Red Net Moment August 31 news (correspondent He Tao Guo Zhang) Early autumn is a good season for picking lotuses, Xianglian in Shuikou District has also ushered in a bumper harvest, Xianglian planters use order production, mechanized deep processing and other methods to promote industrial development and drive villagers to increase income.
In early autumn, the lotus pond flowers are delicate, and it is time to pick the lotus. In the Xianglian planting base of Hunan Haizhi Agriculture and Forestry Development Co., Ltd. in Gaofu Village, Zhuting Town, the lotus flowers are standing tall and the Xianglian is fruitful, and at five o'clock in the morning, the grower Cheng Wenli takes advantage of the cool to go down to the lotus field to pick lotuses.
Cheng Wenli, field administrator of Hunan Haizhi Agriculture and Forestry Development Co., Ltd., said: "This is Space 36, which is large, full of seeds, large particles, and high yield, and it is initially estimated that it can produce more than 200 catties per mu, and can be sold for more than 2,000 yuan an mu." ”
Field administrator Cheng Wenli has been engaged in the cultivation of Xianglian for six years and has a lot of experience, he told reporters that there are several varieties of lotus, the most tender is the fruit lotus that can be eaten on the spot, as well as the white lotus and shell lotus for processing.
The lotus was loaded with a full truck and transported to the Xianglian processing plant of Hunan Haizhi Agriculture and Forestry Development Co., Ltd. The processing plant is very lively, and the plump lotus flesh slides out of the lotus seed shell stripping machine, and the white flowers are a piece of love. Three such machines work at the same time, a day can produce 2100 pounds of fresh white lotus, and then through peeling, de-lotus heart, drying and other links, the production of dried lotus seeds is both convenient for preservation and nutritious and delicious.
At present, Hunan Haizhi Agriculture and Forestry Development Co., Ltd. has set up 3 Xianglian processing plants in Zhuting Town, and at the same time circulated more than 4,000 mu of land in Zhuting Town, Gantian Town and Guyuefeng Town, with a total investment of 8 million yuan, to create a Xianglian planting industrialization base.
Hou Baoding, project manager of Hunan Haizhi Agriculture and Forestry Development Co., Ltd., said: "The development direction of the Xianglian industry is very large, because the whole body of Xianglian is a treasure, you can pick lotus tips, you can make lotus leaf tea, you can make eight treasure lotus seed porridge, etc., the sales are very wide, and it is also very well sold." ”
In Hebao Village, Longchuan Town, the village planted two varieties of Xianglian and Space Lotus No. 36, a total of more than 500 acres, which belong to the collective industry of the village. This year, the village has brought more than 100,000 yuan in income from the sale of dried white lotuses alone.
Li Xiaohui, a village cadre in Hebao Village, Longchuan Town, said: "At present, with the help of the Rural Revitalization Team in the village, we are building a cold storage, which can ensure the freshness of the lotus seeds and facilitate storage. ”
In recent years, Weikou District has encouraged and supported all kinds of business entities to circulate and lease land on a moderate scale, and at the same time implement the basic reward of 800 yuan per mu within three years, it has also implemented special awards, demonstration awards, new business entities, processing and sales awards, etc., guided the adjustment of planting structure, and newly built a 20,000-mu Xianglian planting base.
"Xianglian planting has become another characteristic industry in Shuikou District, with the gradual expansion of the scale of planting, we focus on developing the processing industry, extending the industrial chain, and developing rural tourism by creating lotus festivals and other ways to expand value and promote the increase of farmers' income in the region." Tian Weihong, chief agronomist of the District Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau, said.