Chinanews.com, Urumqi, August 15 (Zou Yanzhong and Hu Weihua) Machine seeding of female parents, manual seeding of male parents, setting seedlings, removing impurities, pumping smallpox, cutting male parents, ear selection, threshing, selection... Corn production has 15 processes, one third more than ordinary corn planting, and manual and delicate operation, daily salary is 170 yuan...

　　Xinjiang Bayingoleng Mongol Autonomous Prefecture and Jingxian County saw opportunities from the numerous processes, refined operations, and high salaries in corn seed production. They seized the opportunity to create a sunrise industry that helped farmers increase their incomes, and also created a seed production "professional farmer". ".

Seed production "professional farmers" in Hejing County and Jingzhen are cutting off the male parent corn plants that have completed the pollination mission in the seed production corn field.

Photo by Zou Yanzhong

　　A few days ago, farmers Xiong Binghua, Yang Qingye, and Xu Fangfang in Hejing County and Jingzhen are cutting off the male parent plants of seed corn that have completed the mission of pollination. This is an important process for nearly 400 mu of seed corn.

　　According to Wang Wenxuan, technical leader of Xinjiang Xianfeng Weiye Seed Co., Ltd. and Jing Corn Seed Production Base, the company has transferred more than 1,000 acres of land to engage in corn seed production in Hejing County.

There are 390.7 mu of corn planting land in Caiganbrook Village, Halmodon Town, and it requires 2,000 manpower a year, but the requirements for the comprehensive quality of seed farmers are also high.

　　At present, the price of seed production corn is 6 to 8 yuan, which is 3-4 times that of ordinary corn, and the daily salary paid for seed production "professional farmers" is also rising.

　　Ma Wanli, also from Caiganbrook Village, Halmore Town, is a broker of seed production "professional farmers".

He said that the income of seed production "professional farmers" is considerable, and one person can earn 35,000 yuan in 7 months.

　　With the continuous improvement of the quality requirements of seed production, "professional farmers" in seed production are also constantly optimizing.

Local farmers such as Xiong Binghua and Yang Qingye are just optimized seed production "professional farmers".

　　Since the beginning of this year, the development of modern seed industry is becoming a characteristic of Hejing County's promotion of high-quality agricultural development.

Liu Jun, Secretary of the Party Committee of the Agriculture and Rural Bureau of the county, introduced that Hejing County is part of the construction of 4 million acres of seed production bases in Xinjiang. The climate, water, soil, light and heat conditions are very suitable for corn and wheat seed production. From 5,000 acres to 9,300 acres this year, of which more than 7,000 acres for corn production and more than 2,000 acres for wheat production.

　　Seed production, on the one hand, is becoming an emerging industry for farmers to increase their income, and on the other hand, it is forcing "professional farmers" to improve their overall quality.

At present, there are more than 500 farmers engaged in seed production in the county, making them a group with higher income-increasing ability.

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