Hebei Jingxian County mobilizes more than 100 plant protection drones to help farmers protect a bumper harvest

The picture shows the use of plant protection drones for flight defense operations in Jingxian County. Photo by Gao Lei

China News Service, Hengshui, April 28 (Cui Zhiping, Gao Lei, Lu Zenghui) Loading, take-off, and spraying... At present, wheat is entering the heading stage one after another. Jingxian County, Hengshui City, organized a professional unified defense and governance team to carry out rural consolidation system and unified defense and governance operations, and mobilized more than 100 plant protection drones to carry out large-scale operations every day, achieving full coverage of wheat "one spray and three defenses", and went all out Help farmers ensure a bumper harvest.

"Our cooperative has more than 20 plant protection drones, and we carry out plant protection operations every day under the arrangement of Jingxian Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau. With the manual spraying method, the drone has better flight prevention effect and higher efficiency. Like this drone with a load of 40 kg of pesticides, it can operate hundreds of acres per hour." Jingxian Kerun Plantation Farmers Professional Cooperative Song Liqiang, the person in charge, said.

"In recent years, Jingxian County has strengthened incentive policies, optimized support measures, and vigorously promoted high-end intelligent agricultural machinery and equipment. The county's agricultural plant protection drones have developed rapidly, and more than 200 plant protection drone operators have been trained before and after." Jingxian Agriculture and Rural Areas Wang Xiaofei, deputy director of the bureau, said that at present, there are more than 120 sets of ground self-propelled boom sprayers and more than 100 plant protection drones in the county. The three-dimensional operation pattern of "ground + low altitude" has been initially constructed to effectively prevent and control crops. The spread of major pests and diseases has ensured the increase in agricultural production and efficiency, and ensured the safety of agricultural production. Last year, the county's total grain output reached a new high of 1.561 billion catties, ranking second in the province.

The picture shows the plant protection drone operator in Jingxian County filling the drone with pesticides. Photo by Gao Lei

Wang Xiaofei said that on the basis of implementing various epidemic prevention and control work, the county actively contacted service organizations with good service quality, strong technical force, and advanced prevention and control machinery, and guided them in a reasonable and orderly manner to connect with villages, implement service areas, and sign service agreements. contract. At present, 170,000 mu of plant protection work has been completed, and it is expected to be completed in mid-May.

"'One spray and three preventions' is a key technology to promote stable and increased wheat production. It refers to the mixing of fungicides, insecticides, plant growth regulators, foliar fertilizers, etc., through one spray, to prevent diseases and insects. The purpose of preventing dry and hot wind and preventing premature aging will ultimately increase the 1000-grain weight of wheat.”Cai Xiaoling, director of the plant protection station of Jingxian Agriculture and Rural Bureau, said that the use of drones for plant protection operations has effectively improved the spraying efficiency and the effect of pest control, which has been recognized by farmers. , to a large extent, the cost of pesticides and labor costs are saved, and soil pollution caused by the loss of pesticides can also be prevented. (Finish)