A few days ago, the peas planted in Guoji Town, Piyang County have entered the picking period, and at a glance, the green pea tips stand proudly in the breeze. Villagers shuttled through the fields, busy picking, bagging, weighing, and transporting, their faces filled with the joy of a bumper harvest.
"I have a lot of money on hand, I can pick more than 300 catties a day to earn 100 yuan, and this season, I can pick a few thousand yuan. The salary is paid every day, which is simple and trouble-free, and can also take care of the family. Villager Dai Fu Xiang said while picking. The pea picking period lasts about 15 days, and each worker can earn an average of 2,000 to 3,000 yuan during the picking period. In Guoji Town, pea planting alone can drive the villagers to increase their income by more than 15 million yuan.
"The quality of this medium pea No. 7 pea I planted is good, and there are merchants who come to buy it without leaving home, and there is no need to worry about sales. This year, the business situation is good, the yield is high, and the yield per mu can be more than 2,000 catties, and the peas are harvested without delaying the planting of spring peanuts. Lu Tianjiang, a grower in Liushuwang Village, said with a smile. Guoji town as an agricultural town, peas are one of the main agricultural products, from 2007 to the present, farmers gradually accept, the area is increasing year by year, the current sweet pea planting scale in the town reached more than 10,000 acres, the average price of 1.4 yuan / catty, the average benefit per mu is basically 2500 yuan to 3000 yuan.
"I planted more than 130 acres of peas, pea seedlings just after picking, I was busy arranging to pick peas, and now through cold chain logistics, the products are exported to Nanyang, Luoyang, Zhengzhou and other places. Jiahe Agricultural Planting Cooperative Wang Changjiang said. Wang Changjiang is the first batch of pea growers, under his leadership, through the "village party branch + cooperatives + farmers" way, drive a large number of surrounding villagers to start planting, in addition to self-production and self-sale, Wang Changjiang also purchased pea seedlings and peas planted by villagers, pea planting in the local area has become an important channel for villagers to increase income.
At present, the 17 village (resident) committees of Guoji Town have people planting sweet peas. Focusing on the general requirements of "industrial prosperity", the town constantly revitalizes land resources and develops the cultivation of special agricultural products, the main crops are wheat, peanuts, corn, sweet potatoes, peas, tobacco leaves, shiitake mushrooms, etc. Efforts should be made to broaden sales channels, expand popularity, and make the villagers rich and increase their income, which not only guarantees the grain bags, enriches the vegetable baskets, but also puffs up the money bags of the peasant masses.
"We will continue to focus on the development goal of 'one village, one product', actively create the brand highlight of 'one village, one characteristic', deepen the cultivation of traditional agriculture, and extend the chain and strengthen the chain through the guidance of village sages, the phoenix return to the nest plan, and the continuous optimization of the business environment by building nests to attract phoenixes, so as to promote the integrated development of primary, secondary and tertiary industries, and help villagers increase their income and revitalize the countryside. The head of the town said.
All-media reporter Xu Ming, correspondent Liu Siyuan, Zhang Yue