"Try the dragon fruit on our farm, using green planting methods, all using our own organic fertilizer, so that the fruit taste, quality and yield are high!"
A few days ago, the results of the 2023 National Ecological Farm Award List were released, and Xufeng Ecological Farm was successfully selected, and it is also the only farm in Zibo City on the list. It is also a farm, why can Xufeng become a "national brand"? With questions, the reporter walked into Xufeng Ecological Farm to explore the mystery.
"Waste recycling, ecological pollution-free is the key, our farm has always adopted the organic recycling model, so that the waste is well utilized, not only to reduce environmental pollution, but also to better promote the development of the planting industry. Song Qinglin, manager of Xufeng Ecological Farm, told reporters that the farm has green food production areas, green fruit planting areas, beef cattle breeding areas, and pet breeding areas.
In accordance with the concept of green, ecological, recycling, and sustainable development, through the promotion and application of advanced technology and advanced achievements, Xufeng Ecological Farm has formed two planting and breeding cycle chains of "corn silage feeding carnivorous cattle→ cow manure fermented into rotten organic fertilizer →organic fertilizer returning to the field" and "cow manure feeding earthworms→ earthworms producing vermicompost→ earthworm manure applied to fruit trees", and the utilization rate of straw and cow manure has reached 100%. By replacing chemical fertilizers with organic fertilizers, agricultural wastes are recycled, which not only protects the environment, but also improves the quality and efficiency of agriculture.
The high-quality agricultural ecological environment makes the beef, cherry, dragon fruit and other agricultural products of Xufeng Ecological Farm very popular in the market, and the supply exceeds demand. The beef cattle breed of the farm is Simmental cattle, insisting on no water injection, no drug residues, no hormones, no additives, and it is a special beef for sports school athletes, and cherries and dragon fruit have also obtained the national green food certification and won the "2023 Shandong Agricultural Technology Cup Cherry Competition Quality Award". Xufeng Ecological Farm takes meeting the needs of urban and rural residents for high-quality and high-end agricultural products as the foothold of industrial development, and will achieve an annual output value of more than 30.1 million yuan in 2023.
The concept of green development leads the whole process of production and promotes the development of circular agriculture, but the key to improving the scale of the industry lies in technology. With the support of advanced modern ecological agriculture digital technology, it has injected new momentum into the development of Xufeng Ecological Farm.
"What we see now is the 'automatic irrigation' and 'water and fertilizer integration' technology, irrigation, fertilization, and medication can be automatically operated, and the participation of intelligent equipment allows us to control the 'field' in the 'house', so as to achieve refined, digital and intelligent management, and now our fruit planting park has achieved full coverage of digital applications. It is expected that next year, our beef cattle breeding area will also complete the construction of 'smart pasture'. Song Qinglin told reporters as he walked that the digitalization displayed everywhere was refreshing.
Through the Internet of Things and other digital facilities, the agricultural production links have been comprehensively transformed, standardized production has been promoted, and Xufeng Ecological Farm has been built into a digital ecological farm with "visualization of production process, automation of information collection, harmless utilization of resources, intelligent equipment and facilities, precise operation skills, data-based management, and online service guarantee", which is the key to high-quality and efficient agricultural production.
In addition, in order to meet the diverse needs of people, the function of Xufeng Ecological Farm is no longer limited to the supply of "dining table". In recent years, Xufeng Ecological Farm has been exploring new ways of entertaining and teaching, investing 200,000 yuan to build a 2,000-square-meter animal viewing experience park, mainly breeding black pigs, alpacas, various characteristic chickens, geese, ducks, swans, peacocks and other children's favorite pets, as an animal feeding and activity experience park with teaching practice, parent-child farm, agricultural practice and other functions. Xufeng Ecological Farm has gradually become a "fragrant dumpling" integrating leisure and entertainment, sightseeing and picking, and agricultural research, and has successively won the honorary titles of "2023-2025 Zibo Science Education Base" and "Zibo Family Farm Municipal Demonstration Farm".
"With ecology as the carrier, pastoral as the backing, science and technology as the main line, and the safety of consumers' tongues as the purpose, in the future, we will continue to focus on green agricultural production, so that consumers can eat higher quality agricultural products, and create a Zibo model and application benchmark for digital application, ecological development, recycling, and green and sustainable development of Zibo family farms, so as to achieve the goals of high yield, high quality, high efficiency, safety and ecology, and contribute to rural revitalization." When it comes to future development, Song Qinglin is full of confidence.