Nowadays, mulberry leaves are lush and silkworm cocoons are harvested. At the cocoon purchase point in Zhutang Township, Lancang County, there is an endless stream of silkworm farmers who come to sell cocoons, their faces filled with the joy of the harvest. Silkworm farmers carry boxes full of cocoons from the silkworm room to the collection point in an orderly manner. At the same time, tricycles and cars came in droves, and soon they were crowded with the purchase site. Silkworm farmers unloaded bags of silkworm cocoons. The purchasers inspected, priced, weighed, invoiced, settled, and loaded trucks… Silkworm farmers could be seen everywhere in the purchase site. Their busy figures.
In recent years, Lancang County will develop the sericulture industry and promote rural Revitalization is combined to promote the quality and efficiency of the sericulture industry. Through the model of “technology + company + party organization + farmers”, we adopt a development model that combines “mulberry planting + silkworm breeding”. Relying on the scientific and technological strength of the expert team, we integrate the advantages of agricultural technicians in the comprehensive agricultural service center and village-level party organizations. On the basis of resources, we will actively draw on the advanced experience of the development of the sericulture industry in Lancang County to ensure the high quality development of the sericulture industry. This year’s bumper harvest of the first batch of spring cocoons has greatly boosted the enthusiasm of the majority of silkworm farmers to plant mulberry and raise silkworms. In 2022, a total of 2,190 acres of mulberry trees were planted in six villages of Zhutang Township: Datangzi Village, Nanben Village, Zhanmapo Village, Cizhuhe Village, Yunshan Village, and Feninai Village, and 44,549 kilograms of silkworm cocoons were harvested. The quality of the fresh cocoons that will be on the market in 2023 is good, and the cocoons are white and large. The current purchase price is around 60 yuan/kg. The sales of the first batch of cocoons have had a good start. After about 20 days of careful feeding, the silkworm farmers have become white and fat. The swollen cocoons allow silkworm farmers to harvest the “first pot of gold” this year.
Sericulture farmer of Han Laozhai Group, Nanben Village, Zhutang Township, Lancang County Li Nasi said happily: “My family has planted 15 acres of mulberry trees. This year, we raised 5 sericulture trees. We harvested about 234.6 kilograms of silkworm cocoons and earned 14,432 yuan. This is the best harvest in our village. This is our first harvest.” A bucket of ‘silkworm gold’, next season I will strengthen the management and protection of mulberry trees, ensure the yield and quality of mulberry leaves, and raise more silkworms.”
Xu Xuehong, a silkworm cocoon buyer in Zhutang Township, Lancang County Silk (Pu’er) Co., Ltd. Said: “I come to the silkworm farmers in Zhutang Township every year to buy silkworm cocoons. This year’s purchase price has increased, ranging from 58 to 61 yuan/kg. We collected about 130,000 kilograms of silkworm cocoons this season and carried out the drying process in Zhutang Township. Later, it was sold to Zhejiang, Jiangsu and other regions. From the current point of view, the people are still quite satisfied and the benefits are still considerable.”
Jiang Xuelin, Secretary of the Party Branch and Director of the Village Committee of Nanben Village, Zhutang Township, Lancang County, said excitedly: “Grow good mulberries, raise good silkworms, and ensure sales, and then industrial development can take off. . Through the technical guidance of agricultural technicians, our village has another bumper harvest of silkworm cocoons this year. The silkworm farmers carefully managed and raised the silkworm cocoons in the early stage, and the quality of the silkworm cocoons has been significantly improved. We will further strengthen the key technical guidance and guidance for silkworm farmers in planting mulberry and raising silkworms. Relevant training work will help sericulture farmers increase production and income, making mulberry farming and sericulture the most dynamic ‘green industry’ and ‘wealth-making industry’. ”
The little silkworms weave “wealth cocoons” one after another “, helping to revitalize the industry and increase farmers’ income. The harvest of the first batch of silkworms has greatly boosted the enthusiasm and confidence of silkworm farmers in raising silkworms.
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