In the golden autumn season, in Dapanzhuang Village, Datun Township, Nangong City, Hebei Province, the sound of machines rumbled in the corn field, and the large harvester rolled the straw into the "belly". "This year, more than 3,300 mu of land in the village has been entrusted to supply and marketing cooperative , and large-scale machinery will be deployed, saving time and effort," said Ban Shouzhuo, secretary of the Party branch of Dapanzhuang Village.
Han Tongxing, a villager in Dapanzhuang Village, said: "In the past we relied on hoes for weeding and weeding, and on shoulders for spraying medicine. Now the land is entrusted to a modern agricultural service company under the Hebei Provincial Supply and Marketing Cooperative. Planting, spraying, weeding, and watering have been mechanized. Working here is easy, and the income is higher than before.”
In Datun Township, Nangong City, Hebei Province, the harvester is working. (Photo courtesy of the interviewee)
Nangong City explores the land trust model of "supply and marketing cooperatives + agricultural service companies + village collectives + farmers". The supply and marketing cooperatives have developed contract agriculture , which has lengthened the agricultural product industry chain. The agricultural service company affiliated to the supply and marketing cooperative is responsible for farming, planting, management, harvesting, warehousing, processing and sales. Farmers entrust their land to the supply and marketing cooperatives. With the triple income of "guaranteed income + secondary dividends + working to earn money", the village collective also receives a service fee of 30 yuan per mu.
In Houlaoying Village, Dahedao Township, Quzhou County, Hebei Province, talking about the difference between farming this year and previous years, Shi Qingfeng, a villager, said: "If you don't plant the fields, you don't need to worry about anything, and others will do the work." His family has planted 10 Mu of corn, sowing, fertilizing, harvesting and other agricultural activities are all covered by the supply and marketing cooperative.
Shi Qingfeng usually runs a truck, and the old man and his wife farm at home. Later, when my mother was old and my wife was working, farming became a headache. Shi Qingfeng said: "Cultivation is laborious and laborious, and heavy farming work can't be done by one person. If you don't plant it, it will be abandoned and reluctant."
Quzhou County Supply and Marketing Cooperative established agricultural machinery operation service teams in 10 towns and towns, and launched unified defense and agricultural machinery operations. 12 other services, providing "nanny-style full-custody" and "menu-style semi-custodial" services. Shi Qingfeng said: "I chose the 'nanny-style full trusteeship', and the family does not need to be tied to the ground."
Agriculture is a big water user, and it is also where the potential for water saving lies. In Zaoqiang County, Hengshui City, the local supply and marketing cooperative vigorously promoted the shallow-buried drip irrigation land trust model, and completed a water-saving agricultural trusteeship area of more than 2,000 mu, which contributed to the pressure extraction of groundwater.
Wan Jinlin, director of the Cooperation and Guidance Office of Hebei Supply and Marketing Cooperatives, said that relying on a sound organizational system, they have vigorously developed water-saving agriculture industry chain custody services in the province, and initially achieved increased grain production, farmers' income, and the growth of the village collective economy. The development of supply and marketing cooperatives is "win-win for all parties". (Reporter Li Fengshuang Bai Mingshan)
