In the early morning, when people are still asleep, the Jinwang family farm in Motou Town is already rumbling, large tractors are ploughing the land, ridge lifters digging ridges, and seeding machines are sowing precisely. In a few days, tender green radish seedlings will break through the ground from here. Wang Xiaolong, a family farmer in Jinwang, told reporters: "We sowed seeds in September, and the radishes will be available at the end of November and early December." ”
Rugao white radish obtained the National Geographical Indication agricultural product in 2014, but the output value has not been able to rise. Among them, the traditional planting method is inefficient and the scale cannot be expanded, which is an important factor. Now, many large growers have begun to use mechanized planting to expand their scale and seek breakthroughs. Wang Xiaolong said that Jinwang Family Farm grows "Rugao white radish" that obtains the national geographical indication product, and it is also a kind of pinched neck radish unique to Rugao. "Rugao's neck-pinching radish is different from other places' turnips, the radish is round, the neck is very thin and long, about two centimeters, and it looks very beautiful." The rugao radish that is usually referred to refers specifically to this pinched neck radish, which is a geographical indication of agricultural products. ”
Wang Xiaolong told reporters that last year he planted more than a dozen acres of pinched neck radish, supplied 30 tons of hema fresh food, and later had to suspend the contract because there was no supply. This year, he planned early and vacated more than a hundred acres of land. Arable land, ridge raising and sowing are all mechanized. "Just customized ridge machine from Shandong, the traditional ridge is only a few centimeters, we have more than 20 centimeters on the ridge bottom to the ridge, and it is completed at one time, the ridge surface is like a table surface is very flat, square and neat, easy to sow." Another advantage is that it is easy to drain, and the later harvest is also mechanized. "Just by customizing the entire set of equipment, Wang Xiaolong spent nearly 100,000 yuan, but saved a lot of manpower, the accuracy of planting has been improved, and the later management has become easier." Five or six of us can sow seven or eight acres of land a day, and the traditional planting method, seven or eight acres of land and 30 people may not be able to finish sowing, and the effect is not so good. ”
Rugao is a famous longevity township in the world, and most people like to eat radish and eat radish raw. In Rugao, there is a saying called "Rugao radish is crunchy and crisp, and you can live for a hundred years when you eat it", and Wang Xiaolong hopes to highlight this characteristic of radish in the future and beat it into the fruit market. "In the future, I want to promote Rugao radish to the whole country through a large platform, and I can also occupy a certain share in the fruit market." Like apples, which are characterized by being relatively crisp and sweet, our radishes are not only sweet, but also stomach-eating, and can be eaten as fruits. From the current point of view, the yield of radish per mu is 2,000 or 3,000 kilograms, which should not be a problem. ”
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National geographical indication agricultural products are an affirmation and protection of agricultural products with rich regional characteristics, but they are often planted in traditional ways, with low planting efficiency, small planting scale, and the expansion of the area is a major problem. Wang Xiaolong adopts the method of mechanized planting, which not only solves the problem of labor, but also finds a way out for large-scale and mass production, which is worth learning from everyone.
Source| Rugao Daily