As the saying goes, a year’s plan lies in spring. As the weather gradually warmed up, farmers across the province scrambled to catch the farming season, scientifically formulated the production plan for spring ploughing, and effectively and orderly promoted the work of spring ploughing preparation.

Lishu County is located in the hinterland of Songliao plain, one of the main grain producing areas of the country. It is a famous grain producing county in China. At present, it is time for local farmers to select improved varieties and buy agricultural machinery for black land. Farmers call this “New Year’s goods” for black land.

Farming is as precious as gold. This season, the preparation of black land has entered a critical stage. The reporter saw in the streets of Lishu County that the seed and agricultural machinery market was bustling, and an endless stream of farmers came to buy seeds and agricultural machinery. In the agricultural machinery market, the reporter met Yang Qingkui, the head of a cooperative who came to buy agricultural machinery. These days, he is busy “making new year goods” for the black land - buying a new type of high-efficiency no tillage planter. In 2021, Lishu County, dominated by farmers’ professional cooperatives, began to promote the “pear tree model” on a large scale.

Last year, the area of conservation tillage of black land in Lishu County was expanded from 1.2 million mu to 2.35 million mu. The “pear tree model” was fully covered in suitable areas, increasing grain production by nearly 100 million kg, and the demonstration led 72 million mu of black land in Northeast China to carry out conservation tillage.

In Huinan County, all seed sales enterprises and units have strengthened their services and strictly controlled the seed quality. In addition to offline sales, farmers can also enjoy door-to-door delivery services through telephone reservation and online ordering. According to the director of Jilin Hongke rice industry research center, the seed sales have reached 2 million kg.

In recent days, Liuhe County Agricultural Technology Extension Station is testing the soil samples collected last autumn to ensure that all soil testing and formula fertilization cards are issued to farmers in March.

Longliang seed breeding family farm in xinaili village, Zhenlai Town, Zhenlai county mainly grows rice, with 32 hectares of cultivated land. At present, seeds, chemical fertilizer, agricultural film and other materials used for spring farming production have been purchased. According to Bai Yunlong, the person in charge of the farm, in early March, they planned to screen the soil, buckle the shed and raise seedlings. The whole village has 860 hectares of cultivated land. At present, seeds and chemical fertilizers have been reserved. This year, Zhenlai actively guided farmers to adjust the planting structure and pay close attention to the implementation of excellent varieties.

This year, in order to ensure the supply of agricultural materials for spring ploughing, Jilin Province has established a provincial temporary commercial reserve system for chemical fertilizer, with a provincial reserve capacity of 1 million tons. At the same time, the national reserve task of 900000 tons has been implemented, and the actual chemical fertilizer reserve in the Province can reach 2.28 million tons, accounting for more than 60% of the demand for chemical fertilizer for spring ploughing in the province. At the same time, the supply and marketing cooperative system of Jilin Province has actively played the role of the main channel of agricultural materials supply, and the supply of chemical fertilizer in the peak season of spring farming has been maintained at more than 1.6 million tons.