The potato in the eastern suburbs is very famous. . .
Scientific name: potato
Common names: yam, potato and egg.
Origin: Dongjiao Township, Wangkui County
Usage and function: Potato is the leading crop of rural characteristic economy in our county, and has become the pillar industry of developing characteristic economy. The "Huangmazi" potato in the eastern suburbs has registered the trademark of "Huangmazi" in the State Trademark Office, becoming the first potato trademark in China, and applied for a patent in the State Patent Office, which was confirmed as a specialty of Heilongjiang. "Hemp potato" has been sold well in four provinces and more than 40 cities and counties in China, and exported to Russia, North Korea and other countries. "Huangmazi" potato is rich in starch, sugar, protein, minerals, salts, vitamin B and other nutrients. It has the characteristics of early maturity, high yield, delicious taste and storage and transportation resistance, and is edible. It is also widely used in industry. The color and viscosity of "Huangmazi" potato processing starch are higher than other potatoes. Pure starch and its derivatives are widely used as adhesives, thickeners, stabilizers and fillers. Widely used in food, textile, petrochemical, medicine and other fields, the market prospect is very broad.
Dongjiao Township has become a famous potato planting base in China, and its planting area has been expanding, and it has spread to other towns in the county and surrounding cities and counties. At this year's World Expo and Harbin Fair, it was recognized by domestic and foreign merchants, and signed purchase and sale contracts and cooperation projects with some neighboring countries, which made Wangkui's "Huangmazi" go to the world and also inserted wings for our county's characteristic economy.
Since the beginning of this year, Dongjiao Township of Wangkui County has closely relied on Dong Jiao Natural Pigment Co., Ltd. to further promote the adjustment of agricultural industrial structure and vigorously develop marigold industry. The planting area has expanded from 3,000 mu last year to 3,600 mu, forming an industrial pattern of "company+farmers+guarantee".
In order to introduce new varieties, the township organized an overseas investigation team of marigold, which was attended by the secretary of the village party branch, large growers, party member and representatives of the masses, and went to Faku County of Liaoning Province for three times to inspect the yield and benefit per mu of the new American marigold variety F 1. At the same time, the feasibility of planting a new marigold variety F 1 in Zhaozhou, Baoqing, Cyclobalanopsis and other areas close to the climate and soil conditions in this county was further verified. After the inspection, they organized more than 80 rural cadres and 36 large growers in the township to walk into the homes of more than 4,000 farmers in the township to widely publicize the market trend, development prospects and benefits of new marigold varieties, and distributed 5,000 leaflets.
In order to popularize new varieties and improve the planting technology of flower farmers, they hired marigold planting experts from Faku County, Liaoning Province to explain the planting management technology in towns and villages, held four training courses successively, trained more than 0/000 farmers, and distributed 500 CDs of production technology guides. The township has also set up a technical service team to go deep into farmers' homes for on-site guidance, explain in detail new technologies such as site selection and disease prevention, and guide flower farmers to plant marigold scientifically.
In order to establish and improve the security mechanism, reduce the planting risk of flower farmers and promote the faster and better development of marigold industry. Dong Jiao Township Coordination Dong Jiao Natural Pigment Co., Ltd. signed a production and sales contract with flower farmers, and established a mutual benefit mechanism to share risks and benefits. Farmers planting 1 mu of a new variety of Tagetes erecta will only be paid to 50 yuan (per mu 120 yuan), and the rest of the seed money will be borne by the company. After autumn, the company will subsidize seed money according to the quantity of goods sold by farmers. If the yield per mu is 1000- 1499 kg, the seed money will be supplemented per mu. If the yield per mu is 1.500- 1.999 kg, 20 yuan will be supplemented per mu; More than 2000 kilograms per mu, 30 yuan per mu; If the yield per mu is less than 1 1,000 Jin after farmers plant as required, the company will bear all the seed money. In addition, the company also sells the means of production such as flower farmers' seeds, fertilizers, pesticides and agricultural films on credit, and farmers do not pay interest, and promise to provide planting technical services for free.