January 6, 2008 Country

by bjjdwxgs on 2009-12-03 09:54:46

When in trouble, don't panic, the "Countryside" program is here to help you. There are new tricks on the road to agriculture, and we will give you good prescriptions for getting rich. Hello, friends of the audience, welcome to watch this issue of "Countryside" on time. We just passed the first holiday of 2008, probably still immersed in the joy of the festival. At the beginning of the program, I would like to wish everyone a happy new year. Everyone knows that vegetables contain many vitamins and minerals that the human body needs, so we must eat more vegetables in our daily lives to ensure a balanced nutrition and healthy body. In the first program of the new year, let me introduce you to a very special vegetable.

★[Tell New Stories] Seawater Vegetables

[On-site] I heard that the vegetables here are particularly magical, not only delicious and nutritious, but also very healthy. More importantly, this kind of vegetable can improve the ecological environment. What kind of vegetable is so magical? Let's go take a look inside the greenhouse. (Quickly walking) Oh~ I don't know! (Special effects~freeze frame + subtitle) Hey, there are more greenhouses over there, let's go check them out~! (Walking into the second greenhouse) Wow, what kind of vegetable is this? I still don't know~! (Special effects~freeze frame + subtitle) Hey, there is another vegetable greenhouse, let's go take a look~(Transition~) Although I am not an agricultural expert, I have been to many places this year and seen a lot of vegetables, but today I am really stuck. I don't recognize any of the vegetables here. But if we don't recognize them, we should ask more questions. Below, I will have the staff introduce to us what exactly grows here.

Hello~! I would like to ask what exactly grows here?

[Contemporary Voice] Administrator of Dafeng Jionglong Seawater Vegetable Base (Luo): Everything here is seawater vegetables.

(Gu): Seawater vegetables? I know laver and kelp are called seawater vegetables, but these obviously grow on the ground, how can they be called seawater vegetables? (Special effects~??)

(Luo): These are grown on saline-alkali land and irrigated with seawater, so they are called seawater vegetables.

(Gu): Irrigated with seawater?

(Luo): Yes, irrigated with pure seawater!

[Voiceover] Wait~! Irrigated with pure seawater? Well, I said it already, the vegetables growing on the saline-alkali land are tough enough, now you irrigate them with pure seawater, the salinity in the seawater is not low, can the vegetables here withstand it? If the vegetables cannot survive, your vegetable garden will suffer great losses!

[Contemporary Voice] Administrator of Dafeng Jionglong Seawater Vegetable Base (Luo): Our sea asparagus here is a salt-absorbing plant, a salt-gathering plant. It can extract the salt from the saline-alkali soil and absorb it into the plant body. Inside it has a certain degree of salinity, so when eating, no salt is needed.

(Gu): When cooking this seawater vegetable, there is no need to add salt, right?

(Luo): Yes, its biggest feature is that no salt is needed, it is salty itself.

(Gu): Can I taste it?

Hmm, it does have some salinity~! Quite tasty, I think.

[Voiceover] Hey, you really shouldn't say it, but the taste of sea asparagus is indeed good~! I, Gu Jin, still feel good about it now. Talking about the cultivation method of sea asparagus, it is indeed different from others. Not to mention anything else, just the soil substrate required for cultivation can surprise you a lot~! Why? Because the substrate needed by sea asparagus is all - sand! Using sand as the substrate is not only simple and convenient, but also conducive to the penetration of seawater. As for the irrigation with pure seawater, you don't have to worry at all. In this vegetable base, there are not only sea asparagus, but also other seawater vegetables such as green samphire, red samphire, seawater celery, chicory, etc., with seven or eight varieties~! And according to different varieties, the irrigation methods are also greatly different~!

[Contemporary Voice] Administrator of Dafeng Jionglong Seawater Vegetable Base: Among the varieties we are currently growing, there are three situations. One is sea asparagus, which is strongly irrigated with seawater, directly irrigated with pure seawater. Another one is samphire, irrigated with half concentration of seawater. Another one is chicory, irrigated with one-third concentration of seawater.

[Voiceover] In fact, seawater vegetables not only have different irrigation methods, but also different cultivation modes: one is soil cultivation, and the other is soilless cultivation. Soil cultivation seawater vegetables are directly planted in saline-alkali land or substrates, irrigated with pure seawater or drip irrigation systems. Soilless cultivation seawater vegetables do not need to contact the soil at all. They only need to be planted in seawater mixed with nutrient solutions, allowing their developed roots to absorb nutrients from the seawater, and then irrigated regularly with seawater circulation.

