The annual agricultural machinery deep loosening and land preparation task must be completed with guaranteed quality and quantity

As the nationwide large-scale “three autumns” mechanized production work is about to kick off, on September 4, the Ministry of Agriculture held an on-site meeting on agricultural machinery deep loosening and land preparation operations in Hengshui City, Hebei Province, organizing observation of deep loosening machine demonstrations and studying and deploying measures to further advance deep loosening and land preparation work. Vice Minister of Agriculture Zhang Taolin emphasized at the on-site meeting that agricultural mechanization departments at all levels must seize the farming season, solidly carry out organizational management and technical service work, and complete with guaranteed quality and quantity the target task of launching the 100 million mu pilot program this year.

Zhang Taolin pointed out that Northeast China, North China, and the Huang-Huai-Hai region are the “main battlefield” for carrying out deep loosening and land preparation, with deep loosening operation area accounting for more than 80% of the national total. Autumn land preparation is the “highlight” of “three autumns” mechanized production, and all relevant provinces must firmly grasp this key time point and focus on doing five tasks well. First, actively coordinate and implement operation subsidy funds, increase support for deep loosening and land preparation work, and at the same time fully leverage the guiding role of the machine purchase subsidy policy, giving priority to meeting farmers' needs for purchasing high-horsepower tractors, deep loosening machines, and other operation machinery. Second, promptly improve and refine the implementation plans for agricultural machinery deep loosening and land preparation pilots in various localities, break down pilot operation tasks and assign them to counties and townships, encourage concentrated contiguous advancement, and enhance the demonstration and driving effect. Third, actively organize the signing of deep loosening operation contracts, carry out technical services in villages, and complete with guaranteed quality and quantity the pilot tasks of deep loosening and land preparation operations. Fourth, strengthen the supervision and management of subsidy funds, organize forces to conduct verification, and ensure standardized use. Fifth, widely publicize the important role of deep loosening and land preparation, raise the awareness of the broad masses of farmers in applying the technology, conscientiously summarize and promote good experiences and good practices, and create a favorable public opinion atmosphere.

⟦NL> It is reported that agricultural machinery deep loosening and land preparation operation refers to a tillage technology that uses tractors to pull deep loosening machines to loosen the soil without turning it over, break the plow pan, improve the structure of the cultivated layer, and enhance the soil's capacity for water storage and moisture conservation and resistance to drought and waterlogging. In recent years, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Hebei, and other provinces have vigorously promoted agricultural machinery deep loosening and land preparation, effectively solving problems such as soil compaction of cultivated land, shallowing of the cultivated layer, and poor water and fertilizer retention capacity, significantly promoting increased crop yields. Comparative experiments show that deep loosened plots have an average yield increase of about 10% per mu for wheat and corn.