It's a good time in spring
The harvest is just in time
"Loquat incense in April, abundant yield of yellow in the middle of the mountain. Now it's the season of loquat fragrance, walking into Xin'an Town, Pingshan County, the loquat trees all over the mountains are lush and green, and the branches of the fruit trees are full of golden and translucent loquats, and the color is attractive, attracting many merchants to come to grab the "fresh".
Recently, at a fruit purchase point in Anhe Village, Xin'an Town, many fruit farmers are busy transporting baskets of loquat to the purchase point, and everyone is busy unpacking, sorting, weighing, and packing......
Buyer Xiao Tiangen told reporters that the loquat in Xin'an Town has matured recently, and they can buy more than 6,000 catties every day, and the purchase price varies according to the size and quality of the fruit, and the purchase price of good fruit can reach 8 to 10 yuan per catty. Because of the good quality of the fruit, it has also attracted customers from all over the country such as Hunan, Hubei, Zhejiang, and Shanghai to come to buy.
The good quality of loquat in Xin'an Town benefits from the climate of the dry and hot valley of the Jinsha River and the geographical advantages of the selenium-rich area of Laojun Mountain.
Fruit farmer Tong Guirong is a big loquat planter in Anhe Village, he planted more than 10 acres of "big five-star" loquat, these two days, the family shuttled through the forest to pick loquat, the basket barrel is full of golden color, large flesh thick "golden fruit".
Tong Guirong said: "This year's average price is 8 to 9 yuan per catty, and the annual loquat income can be about 90,000 yuan. ”
In addition to planting "big five-star", Tong Guirong also actively explores the introduction of new varieties of loquat and the improvement of the original varieties, since the beginning of this year, she has introduced 10 high-yield "spring loquat" from the base of Sichuan Agricultural University, the advantage of this variety is to bloom in spring, can effectively avoid winter loquat flowering and frost damage. At present, it is still in the trial stage.
In order to better improve the management level of loquat planting and promote the quality and efficiency of the loquat industry, Xin'an Town has taken multiple measures to raise funds to repair water conservancy, build new reservoirs and other agricultural infrastructure, and continue to strengthen technical guidance on management and protection. Since 2023, Xin'an Town has built 3,765 5-cubic-meter micro pools, increased the water storage capacity by 18,825 cubic meters, carried out 12 training sessions on loquat quality and efficiency, improved more than 4,000 acres of loquat, applied more than 1,000 tons of organic fertilizer, laid 100 bio-insecticides, and degraded 50,000 yellow plates. At present, the town is making every effort to promote the construction of the irrigation station project in Anhe area and the high-efficiency water-saving irrigation project of loquat modern agricultural industrial park.
According to Zhang Hu, deputy mayor of Xin'an Town, the next step is to take the opportunity of building an industrial park in Xin'an Town to support industrial development with supporting infrastructure and projects, improve the quality and efficiency of the industry, and broaden sales channels through the "online + offline" sales model, which is expected to achieve sales of more than 40 million yuan this year.
Reporter: Zhou Ling, Lei Lirong, Wan Youling
First instance (proofreading): Feng Peixin Second instance (proofreading): Liu Kaimei Third trial (proofreading): Yang Yong