At present, it is a critical period for the growth of various crops. Tugaoshan Township, Huining County, made scientific decisions, made serious arrangements, and took positive actions to do a solid job in summer field management to ensure stable crop yields and bumper harvests.
Sand field watermelon is the highlight of the annual agricultural production in Tugaoshan Township, and it is also a good way for farmers to increase their income and get rich, and the area of sand field watermelon planted in the township this year is about 23,000 mu. In early summer, the seedlings of 10,000 acres of watermelon fields are good, and the melon farmers are busy shuttling between the melon seedlings to carry out the ventilation work, laying a good foundation for the vigorous growth of the subsequent melon seedlings.
Chang Ke, a villager from Chengyuan Village, Tugaoshan Township: Now we are ventilating the melon seedlings for the second time, and it has been a week since the first ventilation, and the third ventilation will begin after five to seven days after the second ventilation, and the melon seedlings will be released from the agricultural film to ensure that the watermelons grow well and have a good harvest this year.
The watermelon fields on this side are growing well, and the gourd and corn fields on the other side are also in good condition. Agricultural technicians are carefully checking the seedlings in the field, explaining the current management priorities and pest control technical essentials for farmers, and providing practical and all-round technical guidance, which has been well received by farmers.
Zhou Weibang, a villager from Shanggou Village, Tugaoshan Township: This year, we have planted some corn and gourds, and now it is the seedling release period, and we are weeding and putting seedlings. Today, the scientific and technological personnel from the countryside came to the field and gave us some guidance on some techniques for controlling pests and diseases, and we should prevent pests and diseases in advance according to these techniques.
Strengthen the reserves of agricultural materials. Tugaoshan Township also carefully deploys the supply of agricultural materials for summer management, and supervises and guides operators to prepare enough summer pesticides in accordance with the characteristics of local crop pests and diseases, so that the varieties are complete, the quantity is sufficient, and the quality is excellent.
Zhang Meng, head of the agricultural materials sales department of Nongle County, Huining County: At present, the temperature difference between day and night in the weather in our Tugaoshan Township is relatively large, and the demand for fungicides for crops is relatively large, we have reserved 0.25 tons of fungicides to meet the needs of farmers, and pests may occur as the temperature rises, and we have also reserved 0.3 tons of pesticides to meet the needs of farmers. In extreme weather, we have been trained by the County Agriculture and Rural Bureau, and will go into the field to check the occurrence of crop pests and diseases, symptomatic dispensing, and our pesticides are directly purchased from the Chinese insurance manufacturers, and the purchase account is done; At the same time, the sales also do a good job of shipping ledger to ensure that every bottle and bag of pesticides can be traced back to a place and a place to go.
Scientifically manage farmland and improve yield and quality. Tugaoshan Township makes full use of propaganda columns, distribution of publicity materials, WeChat groups, etc., to explain the characteristics of common pests and diseases of summer crops and the prevention and control methods to the masses; At the same time, actively organize agricultural technicians to carry out agricultural surveys and technical guidance services, and scientifically guide farmers in the jurisdiction to do a good job in field management measures such as top dressing, weeding, disease prevention and insect control, so that farmers have the bottom in their hearts, skills in their hands, and goods in the field, and strive to promote stable and increased grain production in the township.
Ma Zhen, director of the Tugaoshan Township Agricultural and Rural Comprehensive Service Center: We urge the village cadres and agricultural technicians to go deep into the fields to carry out field investigations on the seedlings, pests and diseases, soil fertility and moisture of watermelons, potatoes, corn and small grains, and provide guidance services for farmers on the spot, so that the technology can go down to the village and the ground, and guide farmers to do a good job in field management. In the next step, we will continue to carry out training and guidance services, so that the masses can master the susceptible pests and diseases and their preventive measures, guide farmers to continue to carry out good field management, boost the quality and efficiency of agricultural production in the township, and promote the farmers to increase production and income.
(Huining financial media reporter Li Jia, Wang Yanli)