As a new type of agricultural management entity, family farms are of great significance for stimulating the vitality of rural development, improving agricultural efficiency, and increasing farmers' income. In recent years, Qingshui County has vigorously developed the family farm economy, cultivated a number of family farms with distinctive industrial characteristics, moderate operating scale and obvious economic benefits, and further injected vitality into rural revitalization through the family farm economy to promote agricultural efficiency, increase farmers' income, and enrich rural areas.
Nowadays, it is the season of vegetable harvesting, in the military and civilian family planting farm in Dugou Village, Yongqing Town, the owner of the farm, Wu Yabin, planted more than 20 acres of coriander ushered in a bumper harvest, and the workers are busy digging, sorting, weighing, packing, and packing in the field, and selling the newly picked coriander to the market in an orderly manner.
In 2011, Wu Yabin from Tianshui began to grow vegetables in Qingshui, at first, his planting experience was insufficient, the planting scale was not large, and the types of vegetables planted were relatively small, but through continuous learning and practice, he has now become an expert in vegetable planting. In 2021, he registered and established a military and civilian family planting farm in Dugou Village. He told reporters, "The total area of this farm is more than 110 acres, mainly planting garlic seedlings, artichokes, as well as coriander, rape, spinach and other vegetables. ”
The vegetables grown by military and civilian families are mainly sold to the cities and counties around Qingshui, and also to Lanzhou, Chengdu and other places. In 2023, Wu Yabin's gross income from the family planting farm will be about 1.2 million yuan, which will not only develop himself and drive his family members to increase their income and become rich, but also drive the idle labor force in Dugou Village and surrounding villages to work. Last year, he employed more than 9,000 people on his family farm, with a peak of 300 per day.
Cheng Yanfang, a villager from Dugou Village, who has been working on a military and civilian family planting farm during this time, told reporters, "Since I have a farm here, I have earned money at my doorstep and taken care of the dolls, and when it is not raining, I come to work every day, and I can earn 80 yuan a day." ”
Next to the military and civilian family planting farm, is the Qingshui County Brothers Xingwang Family Planting Farm run by Zhang Hongbin. Different from Wu Yabin's open-air planting method, Zhang Hongbin's family farm is mainly planted in greenhouses.
In the Qingshui County Brothers' Xingwang Family Plantation Farm, several greenhouses are neatly arranged, and the rape, leeks, lettuce, etc. in the greenhouses are growing well.
Zhang Hongbin's family planting farm was established in April 2023, the farm has a total of 68 acres, and a wide variety of vegetables are grown in 34 greenhouses.
In March this year, "Tianshui Malatang" became popular, and the demand for vegetables in Tianshui City increased significantly. Therefore, he actively connected with various cannabis hot shops in Tianshui City and this county, and sold fresh vegetables to these stores in a timely manner. At the same time, according to the preferences of customers, the planting area of Malatang side dishes was expanded, and 6 greenhouses of oilseed and lettuce and 2 greenhouses of chrysanthemum were planted on the original basis.
Zhang Hongbin told reporters, "As of June, Qingshui County Brother Xingwang Family Planting Farm sold more than 200 tons of various vegetables, with an output value of more than 350,000 yuan and a net profit of more than 80,000 yuan." We currently employ 15 permanent workers and more than 300 zero-hour workers, and the farm is currently operating well. ”
It is understood that as of 2023, the county has registered 1,721 family farms of various types in the market supervision department, and 686 in the directory system, covering grain, vegetables, fruits, Chinese herbal medicine planting and other fields. (Photo/Wenqingshui Financial Media Reporter Ding Wenyan Lingtong)
(Source: Qingshui County Rong Media Center Reprint: Kang Cuixia)