Nanhai Network News on October 7 (Reporter Wu Yuewen) During the National Day holiday, thousands of families reunited or traveled together, but in Wenchang, which experienced the trauma of Typhoon "Capricorn", many farmers are still making every effort to promote the resumption of work and production, showing a busy and hopeful scene everywhere.
Typhoon "Capricorn" caused damage to the aquaculture farm in Weng Tian Town, Wenchang City, and production activities came to a standstill for a time. Farmers are actively carrying out production to help themselves, and production is gradually recovering.
The production capacity of Yang Ziying Aquaculture Farm has recovered to more than 80% of the pre-disaster level. Photo by reporter Wu Yuewen
On the morning of October 7, the reporter came to Yang Ziying Aquaculture Farm in Bowen Village, Wengtian Town, and saw that the snail farm that had been affected by the disaster was regaining its vitality and vitality in the past. The water in the snail pond is clear and transparent, and some of the Dongfeng snails lie on the sand after a full meal, and some climb up the pool wall. "During the National Day holiday, the workers and I have been working here." Yang Ziying, the director of the farm, said that the reconstruction work of the snail farm has been completed, and the production capacity has recovered to more than 80% of the pre-disaster level. "Some time ago, I had sold dozens of Dongfeng snails, and the price before the typhoon was about 50 yuan per catty. The price has risen a little before and after the National Day, and it is currently about 60 yuan / catty. During this time, we hurriedly sold some of them to reduce the burden and the pressure of production. Yang Ziying said that at present, the market demand for Dongfeng snails is strong, and the price continues to rise, and they are actively seeking sales channels to bring Dongfeng snails that meet the conditions for sale to the market, so as to return funds. At the same time, after the Dongfeng snail is sold, the snail pond will be cleaned up, and the snail seedlings will be prepared for a period of time, so as to sell them at a good price during the Spring Festival.
The reporter then came to the seedling base of Wenchangchang Sprinkling Hair Melon and Vegetable Professional Cooperative, where the female workers were sieving nutrient soil, sowing, land preparation, plating, etc., and carried out the seedling work in an orderly manner. In the neatly arranged seedling trays, new hopes for farmers to generate income are planted.
Wenchang sprinkled the seedling base of the melon vegetable professional cooperative, and the workers were busy raising seedlings. Photo by reporter Wu Yuewen
"We are now planting out-of-season melons and vegetables, and after the typhoon, we will speed up the resumption of production and try to make up for the losses." Fu Dunfa, the person in charge of the base, told reporters that there are more than 350 greenhouses in the seedling base, and the base works normally during the National Day holiday.
On the afternoon of October 7, the reporter came to Hainan Xinquan Wenchang Chicken Co., Ltd. In the workshop, workers focus on selecting chicken seedlings, preparing to send more than 10,000 chicken seedlings to farmers' homes for raising, and then recycling and captive after 120 days. The company adopts the chicken raising model of "company + farmer" to avoid breeding risks for farmers to the greatest extent and help farmers improve the survival rate and economic benefits of Wenchang chickens. Pan Xiaoyi, founder of Xinquan Wenchang Chicken Breeding Base, said that at present, the three breeding plants of the base breeder farm have reached the breeding conditions, and other production is also speeding up the resumption of work and production.
Wenchang chicken farm resumed production. Photo by reporter Wu Yuewen
The reporter then came to the Wenchang Chicken Farm in Baoluo Town, Hainan Yonghong Wenchang Chicken Co., Ltd., where workers were rushing to repair the chicken coop damaged by the typhoon. "This typhoon is very harmful, our old chicken shed has basically been blown down, and the new chicken shed is fine. We are using our existing new chicken barns to ensure the supply of goods to our customers. The breeder barn has now been restored and the hatchability has reached almost 80% of the normal level. Tang Liang, director of the company's farm, said.
The reporter learned that after the typhoon, Wenchang City provided a number of targeted policy support, including subsidies for planting and breeding, bank loan discounts, etc., which effectively reduced the economic burden of farmers and allowed them to quickly restore their confidence in production.
He Jiasheng, deputy director of Wenchang Agricultural Service Center and head of Animal Husbandry Station, introduced: "At present, the resumption of agricultural work and production in Wenchang City is progressing in an orderly manner. We will strictly implement the "Ten Measures for Wenchang City to Accelerate the Post-disaster Recovery of Agriculture and Rural Production and Stabilize Farmers' Income", make every effort to do a good job in the post-disaster recovery of planting and animal husbandry, the prevention and control of animal and plant diseases, and the policy guarantee and financial support for benefiting farmers after the disaster, so as to promote the post-disaster recovery of agricultural and rural production, stabilize farmers' incomes, and ensure the safety of grain production. ”