“Smart Agricultural Services+Online Agricultural Machinery” Boosts Autumn Harvest Power

Currently, more than half of the rice harvesting work in the Tongliang area of Chongqing is underway. In the autumn harvest, machine harvesting is increasingly recognized and welcomed by grain farmers. This year, the Tongliang District Supply and Marketing Cooperative launched the “Smart Agricultural Services+Online Agricultural Machinery” service, which can save farmers more than 20 yuan in machine fees per acre of rice field.

In recent days, thousands of acres of rice have matured on high standard farmland in Shihe Village, Liangfeng Town. Zhang Guisheng, Director of Tongliang District Supply and Marketing Cooperative, told reporters that in order to better serve the industry and villagers, and timely return rice grains to the warehouse, Tongliang District Supply and Marketing Cooperative relies on Chongqing Supply and Marketing Cooperative, agricultural socialized service funds, and Tongliang District Committee and government policy support to carry out the “Smart Agricultural Services+Online Agricultural Machinery” rice harvesting service throughout the district. By delivering the service to the farmland, the cost of rice harvesting per acre is reduced by around 20 yuan.

In order to improve the efficiency of machine harvesting services, the “network contracted agricultural machinery” service integrates more than 20 idle large agricultural machinery, over 300 large agricultural machinery purchased by village collective economic organizations, as well as foreign cooperative agricultural machinery in Henan, Guangxi, and other busy agricultural seasons. It comprehensively meets the needs of farmers for rice harvesting agricultural machinery, and strictly enforces the service discipline of agricultural machinery operators to reduce the loss rate of machine harvesting; More than 400000 registered farmers in the entire region can use the “Longxiang Intelligent Governance Service” online agricultural machinery platform to provide single order agricultural machinery services, and solve the problem of farmers’ difficulty in finding machinery without leaving their homes. Since its operation in July this year, it has received over 200 orders and provided 10000 mu of socialized services. We place an order through the app, and the harvesting cost is around 100 yuan/mu for over 1000 acres here, which is of great help to our big family, “said Liu Yuanju, a rice grower in Gaoya Village, Tuqiao Town.

At the same time, the Tongliang District Supply and Marketing Cooperative has opened up the supply and marketing channels of the national treasury, directly purchasing wet rice harvested from the fields, and testing and drying it in the national treasury to reduce the drying process. These two projects have increased the autumn rice harvest of the entire region by more than 15 million yuan.