Intelligent agriculture improves quality and efficiency, increasing yield

In the golden autumn of October, the rice is abundant and the harvest is just in time. As a traditional agricultural township, rice cultivation has always been a key focus of agricultural development in Fengle Town, Feixi County. Through the widespread application of smart agricultural technology, Fengle Town has welcomed a bumper harvest of rice this year, with an average increase of over 100 kilograms per mu. At present, the autumn harvest work in Fengle Town is progressing smoothly, and 80% of the rice fields have been harvested, changing from “a harvest in sight” to “returning autumn grain to the warehouse”.

On October 24th, the reporter walked into the Smart Agriculture Demonstration Base in Fengle Town, where vast golden rice fields were connected and shining in the sunlight. In the vast paddy field, a large truck quietly waited on the road in the field. On both sides of the paddy field, several harvester engines roared, rushing to harvest autumn grain. After threshing and separation by the harvester, rows of rice quickly turn into rice.

Yao Yuegang, assistant to the general manager of Feixi Agricultural Reclamation Operation Management Co., Ltd., has been busy in the fields these days. At present, relying solely on these harvesters, more than 500 acres of rice have been harvested, “Yao Yuegang revealed.” This smart agriculture demonstration base has planted 1700 acres of rice, and it only takes one week to harvest all of it. The harvesting efficiency has improved by about 30% compared to before.

For agricultural production, agricultural season is the most precious. The significant improvement in autumn harvest efficiency has bought valuable time for future autumn planting. Yao Yuegang told reporters, “After the autumn harvest is completed, we will immediately start planting rapeseed and wheat. Only by completing the autumn planting on time can we lay the foundation for a bumper harvest in the coming year.

Since 2022, Fengle Town has taken measures such as optimizing and merging fields, leveling land, supporting ditches, and smooth access networks to fill gaps in infrastructure, creating high standard farmland with neat fields, contiguous scales, good farming conditions, and suitable for mechanized operations, and completing the transformation of tens of thousands of acres of “small fields into large fields”.

At the same time, Fengle Town has selected some land to create a pilot demonstration area, introduced a digital information system, and built a smart agriculture demonstration base, which will be operated and managed by Feixi Agricultural Reclamation. This demonstration base extensively utilizes digital technology to develop smart agriculture, achieving improved quality and efficiency in agricultural production. “Yao Yuegang introduced,” For example, through an intelligent irrigation and flow measurement and monitoring system, real-time information on irrigation and drainage water level and flow can be obtained on a mobile phone, and irrigation and drainage operations can be completed with just one click.