【Explanation】 Locusts, commonly known as grasshoppers, are the natural enemies of crops, and have been labeled as "pests". But in recent years, the nutritional value of this "pest" has been gradually discovered, and breeding grasshoppers has also become an emerging industry. In many villages in Jinan, many farmer households regard raising grasshoppers as a "get rich". At this stage, this year's first crop of grasshoppers has passed the shed time, and some of the grasshoppers have even died. Tens of millions of grasshoppers are facing the dilemma of "can't sell, can't let go". The grasshopper farmers collectively "panicked" God ". Ge Feng, director of the Agricultural Entomology Professional Committee of the Chinese Entomological Society, said in an interview with the media that grasshoppers cause harm to humans because of the erosion of crops, and are generally considered to be a harmful insect in ecology. At this stage, there are many grasshopper breeding, but the supervision of grasshopper consumption is still blank, and there are no breeding standards and detection methods. As for whether the grasshopper will fast, it is necessary to wait for the relevant departments to issue implementation rules.
[Commentary] On May 13, the reporter saw in the field of Huanghe Town, Jinan City that dozens of white film greenhouses were neatly arranged together, and beside the greenhouse was a green wheat field. After the 50-year-old villager Chen Shanliang put the green wheat seedlings into the forage machine, he carried a large bag of forage and drilled into the greenhouse. Thousands of dark brown grasshoppers fluttered their wings in an instant. Extremely startled locust. " According to Chen Shanliang, he has been breeding grasshoppers since last year, and after a year of development, he has become a major farmer in the town.
[Same period] Chen Shanliang, a grasshopper breeder in Xinjie Village, Huanghe Town, Jinan City
Last year I rented 80 acres of land and built 35 grasshopper sheds on (among them) 13 acres of land. You are very hard to raise grasshoppers like us, get up early in the morning, get up early in the morning, get up at 5 o'clock, lift the greenhouse to ventilate, and then start to crush the grass, and then start feeding the grasshoppers after the grass is crushed, no matter how hot the weather is, Must be fed inside. Up to now, the number of my breeding is between 3.5 million and 4 million.
[Commentary] At this stage, many restaurants and processing plants are no longer buying grasshoppers. Chen Shanliang's nearly 4 million grasshoppers are all unsalable. In recent days, some grasshoppers that Chen Shanliang cultivated have already died after they have reached maturity, which makes him anxious to enter the year of the flower. Chen Shanliang told reporters that if the grasshopper is allowed to die naturally, it will affect the growth of the next crop; if it chooses to be released, the grasshopper will cause hidden dangers to the crops once it is released.
[Same period] Chen Shanliang, a grasshopper breeder in Xinjie Village, Huanghe Town, Jinan City
The impact of the epidemic has a great impact on insect farming, and now they do not do any further processing in restaurants and barbecue stalls. There are already deaths in the shed. The grasshoppers have matured in about 45 days. It has been more than 50 days. They should have been sold long ago. Now they have laid their eggs and died on their own. Now each shed About one-tenth of the grasshoppers inside died.
[Explanation] Whether grasshoppers can be eaten is not only a "heart disease" of farmers, but also affects the hearts of many diners. Shandong is a major province for breeding and eating grasshoppers. Jinan, Weifang, Zaozhuang and other places have large-scale breeding. Many have formed deep-processing industries. Locals also have the tradition of eating grasshoppers as snacks. Some experts said that the grasshopper itself is rich in nutritional value, and if eaten, it can supplement protein and soft phospholipids. The reporter then visited several grasshopper farmers around Jinan City. At the present stage, they are just like Chen Shanliang, and they are facing marketing problems.
[Same period] Meng Yongsheng, member of the Party Committee of Huanghe Town, Jinan City
We have also visited a number of grasshopper farmers, and also learned that these farmers currently have a slow sales of grasshoppers, and there are such problems as the next step in development. So the next step, from the perspective of the government, we also want to actively guide, if it is said that it is not allowed to eat, we will further guide him to switch his production and engage in other industries to minimize the loss of these people.
[Commentary] It is understood that on February 24, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress issued a decision to prohibit illegal wildlife trading, eliminate the abuse of wild animals, and illuminate the "red light" for the wildlife breeding industry.
(Reported by Yang Fei Jinan)
Editor in charge: [Wang Kai]