The latest agricultural dispatch from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs shows that currently, nearly 10% of the country’s spring grain crops have been sown. During interviews in various places, reporters found that during spring plowing this year, various regions have improved their scientific and technological farming levels and promoted spring plowing production with high quality and efficiency.
This year’s spring planting will see the implementation of a conservation farming plan for black soil in Northeast China covering more than 100 million acres. Jilin optimizes subsidies for the purchase and application of agricultural machinery, promotes premium machinery and subsidies, and will add 10,000 high-performance seeders. In recent days, sales of high-performance seeders at this agricultural machinery factory in Siping have been booming, with sales increasing by 10% year-on-year from January to March.
In this agricultural machinery manufacturing company in Shandong, a batch of high-efficiency intelligent agricultural machinery such as high-horsepower tractors and precision seeders are being loaded and shipped to all parts of the country. A local cooperative bought an air-suction precision seeder, which can accurately sow only one seed at each point. With this seeder, they can use the new technology of dense planting to plant spring corn.
Jiang Yongzhan, chairman of Qingdao Tongfu Qingeng Agricultural Machinery Professional Cooperative: After I arrange the large and small rows in this way, I can plant 6,000 or 6,500 plants to increase production. Updating and upgrading must keep up.
In the hilly and mountainous areas of the south, the research and development and application of small and practical machines are accelerating. In the large agricultural machinery market in Shuangfeng, Hunan, many smart machines such as rotary tillers and high-speed rice transplanters are popular. This year, Shuangfeng County has invested another 1.5 million yuan on the basis of central and provincial subsidies to support the purchase of agricultural machinery and equipment. Peng Yuqing, a large grain grower, bought a rotary tiller.
Peng Yuqing, a major grain grower in Shuangfeng County, Hunan Province: The old equipment was paid for 8,000 yuan, and an additional 5,000 yuan was paid. The new equipment has good performance and stable operation, and can cultivate 20 to 30 acres more land every day.
Shaanxi will launch the establishment of a full-scale mechanization demonstration county this year to support and guide regional agricultural machinery socialization service centers, agricultural machinery cooperatives and other demonstration applications of high-performance seeders. This cooperative in Linwei has added 11 new multi-purpose drones, which can not only spray pesticides, but also sow seeds and fertilize.
Li Chaoning, Vice Chairman of Lusheng Modern Agricultural Machinery Professional Cooperative in Linwei District, Weinan City, Shaanxi Province: If you purchase a new drone, you can get a subsidy of five to six thousand yuan, and the operation efficiency is particularly high.
From 2012 to 2023, the central government has arranged a total of more than 250 billion yuan in agricultural machinery purchase and application subsidies to support farmers in purchasing and using advanced and applicable agricultural machinery, carry out integrated pilot projects for agricultural machinery R&D, manufacturing, promotion and application, and promote my country's agricultural mechanization to accelerate towards a comprehensive, high-quality Efficient, intelligent and green development. Machine purchase subsidy funds for 2024 are being gradually released. This year, our country will have more than 23 million units (sets) of agricultural machinery and equipment put into spring plowing and management.