Spring in Jingchu: A Busy Time for Spring Plowing and Field Management

 As the saying goes, the whole year's work depends on a good start in spring, and the scene of the year is seen in spring plowing. Currently, in the fields across Hubei, farmers are seizing the farming season to carry out field management of crops and spring plowing and preparation work.

Science and Technology Aid Spring Plowing, Making Farming Easier

Now is the critical time for the cultivation and management of rape. In the rape - planting fields of Huangnigang Village, Yingshan County, Huanggang City, villagers are wielding hoes to clear the growing weeds, and four drones are spraying fertilizers into the fields in an orderly manner. To assist farmers with rape spring plowing, the local agricultural department has provided 2,500 kilograms of fertilizers and dispatched professional technicians to give on - site lectures to guide farmers in strengthening field management.

In Ezhou, more than 20 science and technology commissioners and agricultural science and technology experts dispatched by the Hubei Provincial Department of Science and Technology are facing key agricultural leading enterprises to meet their technical needs.

Science and Technology Commissioner Xiang Fayun said, "Overall, we feel that enterprises and the production frontline have a strong demand for science and technology. We will earnestly provide technical services to solve practical difficulties and problems."
Adequate Reserve of Agricultural Supplies Ensures Spring Plowing
To ensure the smooth progress of spring plowing production, it is crucial to do a good job in the reserve of agricultural supplies. In recent days, at the seed distribution departments and fertilizer specialty stores in Baokang County, Xiangyang City, the sales of agricultural supplies have entered the peak season.

Yang Zugen, an operator of the First Store of Baokang County Seed Company in Xiangyang City, said, "Since the eighth day of the first lunar month, we have entered the peak season for seed sales. Yesterday, we sold one or two thousand catties of corn seeds."

To ensure the supply of agricultural supplies, agricultural supply production enterprises are operating at full capacity. In Yichang Yishizhuang Agricultural Technology Co., Ltd., the machines are roaring in the production workshop. Bags of fertilizers are filled, sealed, and then transported to the warehouse.

Wang Yujie, the person in charge of the organic fertilizer production base of Hubei Yishizhuang Agricultural Technology Co., Ltd., said, "We are producing at full capacity, with a daily production capacity of 300 to 400 tons. We will do our best to meet the needs of spring plowing and preparation."

Xiang Haifeng, a truck driver from Enshi, said, "I mainly haul corn (fertilizer) powder. I hauled 18 tons. There's no need to wait. I can load it as soon as I arrive."

Taking the "first move" in spring plowing, Hubei is accelerating the construction of high - standard farmland. This year, 3.5 million mu of high - standard farmland will be newly built and renovated. After completion, the grain production capacity per mu can be increased by 100 kilograms, and the cost can be reduced and efficiency increased by 500 yuan.
Source: (Hubei Radio and Television 融媒记者 Fei Xiaodan, Liao Yunxiang, Huanggang Station, Yingshan Station, Baokang Station, Ezhou Station, Yichang Station. Responsible Editor: Xu Shiyu)