Three systems of agricultural science and education system work together-science and technology help spring ploughing to build a high-yield foundation
The prelude of spring has been played, thousands of hectares of farmland have awakened from their deep sleep, and a hot wave of spring management and spring ploughing has begun. In order to steadily push forward the work of preparing for spring ploughing, firmly grasp the initiative of food security and ensure a bumper harvest of summer grain, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs increased the guarantee of agricultural science and technology services, gave full play to the comprehensive role of modern agricultural industrial technology system, national agricultural technology extension system and farmers’ education and training system, and organized agricultural technology extension services to escort spring ploughing.
Finding problems in the field and pushing them according to local conditions
Spring is easy to die, and farming time waits for no one. The national modern agricultural industrial technology system quickly took action, and experts sank to the front line to check the agricultural situation and see the soil moisture, combining with the actual production in various places, highlighting the characteristics of regionality, practicality and simplification, and providing important guidance for local agricultural and rural departments to formulate local practical production technologies. Up to now, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs has promoted 118 technologies nationwide, giving full play to the supporting role of science and technology in increasing the yield of important crops such as grain and oil.
After full investigation and investigation, Jiangsu Huai ‘an Experimental Station, the national wheat industrial technology system, formulated the current technical measures of wheat seedling situation and field management, reminding farmers to highlight the principle of "treating early and treating small", strengthen the implementation of key technologies, ensure weeding effect and prevent phytotoxicity.
Shangshui County, Zhoukou City, Henan Province is a big grain-growing county, with a total of 1.165 million mu of high-standard farmland and 50,000 mu of the first-class high-standard farmland core demonstration area in the province and the whole country. After investigation, the agricultural and rural departments of Shangshui County found that the area of first-class and second-class seedlings in the city accounted for more than 90%, and the wheat seedlings grew well. In view of this situation, agricultural technicians focus on wheat sheath blight, stem rot and weed control in the field to provide technical support for ensuring a bumper harvest of summer grain this year.
Ningjin County, Dezhou City, Shandong Province, also actively promoted the new model of "4422" green high-yield technology according to local conditions. In view of the large-scale freezing injury of wheat, the agricultural technology department instructed farmers to take technical measures such as early suppression, early management and topdressing of nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizers to lay a solid foundation for a bumper harvest of summer crops.
The relevant person in charge of the Department of Science, Technology and Education of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said that in the special campaign of pushing technology bills of lading for soybeans and corn, the "one county, one policy" and the "one-to-one" guarantee system for agricultural technicians and towns will be implemented for technology demonstration counties, and the technical plan will be implemented according to the symptoms.
Guide agricultural technology service to Tiantou online and offline
"What are the cultivation and management techniques for planting potatoes?" On the morning of February 13th, Li Hui from Taibusi Banner of Xilin Gol League in Inner Mongolia posted such a question on the information service platform of agricultural technology extension in China. Peng Shi, an agricultural technician in Emei Mountain City, Leshan City, Sichuan Province, quickly gave advice: "Leveling the land, selecting excellent high-yield and disease-resistant varieties, rational close planting, strengthening water and fertilizer management and pest control." Since beginning of spring in 2023, the agricultural technology extension information platform in China has accumulated more than 280,000 online answers to farmers’ production problems in spring ploughing and preparation for ploughing.
At the same time, in order to popularize the knowledge of agricultural production in a more detailed and vivid way, China Agricultural Technology Extension Information Platform also launched a number of short videos aimed at spring tube and spring ploughing technology, inviting professionals to explain the difficulties and hot spots of current production technology. Using the big data analysis function, the platform will release the problems repeatedly raised by farmers and the diseases commonly encountered in a centralized way, and display them at the top, which is convenient for farmers to check. In addition, through farmers’ questions and field service logs uploaded by agricultural technicians, managers can also understand different soil moisture, seedling conditions and diseases in different places, and provide decision-making basis for production technical guidance.
In addition to providing intimate information services, agricultural technicians are also busy sending the technical services of spring tube and spring ploughing to the fields to teach farmers related skills. Since the beginning of spring, a total of 150,000 agricultural technicians and experts from all over the country have gone to the front line for guidance, seizing the favorable opportunity to promote spring ploughing and preparation, with a service mileage of more than 24 million kilometers.
Recently, the rice fields in Dacun Village, Minle Town, Jinggu County, Pu ‘er City, Yunnan Province were particularly lively. The villagers and agricultural technicians planted rice seeds together and were very busy. Since the beginning of spring ploughing, agricultural technicians from villages and towns in Jinggu County have rushed to the grassroots level to demonstrate the technical essentials to farmers and explain the safe use of agricultural machinery and tools, pest control and other knowledge to ensure the orderly and efficient promotion of spring ploughing production.
Mengcheng County, Bozhou City, Anhui Province is also a busy spring farming scene, among which there are many agricultural technicians running around. "Rational fertilization should be combined with watering, and nutrient foliar fertilizer should be sprayed to promote the development of wheat root system, cultivate strong seedlings and minimize the loss of freezing injury." In the wheat field of Guohu Village in Xiaoxinji Township, agricultural technicians put forward relevant disaster reduction suggestions after inspecting the frozen wheat of villagers.
Accurately train grounded farmers to "charge" and promote production
In order to fully stimulate farmers’ enthusiasm and creativity in production, all localities seize the slack season in winter and spring, and timely carry out training on planting new varieties and new technologies in view of the key farming hours, important links and major diseases of spring ploughing. Up to now, more than 5,000 special training classes for farmers have been set up throughout the country to impart professional knowledge and technical experience in agricultural production and help cultivate high-quality farmers.
In order to ensure the orderly agricultural production, Keshan Experimental Station, a national wheat industrial technology system located in Qiqihar, Heilongjiang Province, began to prepare for spring ploughing non-stop. At present, the experimental station has held five training courses on spring wheat preparation for spring ploughing, with 266 trainees, focusing on introducing farmers to the market situation, fertilizer selection, fertilization methods and the use of new pesticides. At the same time, we will establish a WeChat exchange group to solve all kinds of problems existing in wheat farmers’ preparation and production in time.
Just after the Spring Festival, at the lecture on spring wheat field management held in Mengjin District, Luoyang City, Henan Province, more than 50 large grain growers listened attentively to Gao Haitao, director of the Wheat Research Institute of Luoyang Academy of Agriculture and Forestry, on the stage. Farmers have said that experts are very helpful in explaining the problems of spring drought and freezing injury in wheat production, water and fertilizer management in spring wheat field and pest control technology.
In spring, as long as sowing the next seed, autumn can harvest a lot of food. Spring tube and spring ploughing are the "opening drama" of agricultural production, and also an important node to play the role of agricultural science and technology. In the fertile soil where all things germinate and flourish, science and technology will inject more wisdom into the high-quality development of agricultural industry.