Farmers might as well do a year-end summary too
At the end of the year, party and government organs, enterprises and institutions all conduct year-end summaries, the purpose being to take stock of the year's work, sum up experience and identify shortcomings, so as to do better in the coming year. But in rural areas, most farmer friends have not developed this good habit.
Right now, during the slack winter season, farmer brothers might as well, over tea and meals or when visiting relatives and friends, go from door to door, chat with one another, look for gaps, reckon up the detailed accounts, sum up some achievements, distil some shortcomings, and think up some new ideas. Why is it that on the same patch of land, the Zhang family's sweet potatoes are big and sweet, while the Li family's sweet potatoes are small and full of off-flavors; the east household made a fortune raising pigs, while the west household lost its capital…… and so on. Success or failure, farmer brothers might as well sit down and sum it up seriously. They can even go out to observe on site and see how others have fared over the past year, what is different from their own production, and whether others' practices and experience are worth adopting. Through such analysis and reflection, they can determine the development approach for the new year and further adjust the structure of planting and breeding. Such a year-end summary is down-to-earth and can avoid blindness in production.
As the saying goes, only by being good at summing up can one make progress. Only by constantly summing up experience and shortcomings and learning from each other's strengths to offset one's weaknesses can one be invincible. Therefore, the author suggests that grassroots organizations at all levels in rural areas must seize the winter slack season, promote the experience of high-yield households, and earnestly organize farmers to do a good job of summarizing each household's work, summing up experience and lessons, doing well in the coming year's planting and breeding, turning things around, and stepping onto the road to moderate prosperity as soon as possible. At the same time, party organizations at all levels in rural areas should promptly help farmer friends “recharge”, point the way, and help them sum up valuable experience. Only such summary of both positive and negative aspects can better promote agricultural production.