The Central Political Bureau meeting proposed that the reform of the supply side of agriculture should be further promoted next year, and the reform of the corn price mechanism is one of the priorities of the reform of the supply side of agriculture. Tongliao City, Inner Mongolia is located in the “Golden Belt” in the “Shoo Bend Area”. At the beginning of this year, in order to implement the decision to reduce the corn planting area in China, Tongliao City vigorously promoted “grain to feed” and encouraged local farmers to carry out silage corn planting. For such a policy, at first, local farmers were supported and some were worried.

Can “grain change feed” bring real benefits to farmers?

Right now, after nearly a year, the local silage corn has ushered in a bumper year. So, can planting silage corn bring real benefits to farmers? Is it feasible to promote the road of “grain to feed” in the “sickle bend area” in Inner Mongolia?

At present, Inner Mongolia has entered the cold winter season. In Liaoyang Village, Keerqin District, Tongliao City, villager Zhang Xiuzhi is busy installing floor heating for her home. She said that this is a New Year gift that she and her husband gave themselves. This year, they handed over 40 acres of arable land to the village's land management agency for custody, and they worked outside and earned a lot of money.

Zhang Xiuzhi: It is a trusteeship. We don't have to worry about seeds, fertilizers, and arable land. You can do it yourself. Our family is now working, starting from this year, working for odd jobs and earning more than 20,000 yuan, not counting the land.

Zhang Xiuzhi's two couples can go out to work without worry, but also thanks to the Chunrui Agricultural Machinery Planting Professional Cooperative in the village. Sun Lixin, the owner of the cooperative, is the village head of Liaoyang Village. The land management agency was built with the money from the agricultural machinery in the past few years, together with the funding provided by the local government. Now, the land of the whole village is handed over to him for hosting.

Sun Lixin: At present, there are a total of 202 households in the village. All of their land is planted by cooperatives, with a total of more than 3,700 mu. When the harvest is in the fall, all the money is returned to him. How much I collect and how much I sell is his. He will pay the same fee, just like the nursery.

Since 2014, the land of Sun Lixin's trusteeship has been planted with large corn. Every year, he must guarantee the yield of 1800 kg per mu of corn. Corn is not only good, but the country has a temporary storage policy, so the pressure on the trusteeship is not big, but this year, the state canceled the corn storage policy, which indicates that Sun Lixin must bear the risk of sales of crops, while guaranteeing a commitment The high per mu of the home-managed farmers. So how do you find a crop that guarantees production while protecting income? After thinking about it, Sun Lixin decided to plant all the custody land of this year into green storage corn.

Sun Lixin: This year, the price cut of corn has fallen too badly. We have done the whole village "grain change feed" and the grain has been converted into seed feed.

Reporter: How is the price compared to growing corn?

Sun Lixin: It is much stronger than corn, and it saves trouble.

Reporter: How much income can one acre this year?

Sun Lixin: The ordinary people have a net income of about 1,000 yuan per mu. I have a late harvest this year. I have to pay more than 1,000 yuan for the early harvest. I have to get 1300 to 1500. This year, the rainy season is long and I can’t get it early.

This year, in the various propaganda reforms of the supply side of corn in Tongliao City, grain-to-feeding was widely publicized. Planting silage corn has become a structure for many growers. Lu Yong, a villager who lives in the village of Yudengtai, Yuxin Town, Kerqin District, is one of them. He told reporters that there are many benefits to cattle and sheep in addition to green corn.

Lu Yong: First of all, the long meat, the same feeding period, can increase 10% in the same feed, milk production can increase by 20%, under the premise of not feeding silage, it is planned to invest 10 pounds of concentrate, it also For 3 pounds of meat, the silage can be 3 pounds and a half long.

In addition, Lu Yong also found that the cultivation of silage corn is not only quality guaranteed, but also the yield per mu is high. The yield per mu of corn is in kilograms, and the output of silage is in tons.

Lu Yong: Green storage corn, if you do not breed cattle and sheep, silage corn is calculated according to 6.5 tons, the local market price is 350 yuan, 6.5 tons multiplied by 350 about 2,000, a common glutinous rice, the yield is about 1800 kg.

Because of the high yield per mu, planting silage must be combined with large-scale mechanical harvesting. In addition, balers and straw shredders are also necessary. Lu Yong told reporters that it is precisely because silage has a demand for large machinery, so the large-scale machinery for harvesting silage corn in China is now perfect, which is more convenient and cost-effective than mechanical harvesting of large corn.

Lu Yong: It is better than that, and the degree of mechanization is high. The degree of mechanization of corn in this area is not particularly high. Now, silage has a centralized acquisition machine, which is more cost-effective than ordinary corn.

In the interview, the reporter learned that this year, Tongliao City has adjusted more than 2.6 million mu of land in the process of adjusting the corn planting structure, and all of them have been converted into silage corn planting. The villager He Changhai told reporters that although there are many benefits in planting silage corn, At the beginning of the year, many farmers were worried that they could not find a market after the harvest.

He Changhai: We also want to grow silage corn, but it can't be recycled. There is no sales channel. The farming has not kept up. If we plant silage for those cows, then we will not lose it.

Right now, after a year of planting, is the sale of silage corn still worrying farmers? Sun Lixin, the owner of Chunrui Agricultural Planting Professional Cooperative, used the action to answer this question.

Sun Lixin: This year's silage is not for sale, Wumeng and Ximeng are rushing for it. I went to Ximeng to go back yesterday and basically booked it almost. Moreover, Huishan Dairy also booked 10,000 mu of land with me. This year he wanted to ask for all of me. I didn't give it to him. We are still talking to a town on the other side of Ximeng. We want to talk about more in the coming years. I want to produce and sell myself later.

This year, in the process of conditional corn planting structure in Tongliao City, there were more than 2.6 million mu of land, which were all converted into silage corn planting. At the end of the 13th Five-Year Plan, this number will strive to reach 5 million mu. In the future, Tongliao City will focus on structural adjustment in the development of animal husbandry, which also provides more protection for the development of silage corn. He Changfu, deputy director of Tongliao Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Bureau:

He Changfu: The large-scale structural adjustment is still the development of animal husbandry. The focus is on the development of animal husbandry in the agricultural areas, highlighting the development of herbivorous animal husbandry, and of course the food animal husbandry and poultry can not relax. Nowadays, the proportion of animal husbandry and planting industry, animal husbandry accounts for about 40%, and we will adjust this figure to more than 50% in the future.

He Changfu, deputy director of the Tongliao Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Bureau, said that in the “13th Five-Year Plan”, they will also realize the combination of agriculture and animal husbandry, and continue to promote “grain to feed” to cultivate and extend the industrial chain.

He Changfu: In terms of planting, it is necessary to accumulate and develop “grain to feed”, which is also corresponding to our large-scale structural adjustment. There is no grass or no feed, and there are also projects and tasks. Of course, we can't be too hasty. After all, the premise of silage is to use silage. With the adjustment of large-area structure, silage may be a trend, which is for breeding.