Autumn is strong, peanuts are fragrant, and the harvest season is busy...... In the golden autumn, more than 38,000 acres of peanut fields in Tongyang Town, Shuyang County ushered in a bumper harvest. Recently, the author stepped into the goat village of Tongyang Town, full of busy villagers, they took advantage of the crisp autumn weather, racing against time to harvest peanuts, and the fields were filled with the joy of harvest.
The villagers uprooted the peanut seedlings, and bunches of plump peanuts broke through the soil with the fragrance of the soil. Zhang Honglin, a villager of Goat Village, shared his joy with a happy smile on his face: "My family has planted more than a dozen acres of peanuts, and the yield per mu is expected to reach about 1,000 catties, according to the purchase price of 2 yuan per catty in the current market, it is expected to earn 20,000 yuan this year." ”
Not far away, villagers sat around the artificial peanut thresher, skillfully operating. I saw them holding a clump of peanuts with both hands, and when they smashed it hard, the peanut seedlings and fruits were instantly separated in their hands, and the full peanuts fell into the basket, and then they were quickly bagged and transported directly to the nearby purchase point, and the whole process was efficient and smooth. The defruited peanut seedlings are recycled by a nearby factory and processed into livestock feed, thus reusing resources.
At a peanut buying point in Goat Village, the trading scene is bustling. Buyers are busy sorting, weighing and packing the peanuts as they are graded and sorted before they embark on their journey to supermarkets and farmers' markets across the country. This small purchasing point, using the vacant land in front of the farmer's door, can purchase and process more than a dozen tons of peanuts a day with only a few workers. Ye Jing, the person in charge of the purchase point, said: "I have been buying here for more than ten years, and the 'Dabaisha' peanut variety here has a beautiful fruit shape, delicate taste and no residue, which is well received by the market, and the peanuts planted by the villagers are not marketable at all." ”
In recent years, the party committee and government of Tongyang Town have given full play to their geographical advantages, actively guided farmers to adjust the planting structure, and adopted the innovative model of "branch + deep processing enterprise + farmer" to vigorously promote peanut planting. At the same time, strengthen technical training and services, continuously improve the yield and quality of peanuts, and encourage farmers to develop peanut deep processing industry, extend the industrial chain, increase the added value of products, and effectively promote agricultural efficiency and farmers' income.
Qian Cuifeng, director of the Rural Work Bureau of Tongyang Town, introduced that in 2022, "Tongyang Peanut" won the National Geographical Indication Agricultural Product Certification. This honor not only enhances the popularity of Tongyang peanuts, but also brings more benefits to the villagers. Today, this small peanut has become a "golden bean" for local villagers to increase their income and get rich, paving a broad road for rural revitalization. (Xu Pan, Hu Wei)