dkrc Chapter 13: Agricultural Atlas Shows Its Power, Farmers in Oasis City Are All Smiles!
Chapter 13: Agricultural Atlas Shows Its Power, Farmers in Oasis City Are All Smiles!
In the golden autumn of August, the air is filled with the fragrance of fruits.
Oasis City, a plum plantation.
Brightly colored, plump plums hang from the branches, clustered together like sparkling amethysts.
The purple plum skin is covered with a thin layer of "icing sugar," making it look fresh and tempting.
At this moment, grower Yi Hai is leading a group of pickers in picking, transporting, and sorting plums in the plum orchard.
After removing small and bad fruits, they packed the selected fruits into boxes and shipped them out.
Several years ago.
Yi Hai then tried planting 100 mu of plums. After years of exploration, the plums entered their peak fruiting period last year.
He insists on green and organic planting methods, without using pesticides or ripening agents, allowing the plums to accumulate enough nutrients and ripen naturally.
Benefiting from the unique climate, water, soil, and light and heat resources of the desert region.
The plums grown by Yi Hai have a good taste and high sweetness. They are soft and rich, just like tender peaches, with a delicate and sweet texture.
Each plum, having been thoroughly sun-dried, glows with a purplish sheen under the sunlight. Among them, the Grade 1 plums, with a sweetness level of over 20 degrees Brix, are hailed as "Purple Elf" plums by customers from other regions and are highly favored by consumers everywhere.
"Old Yi, our plantation's yield reached 2000 kilograms per mu this year!"
Yi Hai's wife, Wang Yan, walked over with a smile.
"2000 kilograms per mu?"
Yi Hai was stunned.
Last year, his plum plantation yielded an average of 1000 kilograms per mu.
He inquired and found that the yield of plums per mu in the entire city of Alar was around 1000 kilograms, with little difference.
How come the yield per mu has doubled this year?
Yi Hai quickly asked, "You weighed it correctly, right?"
"That's right!"
Wang Yan stated frankly, "I had people harvest and weigh the plums from 10 mu (approximately 1.65 acres), and the yield per mu was 2000 kilograms. And haven't you noticed? This year, the plums we planted are all bigger than ever!"
"Okay, okay!"
Yi Hai looked excited.
He had noticed long ago that the plums were larger this year, but he hadn't considered the possibility of doubling the yield per acre.
If this 100-mu plum plantation can achieve an average yield of 2000 kilograms per mu, then he will make a fortune!
Thanks to proper management and the use of farmyard manure, no pesticides or ripening agents were used.
The plums grown by Yi Hai are of high quality, uniform in size, and generally have a sugar content of over 22°, attracting many merchants to place orders, so sales are not a problem.
Regarding price.
Based on the current market price, it can reach 30 yuan per kilogram.
2000 kg × 30 yuan × 100 mu = 600 million yuan.
Excluding all kinds of expenses.
Yi Hai's 100 mu of plums planted this year will net him at least 400 million yuan!
That's the thought that crossed my mind.
Yi Hai casually picked up a plum, bit off the skin, and the abundant juice was about to burst out. He took a light sip, and the unique fruity aroma, a blend of floral and honey fragrance, lingered in his mouth for a long time.
Looking back on the hard work of cultivating plums over the years.
Yi Hai beamed with joy, feeling that all the hard work had been worth it!
……
the other side.
A pear orchard in Oasis City was bustling with activity.
Farmer Chen Wei is leading more than 50 workers in picking and packaging fragrant pears.
Chen Wei's 100-mu fragrant pear orchard is planted with the "Korla Fragrant Pear" variety.
This variety is widely planted in southern Xinjiang. Due to the dry climate, abundant sunshine, and large temperature difference between day and night, the fruit has high sugar content, a crisp and sweet taste, and a rich aroma.
In previous years, the crops would mature and be ready for harvest from late August to mid-September.
And this year...
Chen Wei discovered that the fragrant pears ripened very quickly.
By early August, the fragrant pears were already ripe and ready to be picked.
At this moment, Chen Wei watched the workers picking and packaging the fragrant pears with meticulous attention.
Baskets of sweet and fragrant pears are ready to be shipped to Jiangxi, western Guangdong and other places for sale.
"Boss, the pear weighing results are in. The average yield is 7 tons per mu!"
A worker reported this good news to Chen Wei.
Upon hearing this, Chen Wei's eyes lit up.
His 100-mu fragrant pear orchard yielded 3.5 tons per mu last year, with a value of over 1.7 yuan per mu. After deducting costs, the net profit per mu was 100 yuan, and the total profit was 1 million yuan, which is quite optimistic.
And this year...
The yield of fragrant pears per mu has doubled.
Doesn't that mean...?
Will his 100-mu (approximately 6.7 hectares) fragrant pear orchard generate a total income of 2 million yuan this year?
This is so wonderful!
Thinking about this...
Farmer Chen Wei couldn't stop smiling.
……
the other side.
Xu Hua, the general manager of Lvshengyuan Agricultural Development Co., Ltd. in Lvzhou City, couldn't stop smiling.
In front of him was a 2000-mu (approximately 333 hectares) melon greenhouse.
Beneath the neat steel roof trusses, rows of melon seedlings are laden with heavy melons, filling the air with the scent of a bountiful harvest.
The workers were busy picking and loading the harvested melons onto trucks, creating a lively scene.
Generally speaking
Greenhouse-grown melons will ripen in early or mid-September.
This year's greenhouse melons ripened a month earlier than in previous years.
Of course, this wasn't the point in Xu Hua's eyes.
The key point is that the original yield of melons in greenhouses was 4 tons per mu.
This year, the yield per mu (a Chinese unit of area, approximately 0.165 acres) of melon greenhouses has reached an unbelievable 8 tons!
Regarding market prices.
The price of melons is around 6 yuan per kilogram.
In other words.
This year, the company's 2000 mu of greenhouse melons will generate an astonishing output value of 9600 million yuan, making a fortune.
Therefore.
General Manager Xu Hua couldn't stop smiling.
Money, money, money, life is intertwined with money.
If every year could have such a bumper harvest as this year, he would make a fortune!
……
At the same time.
Similar scenes are taking place in various agricultural planting areas of Oasis City.
The seasonal fruits planted by farmers, such as jujubes, crabapples, passion fruit, blueberries, grapes, peaches, pears, cantaloupes, sugar apples, watermelons, figs, and pomegranates, as well as various vegetables such as chayote, eggplant, broccoli, cucumbers, radishes, and water chestnuts, have all ripened, and the yield per acre has doubled compared to before.
While the farmers were excited, they were also very puzzled.
They grow fruits and vegetables in the same way as last year.
How come production has doubled this year?
Furthermore, some fruits that should have ripened next month have ripened ahead of schedule this month.
They were completely baffled and couldn't understand what had happened.
If we really have to find a reason to explain it...
That is because Oasis City is blessed by God, which has doubled the yield of fruits and vegetables per acre.
in fact……
What the farmers didn't know was...
The entire Oasis City now benefits from the "City Atlas - Agriculture" feature.
With the added benefit of this effect.
All fruits and vegetables in Oasis City can enjoy two major benefits: accelerated agricultural growth and increased agricultural output. Not only is the growth rate of crops doubled, but the yield per acre is also doubled.
It's no exaggeration to say that...
From now on, the agricultural sector in Oasis City will undergo tremendous changes, achieving true agricultural prosperity.
These agricultural growers in Oasis City were among the first to reap the benefits of urban agriculture!