On April 21, the reporter walked into Shaodian Town, a characteristic fruit and vegetable planting town in Shangcai County, and saw people who were busy for the upcoming harvest.
Li Deqian, a large potato grower of 300 acres in Buzhuang Village, told reporters that the current is the most important yield formation period for mulch potatoes, and that they can be harvested in mid-May through greenhouse planting and mulch planting before the Spring Festival, while the potatoes planted in the field must at least wait until after the wheat harvest.
Li Deqian has been growing potatoes for 15 years, and now he can be described as a new farmer with technology and management. When the farm is busy, more than 10 people are employed in the field every day, and when the potatoes are on the market, more than 100 people are employed every day. According to the current market situation, his potatoes can be sold at a better price, and the net income per mu can reach 8,000 yuan.
The greenhouse potatoes and mulch potatoes have a short growth cycle, leaving a broad time and space for summer planting and autumn planting, watermelons can be planted in summer, cabbage can be planted in autumn, and three harvests a year have made Li Deqian's 300 acres of land a pastoral garden that can be planed out of the hope of "golden beans".
Today, the total potato planting area of Shaodian Town has exceeded 30,000 mu, with a total output value of about 300 million yuan.
Turmeric is also the "golden pimple" of Shaodian's specialty, Shaodian turmeric has a long history of planting, and the "Shaodian turmeric" with golden color, hot taste and less moisture has become a geographical indication agricultural product certified by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs.
Nowadays, Shaodian Town perennial planting ginger about 12,000 acres, mu yield of five or six thousand catties, the best market time, the head price of each catty of ginger reached four or five yuan, when the market is poor, the harvest of ginger is not less than sesame soybeans, because for hundreds of years Shaodian turmeric has the confidence of "ginger enough".
The relevant person in charge of Shaodian Town told reporters that the town has built a turmeric wholesale market and a potato wholesale market, and is also actively applying for the establishment of a standardized planting demonstration base for ginger, potatoes and other characteristic agricultural products. Management and other links to give regular and irregular scientific guidance, the characteristics of the town's characteristic planting are becoming more and more obvious, the scale effect and brand effect of the characteristic industry is being reflected in the online and offline markets, he believes that Shaodian Town has embarked on the high-quality development of the characteristic planting industry "gold" avenue! #驻马店头条#
Zhumadian Reporter: Lei Hongzhong, Shangcai Rong Media Reporter: Zhang Chunjian, Zhao Shengli, Yuan Yunhai
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