Xishui: Carrying out drone management to ensure a bumper harvest of rice

The wind blows and the rice waves roll, and the protection is in place. At this important time of rice management and protection, Xishui County uses drones to carry out Pest control and fertilization on rice by purchasing specialized plant protection services from a third party, so as to ensure the high yield of rice in the whole county.

Entering Dingshanba District, Zhaiba Town, Xishui County, more than 2000 acres of paddy fields are covered with rice seedlings, and the rice planted in contiguous areas is lush and growing very happily. At the edge of the paddy field, the staff of the County Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau are conducting a “comprehensive” physical examination of rice, and guiding the staff to use UAVs to fertilize and Pest control diseases and pests of more than 2000 mu of rice. With the cooperation of UAVs, the Pest control of diseases and pests of dozens of mu of rice was completed in the morning.

“Through the use of UAVs to carry out field management such as chemical weeding, Pest control and so on, the labor intensity of manual operations has been greatly reduced, and the control effect has been improved.” Xiao Junxin, general manager of Heda Agricultural Development Co., Ltd., said that this year the production capacity per mu is expected to reach 1200 kg.

At the same time, starting from June, the Agriculture and Rural Bureau of the county has efficiently carried out online and offline early warning, monitoring, and prevention of crop diseases and pests in the core areas of rice planting in the county. By sending expert groups to the field for guidance, and using the WeChat official account platform, timely release disease and insect information and field management measures online, to protect the high-quality development of agriculture.

According to statistics, a total of 150000 acres of rice are planted in Xishui County, following the principle of mechanized participation as much as possible. At present, Xishui County has completed more than 20000 mu of mid-term rice management and protection work for drones, and the management and protection will be fully completed by the end of July.