Busy drying Codonopsis pilosula in Weining, Guizhou: a bumper harvest of medicinal herbs helps farmers increase income

Original title: Weining, Guizhou: drying medicinal herbs to welcome a bumper year

On January 5, farmers at the Wanyuanheng Planting and Breeding Professional Cooperative in Weining County, Guizhou Province, dry the medicinal herb "Codonopsis pilosula".

At present, the medicinal herb "Codonopsis pilosula" grown by farmers in Weining County, Guizhou Province, has had a bumper harvest, and local farmers are making the most of the fine weather to dry it in preparation for the new year's medicinal herb market.

According to statistics from the local agricultural department, Weining County currently has 38 professional cooperatives engaged in medicinal herb cultivation, involving more than 100,000 farmer households, with a planting area of more than 160,000 mu and an output value of more than 700 million yuan. Medicinal herb cultivation has become one of the main channels for local farmers to increase income through developing mountain-characteristic planting.

Released by Xinhua News Agency (Photo by Yang Wenbin)

On January 5, at the Wanyuanheng Planting and Breeding Professional Cooperative in Weining County, Guizhou Province, a girl helps dry the medicinal herb "Codonopsis pilosula".