One ginseng farm produces 10,000 to 20,000 kilograms of ginseng every year, with an annual output of nearly 300,000 kilograms of water ginseng.
Those that will be shipped this year happened to be top-dressed with bean cake water last year, and the yield is expected to be higher.
With such a large amount of production, it would simply not work if we all start production around the autumnal equinox.
So as soon as September entered, the ginseng began to be distributed and distributed at the ginseng field, and the processing factory also started working.
The Yishen processing plant is located to the north of the site and covers a large area.
This place is much better than the processing plant of the Second Brigade. It has large machinery and equipment such as steaming ginseng tanks, dryers, and ginseng brushing machines, worth more than 400,000 yuan.
Other supporting facilities are also complete and the venue is larger.
Every autumn, all the employees of a ginseng shop, together with their families, are mobilized to start making ginseng products.
Even so, the labor force is not enough, and some temporary workers need to be found from outside.
Even students from Donggang Junior High School and Senior High School will go to the processing factory to work for a few days at this time to earn class fees.
For students of this age, going to school is not just about studying, but they also have to participate in labor. The school has special labor classes.
In the winter, they crackle firewood to burn the stove and clear the snow; in the spring, they plant and shovel the fields; in the summer, they weed and clean the playground; in the fall, they harvest the fields, wrap rice and make beans.
Students are not left behind in any of these jobs, they have to do them all.
Waiting for another two years for the school-run ginseng field to appear, students will still have to go to the ginseng field to light ginseng seeds and weeds.
On the first day, not only Xu Shiyan and others went up the mountain, but also Li Bingzhuo and Lin Qiyue, just to confirm the effect of top dressing with bean cake water.
In the past two years, the method of Ginseng Kugai has changed again.
From the previous sticks, boards, linoleum paper, to yellow transparent plastic film, curtains, bow bars, etc., from a single-sided shed to a small arched shed.
The width of the yellow polyvinyl chloride sophora flavescens film is nearly two meters. It is relatively soft, has strong light transmittance and has a short anti-aging time.
At present, relevant departments are studying blue polyethylene film, which has better anti-aging properties than yellow.
A ginseng farm has upgraded its ginseng shed, which is currently covered with yellow polyvinyl chloride. As for the agricultural team, they haven't used it yet, mainly because the ginseng film is too expensive.
This way, you can save worry when dismantling the shed. You only need to untie the top battens and bow bars, and roll up the plastic sheet and the bottom curtain, so the work is very fast.
The two people in the front move out of the shed, and the person behind them uses a sickle to cut the ginseng leaves, and then the ginseng can be harvested.
"Secretary Lin, take a look, this year's mallets are really good, and they are generally larger than those in previous years.
When a string is produced and weighed as a whole, we can test out the specific increase in production. I feel that there is no problem in increasing production by 20%."
As soon as the ginseng grew there, everyone noticed that this year's ginseng was growing unusually and was obviously larger than in previous years.
"Quick, tell everyone, hurry up and work, and wait for the scales to be calculated soon."
Lin Qiyue said excitedly when he saw the mallet coming out of the ground.
To increase the yield of ginseng by one kilogram per foot, the lowest cost is more than ten yuan. At present, it seems that it is absolutely impossible to increase the yield by only one kilogram per foot.
"Lie to Kangxi"
A ginseng market will produce nearly 20,000 feet of goods this year. If we calculate this as a whole, how much will the production increase and how much will the income increase?
Anyone else would be excited, let alone Lin Qiyue as the attending secretary.
Now his eyes are full of sticks, and his mind is thinking about how much income can be increased this year.
With this money, the place will have to buy something else and the workers will receive more benefits.
Secretary Lin had already spoken, but the workers below had to hurry up? So everyone speeded up and started to join in.
It didn't take long before a bunch of about 40 feet long was lifted out. The dirt was shaken off with a stick and put into a sack.
Someone at the other end brought over a large steel scale, and several strong young men carried the scale and began to weigh the sacks one by one. There was also a person next to him who took notes in a notebook.
Not long after, the statistics came out. A string of 42-foot mallets could lift a total of 850 kilograms of water ginseng. On average, one foot can lift a little over 20 kilograms of water ginseng.
As soon as the data was reported to Secretary Lin, all the cadres present were overjoyed.
"Secretary, if we all follow this ratio, our production will increase by 70,000 to 80,000 jins this year.
My God, just with these, we can increase our income by millions."
It’s not that I didn’t know it, but I was shocked that just top dressing could have such a good effect.
What if we wait until the next year to start adding fertilizer? How much will the yield increase if we add base fertilizer and top dressing?
"Consultant Xu, you are amazing. This trick is really useful."
Lin Qiyue held Xu Shiyan's hand excitedly, not knowing what to say.
I had only heard about it before, even though it was mentioned in the Donggang Commune, the Second Brigade, and even the county newspaper, but after all, I had never seen it with my own eyes, so I couldn't understand the feeling at all.
At this moment, the piles of sticks are right in front of you, and groups of numbers prove the effect of bean cake top dressing.
Through the numbers, we can see the huge benefits. Who is not excited? That kind of joy cannot be expressed in words.
Relatively speaking, Xu Shiyan behaved very calmly. After all, he had experienced this several times.
Last year, when the second team's output was high, Yu Shouguang and others were so excited that they almost knelt down and cried.
"As long as we continue to improve technology, output will increase. Take your time, don't rush."
There are still ways, but at present, it should not be used anymore, otherwise the phenomenon of low grain prices in good years will really hurt farmers.
After all, Lin Qiyue was also a secretary who attended such a large event. He had seen too many big events, so his excitement was only momentary and soon subsided.
So he directed everyone to continue working, while he, Xu Shiyan and several other cadres present went to a meeting nearby to study the next ginseng processing plan.
Originally, Xu Shiyan proposed to trial-produce ginseng honey slices and Changbai Mountain red ginseng.
Lin Qiyue always felt that these two products were likely to face the problem of no sales, so he did not dare to promise too much, only a small amount of trial production.
However, just now, when he saw the production data, Lin Qiyue made up his mind to support Xu Shiyan's proposal and must research new products.
Even if it is impossible to generate revenue in the short term, new products must be produced.
"Xiao Xu, we held a meeting to discuss and decided to allocate 30,000 kilograms of fresh ginseng this year for your testing.
I hope you will not disappoint our expectations of you, and you must make a top product that belongs to us."
Judging from the current situation, it is not a problem to increase the yield of ginseng land by 70,000 to 80,000 jins. Part of it is allocated for experimentation. Even if it is unsuccessful, it will not have much impact on the overall situation.
When Xu Shiyan heard this, he became happy.
"The leaders can rest assured that our technical team will definitely live up to the expectations of the leaders. We will definitely be able to overcome the difficulties and produce the products we want."
No matter who they are, they all hope to gain the trust of others and have the opportunity to show their talents.
In the past, in the Second Brigade, there were no such conditions, and Xu Shiyan would not have such big ambitions.
But things are different now. He must make some achievements to prove that Lin Qiyue made the right choice to recruit him to participate.
"Okay, young people must have this energy, keep working hard, we all think highly of you and the technical team.
Work hard, overcome difficulties, and achieve results, and your rewards are indispensable."
Lin Qiyue patted Xu Shiyan's shoulder and encouraged him.