Original New Gansu Dongxiang County Financial Media Center
In the past few days, agricultural activities in Dongxiang County have entered a peak period. The county agricultural department makes full use of agricultural machinery as the "main force" to organize farmers to seize the opportunity and make every effort to promote spring ploughing production. At present, the whole county presents a busy and orderly scene of spring plowing and spring planting.
On May 9th, the reporter came to the field of Shanggou Village, Fengshan Township, the machinery roared, the waste plastic film recycling machine, rotary cultivator, sowing and mulching machine and other machinery are shuttling in the field, in the blink of an eye, a piece of field was ploughed loose and flat, through mechanization greatly improved the efficiency of ploughing, reduced the cost of farming, ensured that the agricultural time was not delayed, and laid a solid foundation for ensuring food security and increasing farmers' income.
The agricultural mechanics who drive agricultural machinery are absorbed by the Fuxin Agricultural Machinery Farmers Professional Cooperative in Fengshan Township, and all the machinery and equipment are provided by the cooperative. "Our cooperative was established in 2019, and with the support of the government, the agricultural department and the township, it has developed from a few tractors at the beginning to more than 40 sets of various types of machinery such as rotary tillers and laminating machines, and the development is getting better and better. It is hoped that the cooperatives will get better and better, and can drive more people to increase their income. Ma Jinlong, head of the Fuxin Agricultural Machinery Farmers Professional Cooperative in Fengshan Township, said.
It is reported that Fengshan Township Fuxin Agricultural Machinery Farmers Professional Cooperative currently has 5 members, and has absorbed more than 10 skilled people to become agricultural mechanics, deep cultivation of corn, potatoes, oats and other crops. In 2023, these agricultural mechanics will complete more than 2,000 acres of silk kneading and baling in Fengshan Township and about 7,000 acres of rotary tillage and film laying in surrounding townships, and plan to achieve tens of thousands of acres of mechanized planting in 2024. (Reporter: Ma Lijun)