During the spring plowing season, walking in the fields of Xigu District, villagers can be seen pruning fruit trees, preparing the land for seedlings, and transporting agricultural materials everywhere, and a spring plowing symphony is played in the fields.
"Look, the flat branches like this have to be left, and the ones that grow downwards have to be cut off decisively......" Walking into the orchard in Jingou Township, Xigu District, fruit farmers are pruning fruit trees with short saws and scissors in their hands. Fruit tree pruning is a meticulous activity, it is necessary to comprehensively consider the tree shape and trunk structure to prune, by sawing off diseased and dead branches, cross-overlapping branches, unnecessary nutrient consumption can be reduced, by selecting high-quality branches, the crown can be kept ventilated and transmitted, to ensure that good fruit tree flower buds are differentiated, high-quality fruits are produced, and good prices are sold. Wang Shengyuan, secretary of the party branch of Xiaojingou Village, Jingou Township, said.
Under the guidance of the agronomist of the Xigu District Agricultural Technology Extension Station, the fruit farmers used their housekeeping skills to show their pruning skills, and various skills were integrated with each other, learning from each other's strengths and weaknesses, and the scene was full of laughter, adding a bit of liveliness to the quiet orchard.
Xigu District adheres to agricultural science and technology as the core driving force for improving the quality and efficiency of spring ploughing production, organizes agricultural technology backbone package squatting, comprehensively investigates the growth of wintering greenhouse vegetables, pests and diseases and pruning of fruit trees in spring, accurately grasps the progress of seedling growth of eggplant fruits and vegetables in early spring, and carries out face-to-face and hand-to-hand technical guidance to help farmers scientifically carry out spring ploughing production.
In order to vigorously promote practical technology, Xigu District focuses on lilies, leeks, melons and other characteristic advantageous industries, integrates and promotes advanced and applicable technologies such as "three products and one standard", soil testing formula fertilization, water and fertilizer integration, and delivers technology to farmers through field classes, on-site Q&A, and distribution of "understanding papers" to promote industrial upgrading and farmers' income.
Spring ploughing production, agricultural materials first. On March 2, the Xigu District Supply and Marketing Cooperative's "Agricultural Materials Caravan Sending Fertilizer to the Countryside" activity was launched in Zhangjiadaping Village, Xiliugou Street, relying on the model of "direct supply of outlets + sending fertilizer to the countryside", going to 25 villages and communities in 6 townships, adopting the model of "fixed-point distribution, door-to-door service, and direct supply to households", sending high-quality fertilizers directly to the fields and farmers' homes, effectively reducing intermediate links, reducing farmers' purchase costs, so that farmers can buy safe fertilizers and affordable fertilizers without leaving the village, and truly achieve full coverage of agricultural material supply.
At the fertilizer delivery site, the staff of the Xigu District Supply and Marketing Cooperative enthusiastically explained the use of chemical fertilizers, the key points of crop fertilization and the identification of agricultural materials to farmers, and patiently answered the technical problems encountered by the masses in spring ploughing production.
Xigu District has improved the coordination mechanism for ensuring the supply of agricultural materials with the participation of agriculture and rural areas, supply and marketing, development and reform departments, dynamically monitored the market supply, demand and price trends of major agricultural materials such as seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, and agricultural films, strengthened analysis and judgment, and accurately organized and transported. Up to now, the region has reserved 1,300 tons of chemical fertilizers, 4.83 tons of pesticides, and 111.2 tons of agricultural film, and the seed reserves of various crops fully meet the needs of spring plowing. At the same time, we will give full play to the role of the main channel of the supply and marketing system, improve the three-level supply network of "district distribution center, township direct supply point, and village service cooperative", vigorously promote service models such as "centralized procurement + unified distribution" and "point-to-point direct supply", and have directly supplied and distributed 53 tons of high-quality fertilizer.
Unblocking the "aorta" of farmland irrigation is a key link in spring ploughing production. Xigu District grasps the winter water shutdown period, organizes professional and technical forces to carry out comprehensive investigation and precise maintenance of key pumping stations, mechanical and electrical equipment, and high-voltage starting cabinets in the district, establishes a ledger for the hidden dangers found in the investigation, implements list management, time-limited rectification, and closed-loop sales to ensure that all problems are cleared before spring irrigation, and establishes a spring irrigation water consultation and scheduling mechanism, accurately grasps the current situation of water storage in each irrigation area and the law of crop water demand, scientifically formulates and strictly implements the "one irrigation area, one policy" water distribution plan, and actively promotes the "rotation irrigation system" and "off-peak irrigation" and other water-saving irrigation methods, focusing on improving the efficiency of irrigation water use and maximizing the efficiency of water resource allocation.
In addition, we will carry out in-depth special rectification actions to combat counterfeiting of agricultural materials in the spring, and the departments of agriculture and rural affairs, market supervision and other departments will jointly attack to severely crack down on illegal acts such as the production and sale of counterfeit and shoddy products, infringement and counterfeiting, and price gouging, and fully implement the purchase and sale ledger and traceability management to ensure that farmers use "safe planting, safe fertilizer, and safe medicine". ( Reporter Dong Yongqian text/photo)