Pepper-growing expert Liu Chenghai: He makes money growing anything

Recently, Liu Chenghai, a large-scale pepper grower in Company One of the 89th Regiment of the Fifth Division of the **Construction Corps, had a bumper harvest of 100 mu of Luohong New Generation peppers, and buyers came in an endless stream to place orders. This year, the net income from his 100 mu of peppers can reach 160,000 yuan, with an average output value of about 4,000 yuan per mu.

Starting in 2001, Liu Chenghai grew peppers for six consecutive years. At first, because he did not understand the market, the facing-heaven peppers and pigment peppers he grew did not achieve good economic returns. Later, he introduced fine pepper varieties such as Japanese San-ying peppers, and his planting area remained at around 100 mu, with annual income of more than 100,000 yuan.

Today, Liu Chenghai has been growing peppers for more than 10 years. In the process, he has mastered a complete set of cultivation techniques and management experience. At the same time, he is good at grasping the pulse of the market: whichever peppers make money, he grows those. This year, because the pepper market fluctuated greatly, he learned after investigating that Henan New Generation peppers sold on the market were doing relatively well, so he planted 100 mu, with an output of more than 300 kg per mu. Calculated at a market price of 13 yuan per kg, the net income can reach 161,200 yuan. The picture shows Liu Chenghai admiring the peppers he grew at the edge of the field.