New Gansu Gansu Peasant Daily correspondent Yang Yan
At present, it is a good season for spring plowing and spring sowing, Minqin County seizes the favorable opportunity of spring ploughing, accelerates the construction of high-standard farmland, improves the comprehensive agricultural production capacity, and lays a solid foundation for the county's agricultural production and farmers' income.
The construction of high-standard farmland is a key measure to consolidate and improve grain production capacity and ensure food security. Recently, walking into the 10,000 acres of high-standard farmland construction project area in Xucha Village, Suwu Town, Minqin County, the corn planter shuttles back and forth in the field, sowing, fertilization, soil covering, and drip irrigation belt laying are completed at one time, and the construction of high-standard farmland projects has improved the utilization rate of machinery while reducing the cost of farming.
Laying mulch film and drip irrigation tape. Photo by Zhang Xiaojiao, correspondent of New Gansu Gansu Peasant Daily
"The implementation of high-standard farmland construction projects can significantly improve the output capacity of cultivated land and grain production capacity, promote grain production and increase farmers' income. Yin Peng, deputy mayor of Suwu Town, said that through measures such as soil improvement and ditch repair, land cultivation conditions can be further improved, and farmland can be strengthened, disaster prevention, disaster reduction capabilities, and comprehensive agricultural production efficiency can be improved.
Grain production is fundamentally in cultivated land, and the lifeblood is in water conservancy. Minqin County has intensified the promotion of high-efficiency water-saving irrigation technology, gradually promoted the application of water-saving irrigation technology and high-standard farmland construction with integrated water and fertilizer, and made "fine" water articles, so that "flood irrigation" has become "precise drip irrigation".
Workers are stepping up to install the head of the shaft. Photo by Zhang Xiaojiao, correspondent of New Gansu Gansu Peasant Daily
At the construction site of the high-standard farmland construction project in Beigou Village, Xiqu Town, Minqin County, the author saw that the workers were laying pipelines in full swing, and the clear stream of Mimimi would flow to the fields through one outlet after another under the transportation of pipelines, intensively and efficiently irrigating 5,000 acres of farmland in the demonstration area.
"The application of high-efficiency water-saving irrigation technology not only reduces the water consumption of agricultural product planting, but also saves labor and time, and effectively reduces the planting cost. In addition, the water and fertilizer required for agricultural products can be maintained at all times, and the growth time is further shortened and the quality is improved. He Wang, deputy mayor of Xiqu Town, Minqin County, introduced.
In May 2023, Minqin County was identified by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs as a pilot county for promoting the construction of high-standard farmland in the whole irrigation area.
Mechanically sowing potatoes. Photo by Wang Xili, correspondent of New Gansu Gansu Peasant Daily
In Yong'an Village, Changning Town, the results of high-standard farmland construction are even more obvious. The water-saving irrigation pipe network and hardened canals have replaced the muddy and messy mounds of the past, and the problem of irrigation and unmatched facilities in farmland has been effectively solved.
"The construction of high-standard farmland has improved the irrigation efficiency, saving about 100 cubic meters of water per mu of corn, saving about 25 degrees of electricity, saving about 20 kilograms of fertilizer, increasing the average grain yield per mu by about 50 kilograms, and saving more than 500 yuan per mu. Zhang Yujun, a villager in Yongan Village, said.
At present, the county has built a total of 648,200 acres of high-standard farmland. The construction of these high-standard farmlands not only improves the comprehensive production capacity of farmland, but also provides strong support for the popularization and application of agricultural technology and the optimization of agricultural industrial structure. This year, Minqin County will build 155,000 mu of high-standard farmland, and the comprehensive mechanization rate of crops will reach more than 90%.
"We adhere to the integration of good land and good methods, agricultural machinery and agronomy, demonstrate and promote the integration of farming and sowing, harvesting and harvesting, heaven and earth plant protection and other intelligent agricultural machinery equipment, to achieve precision, standardization and intelligent operation, improve the timeliness of cultivation management and harvesting, so that farming from relying on manpower to relying on machinery. Chen Fang, deputy director of Minqin County Agriculture and Rural Bureau, said that Minqin will promote the construction of high-standard farmland in an all-round way, so that every inch of cultivated land can become fertile soil for a bumper harvest.