[Explanation] On August 12, in the tomato processing field of Wang Hongying, a villager in Lanzhouwan New Village, Lanzhouwan Town, Manas County, Changji Prefecture, Xinjiang, bright red tomatoes were crystal clear under the sun, giving a bumper harvest.
The new tomato harvester is picking tomatoes in the field. The harvester puts bright red tomatoes into the bag, and then through the electronic color sorter intelligent color discrimination system, the red ripe tomatoes are embraced, and the green is immature. Tomatoes are selected, and the use of mechanized intelligent harvesting maximizes the efficiency of tomato harvesting.
[Explanation] Such a tomato harvester can harvest 100 acres of land a day, which is equivalent to the total amount of manual harvesting by 150 people in a day. It can reduce the harvesting fee by 400 yuan per acre and greatly shorten the harvesting time.
The new tomato harvester is not only highly efficient, but also has a relatively wide header. It can complete harvesting and turning seedlings at the same time during harvesting, which saves farmers the cost of turning seedlings.
[Concurrent] Wang Hongying, a tomato grower in Lanzhouwan New Village, Lanzhouwan Town, Manas County, Changji Prefecture, Xinjiang
This year’s harvester has also been updated. The harvesting is cleaner and faster. It saves us 80 yuan per mu of land. Our family’s 140 mu of land can save more than 10,000 yuan. The mechanized harvesting is We have brought it more convenient, faster and more assured.
[Explanation] Manas County borders the Tianshan Mountains in the south and the Gurbantungut Desert in the north. It has two rivers, the Tasi River and the Manas River, with plenty of sunlight and water, plus the sandy soil suitable for tomato growth. Suitable for growing high-quality processed tomatoes. The processed tomatoes grown here have high yield, high lycopene content, high quality, high oryzanol content, less pollution, relatively low mold pollution, and high viscosity. They are recognized as high-quality products in the international market. .
[Explanation] The sustainable development of modern agriculture is inseparable from new business models.
This year, Wang Hongying signed a 140 acre planting and processing tomato purchase and sales contract with Tomato Products, and all adopt the machine-harvested tomato cultivation model. From seed selection, cultivation, pest control to harvesting, Wang Hongying enjoys the benefits of contract farming.
[Concurrent] Wang Hongying, a tomato grower in Lanzhouwan New Village, Lanzhouwan Town, Manas County, Changji Prefecture, Xinjiang
We are now ordering tomato planting, unified transplanting, unified field management, unified harvesting. The 140 acres of land planted this year is about 8 and a half tons per acre. It is estimated that this year's net income can bring our family. One hundred thousand (Yuan Renminbi).
[Explanation] In recent years, Manas County has vigorously adjusted and optimized the planting structure by virtue of its unique geographical location and advantages of water, soil, light and heat resources, encouraging and guiding farmers to plant 17,000 mu of processed tomatoes scientifically, and adopting the industry of "farmers + cooperatives + enterprises" To achieve a win-win situation for farmers and enterprises through a customized order model.
At the same time, new machinery replaces traditional labor, which greatly saves harvesting time, improves harvesting efficiency, reduces labor costs, improves product quality, and truly achieves increased income and wealth.
[Concurrent] Shen Bo, Director of Agricultural Technology Extension Center, Manas County Agriculture and Rural Bureau, Changji Prefecture, Xinjiang
Through the use of this new type of tomato harvester and the combination of early, mid and late varieties, we can reasonably carry out the harvesting schedule of the growers, so that we can guarantee the tomato area of our 17,000 mu of land, according to It is planned to make a reasonable deployment, and it is expected that the tomato harvest will be completed by the end of this September.
Rong Ruiwalisijiang·Umarjiang reports from Changji, Xinjiang
Editor in charge: [Wang Kai]