New Progress in Agricultural - Enterprise Docking - The Three - New Technology Demonstration Area in Zengdu District Enjoys a Bumper Wheat Harvest

The golden wheat ears in the fields swayed their plump figures in the wind, exuding an alluring wheat fragrance. With the rumbling operation of harvesters, the wheat in Zengdu District, Suizhou City, Hubei Province entered a busy harvest season. At the end of May, the Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of Zengdu District, together with Hubei Yishizhuang Company, conducted an actual yield measurement on the demonstration area of the "Three - New" - technology package for reducing fertilizer inputs and increasing efficiency in the "agricultural - enterprise docking" cooperation.

The demonstration area of the "Three - New" - technology package for reducing fertilizer inputs and increasing efficiency in Zengdu District mainly showcases the planting modes of "simultaneous sowing of seeds and fertilizers for wheat (rape, corn)+special formula fertilizers" and "side - deep fertilization for rice + special formula fertilizers (slow - release and controlled - release fertilizers)". It makes full use of the achievements of the soil - testing formula fertilization technology, promotes the integration of agricultural machinery and agronomy, the combination of organic and inorganic fertilizers, and the combination of quick - acting and slow - acting fertilizers, and gives full play to the role of technology integration and demonstration.

"In the autumn of 2022, we implemented the planting mode of simultaneous sowing of seeds and fertilizers for wheat and rape + special formula fertilizers on more than 14,000 mu of land in our district. Currently, two - thirds of the demonstration area has been harvested. The actual average yield per mu of the wheat demonstration area is 23% higher than that of conventional fertilization, and the fertilizer application per mu is reduced by more than 6%. The effects of fertilizer reduction and yield increase are remarkable." introduced Zhou Xia, the director of the Cultivated Land Quality and Fertilizer Workstation in Zengdu District.

Technical personnel learned on the spot during the actual yield measurement that the highest yield per mu of the demonstration area of the "Three - New" - technology package for wheat reached 576.1 kg, breaking the historical average yield per mu of 300 kg for wheat in Zengdu.

Through the comprehensive application of high - quality seeds, fertilizers, and techniques, the demonstration area for reducing fertilizer use in wheat (rape) and integrating the "Three - New" technologies in Zengdu District still achieved a yield increase despite suffering from natural disasters such as consecutive droughts from autumn to winter in 2022 and freezing damage.

The agricultural department of Zengdu District and Hubei Yishizhuang Company had a good cooperation foundation in the early stage. The demonstration effect of the "special fertilizer for rice + side - deep fertilization" carried out in cooperation in 2022 was unanimously recognized. At the beginning of this year, the Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of Zengdu District led a team to investigate and research related enterprises such as Hubei Yishizhuang Company, and conducted in - depth discussions and implementations on the specific plan for "agricultural - enterprise docking". It is expected that the demonstration area of "side - deep fertilization for rice + special formula fertilizers (slow - release and controlled - release fertilizers)" will exceed 23,000 mu this year.