(Reporter Li Weidong, Intern Reporter Hu Cai, Correspondent Zhang Chong) The hot sun has blanched the sorghum everywhere, and more than 3,100 acres of sorghum in Xiangyanghu Town, Xian'an District have ushered in the maturity period. On August 7, in Xiongjiawan, Tiepu Village, Sun Debiao, a large planter, was organizing machinery to harvest ripe red sorghum, and his face was filled with the joy of a bumper harvest.
The combine harvester shuttles back and forth in the sorghum field, swallowing the heavy sorghum ears and stalks, cutting the rods, threshing, crushing, and returning them to the field...... Coherent. Sun Debiao, a large planter, said that because it was the first time to try to plant red sorghum, he did not know whether he could adapt to the climate characteristics of Xian'an, so he chose to try planting in three batches around the Qingming Festival and the Dragon Boat Festival. As a result, the first batch of sorghum encountered the rainy season during the flowering stage, and the seed setting rate of sorghum was low.
"The difference between the first and second batches is two-thirds. It is better to plant sorghum for one season on our side, and not to regenerate seedlings. Plant a season before and after the Dragon Boat Festival, stagger the rainy season, each mu should be able to reach more than 1,000 catties of yield, the current purchase price is a piece of seven cents five, according to this market, the benefits of planting sorghum are much better than planting rice. Sun Debiao, a large planter in Xiangyanghu Town, Xian'an District, compared the first batch and the second batch of sorghum ears.
At the beginning of this year, under the organization of Xiangyanghu Town, Xian'an District, Sun Debiao went to Jingzhou City to inspect the true scriptures of sorghum planting. After receiving the order, he planted sorghum on 80 acres of dry land with poor water sources circulating in Tiepu Village.
"In terms of sales, a third party in Jingzhou will purchase it at a fixed point and conduct transactions according to market conditions. Judging from the benefits of the second batch this year, I plan to expand part of the area next year and plant about 150 acres. Sun Debiao said with confidence.
In the past two years, 4,091 acres of cultivated land have flowed out of Xiangyanghu Town, most of which are dry land where water sources cannot be guaranteed. In order to revitalize cultivated land resources, optimize the planting structure, and ensure food security, Xiangyanghu Town mobilized the masses to plant 3,100 acres of sorghum and 3,000 acres of corn. At present, both dryland crops have been harvested, and when comparing their inputs, yields, marketing channels and purchase prices, sorghum has a clear advantage.