China News Service, Changzhi, November 10 (Li Tingyao and Li Gan) The beginning of winter has passed, the grass withered leaves, and nearly 5,000 acres of sorghum in Shangdang District, Changzhi City, Shanxi Province is still in the harvest period.

On the 10th, Liang Zhilong, a villager working in the field, told reporters that this year, with sufficient rain and scientific management, most sorghum ears are more than 20 cm long, and the yield per mu is estimated to be more than 1,500 jin. “Compared with traditional food crops, the income per mu can be increased. Nearly fifty percent".

　　Shangdang District is located in the southeastern part of Shanxi Province, on the southern edge of the Shangdang Basin, with a population of about 350,000, of which 266,000 are agricultural population. The local topography is divided into two types: low, middle mountains and hills.

In recent years, the district has adapted measures to local conditions, storing grain on the ground and storing grain on technology. Through the adjustment of the agricultural structure, the introduction of new high-yielding varieties has developed a characteristic sorghum planting industry.

　　With the development of contract agriculture and the strong demand of wine-making enterprises, the sorghum planting area in Shangdang District has been expanding continuously, from more than 1,000 acres in 2018 to nearly 5,000 acres today.

Planting sorghum has become a new way for local farmers to increase their income and get rich.

Shangdang District has developed organic sorghum cultivation in more than 20 villages in 4 townships, and the total output of sorghum is expected to reach more than 7 million catties.

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　　"I transferred three or four acres of land to grow sorghum, and there was a turnover cost of 600 yuan per acre per year." Liang Zhilong told reporters that he was still working in a sorghum planting base with an annual income of 30,000 to 40,000 yuan.

　　This year, Shangdang District has explored the standardization and standardization of organic sorghum planting based on local soil quality and climate characteristics, and cooperated with agricultural companies to develop organic sorghum planting in more than 20 villages in 4 townships, Yincheng Town, Nansong Town, Xihuo Town, and Haojiazhuang Town. , More than 1,000 villagers participated, and the total output of sorghum is expected to reach more than 7 million catties.

　　Li Hongxia, the person in charge of Jufeng Trading Co., Ltd. in Shangdang District, introduced that the sorghum variety planted in Shangdang District this year is Jinnuo No. 5, with a planting area of ​​nearly 5,000 acres and an estimated yield of more than 1,500 catties per acre. The purchase price per catty is between 1.8 yuan and 2 yuan. Among them, they are mainly sold to Guizhou, Sichuan, Shanxi and other places for wine making, and the remaining part is used for deep processing to increase added value.

　　"Next year, our sorghum planting area may be expanded to 25,000 mu, mainly for order-based planting, which will drive more farmers to increase their income and become rich." Li Hongxia said.

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