Turning Idle Farmland into Income - Increasing Farmland: Medium - and High - Yield Achieved in the Hilly Rape Fields in Tianmen

On May 14th, in order to enhance the supply and guarantee capacity of oilseeds and promote the high - quality development of the rape industry, Hubei Yishizhuang Agricultural Technology Co., Ltd. held the "2023 Training Meeting on High - Quality, High - Yield and Light - Simplified Cultivation Technology for Direct - Seeding Rape" in Tianmen City. It specially invited relevant leaders from the Hubei Rape Office and the Tianmen Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, relevant experts from Huazhong Agricultural University, some new business entities engaged in rape production in Tianmen City, large - scale growers, and some large - scale rape growers from surrounding counties and cities to participate in the meeting.

Can hilly rape achieve high yields? With this question in mind, the participants entered the rape observation site of Jiuding Agricultural Machinery Professional Cooperative in Wenling Village, Zaoshi Town, Tianmen City. In recent years, Tianmen City has effectively increased the utilization rate of winter - idle farmland, expanded the local rape - planting area, increased rape yields, and increased farmers' income by implementing and promoting the "rice - rape" rotation green and efficient planting mode.

Xu Guoqing, the director of Jiuding Agricultural Machinery Professional Cooperative, is a real beneficiary. When talking about rape planting, he has rich experience: "When the previous - crop rice is harvested, the straw is immediately crushed. Before sowing, 50 kg of Yishizhuang special slow - release fertilizer for rape is applied per mu, and then rotary tillage is carried out. Huayouza 50 is sown while seizing the soil moisture. Rational regulation is carried out at the seedling stage, and 'one promotion and four preventions' are carried out in the later stage. The rape is harvested in sections. The average yield of rape per mu is about 200 kg every year. The growth of rape in the fields this year is better than that of last year. Through the theoretical yield measurement by experts, we won the first prize in the high - yield competition for summer - harvested rape in the whole city." Xu Guoqing shared the secret of high - yield hilly rape with the participants in the fields.

 "Good seeds, good fertilizers, and good technologies make rape high - yield and efficient." After carefully observing the growth of rape in the fields on the spot, Professor Lu Jianwei gave a satisfactory evaluation.

At the training meeting, the leaders from the Hubei Rape Office briefly summarized the rape - planting situation in the province, introduced in detail the application of key technologies such as seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, and machinery in rape - planting management, and recommended the technical materialized products that are well - applied in actual production.

Liu Zufeng, the chairman of Hubei Yishizhuang, briefly introduced the achievements of the company in "revitalizing the enterprise through science and technology". Technician Zhai Haoqiang introduced the "research and development and application of special slow - release fertilizer for rape". Professor Lu Jianwei from Huazhong Agricultural University gave an in - depth explanation of the application and role of special fertilizers for rape in rape production.

At the end of the meeting, the leaders and experts successively presented awards to the new business entities that won the first, second, and third prizes in the "Tianmen City 2023 Summer - Harvest Rape High - Yield Competition". The winners received different amounts of special slow - release fertilizer for rape as prizes, providing practical agricultural material guarantees for the autumn sowing of rape this year.