Jiangcheng Fruit Co., Ltd., said.