Hey, you see, seawater vegetables are cultivated both with soil and without soil, it's too troublesome~! Why does this vegetable base grow seawater vegetables? What benefits do we get from eating these vegetables?

[Contemporary Voice] Vice General Manager of Dafeng Jionglong Seawater Vegetable Base Zhou Xiang: Through our testing, the sea asparagus you saw earlier contains saponins, copper, and 40 times the beta-carotene of ordinary vegetables. In addition, it also contains trace elements, amino acids and other nutritional components, which can lower blood pressure and blood lipids, providing health care effects for the human body.

[Voiceover] In the past, our common people ate food just to fill their stomachs, but now it's different. Our lives are getting better and better, like sesame flowers blooming - higher and higher~! So when it comes to eating, we must be particular. Seawater vegetables, this kind of healthy food that is both delicious and nutritious, after a series of packaging and processing, was welcomed by consumers as soon as it hit the market.

[Contemporary Voice] Vice General Manager of Dafeng Jionglong Seawater Vegetable Base Zhou Xiang: Now we have achieved large-scale production, and our products are sold to large and medium-sized cities such as Shanghai, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Beijing, hotels and restaurants in these areas. The market response and effect are very good.

[Editorial Note] Currently, due to the high planting cost and sales price of seawater vegetables, it will take some time for ordinary people to accept them. I believe that with the continuous improvement of planting methods, seawater vegetables will surely enter ordinary households and become authentic home-cooked delicacies! Alright, let's take a look at several latest agricultural information.

★[Rural Information]

Jiangsu: In 2007, the per capita income of farmers in our province reached 6,480 yuan. According to the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Agriculture and Forestry, the "three rural issues" work in Jiangsu Province maintained a good development trend in 2007, and the per capita income of farmers in the whole province reached 6,480 yuan.

Jiangsu: Medical students working as township doctors receive an annual subsidy of 25,000 yuan each. To support township hospitals in introducing talents and improving the level of township health services, our province will recruit medical-related talents willing to work in township health centers starting from this year. In addition to receiving an annual subsidy of 25,000 yuan per person, these talents will also enjoy other preferential policies.

Ministry of Agriculture: Ensuring no shortage or interruption of pork supply in our country next year. With the gradual manifestation of the policy effects of national support for pig production and the pull of market prices, China's pig production is gradually recovering, and the number of pigs and breeding sows is steadily increasing. According to the summary of 28 provinces, it is expected that the pig stock at the end of the year will increase by 6.5% year-on-year, and the breeding sow stock will increase by 9.4% year-on-year.

★[Practical Tips] Winter management of Angora rabbits

[Oral Introduction] With the rise in the purchase price of rabbit hair, the Angora rabbit breeding industry is reviving, and many farmers are shifting their breeding focus to Angora rabbits. However, in the process of feeding and management, we find that some breeders spend a lot of money buying quality rabbits, but still use the old ways in feeding and management, especially in winter, unscientific management leads to a significant decrease in the hair production of quality rabbits. In a short period of time, these quality rabbits turn into ordinary ones. Therefore, in today's "Practical Tips" section, we will teach you how to raise Angora rabbits well in winter.

[Voiceover] The most prominent feature of winter is the low temperature, strong wind, and short daylight hours. For Angora rabbits, various green feeds are lacking, so winter is the slowest growing season for Angora rabbits. However, winter is often the peak breeding season for Angora rabbits. Doing a good job in winter management lays a good foundation for the coming year. First, the winter feeding and management of Angora rabbits should pay attention to cold protection and warmth preservation (subtitle: cold protection and warmth preservation). In cold weather and windy snowy days, the doors and windows of the rabbit house should be closed, especially for rabbits that have just had their hair cut or pulled.

[Contemporary Voice] Chairman of Dafeng Snow Rabbit Hair Production Professional Cooperative Xiao Zhengwang: Winter is also the breeding season, especially for newborn baby rabbits, more attention should be paid to keeping warm. Use nesting boxes, add more grass, and add some rabbit hair, inferior rabbit hair, to keep warm.

[Voiceover] Secondly, attention should be paid to timely hair cutting (subtitle: timely hair cutting): After entering winter, the temperature gradually decreases. Although this change is not beneficial for cold protection, the lower temperature is very advantageous for rabbit hair growth. When the rabbit hair reaches the standard, choose a sunny noon day to cut or pull the hair. When cutting the hair, leave the abdominal hair longer to protect the internal organs from wind and cold invasion. Thirdly, reasonable feeding (subtitle: reasonable feeding). In winter, apart from increasing the supply of concentrated feed, farmers with conditions should try to add some high-energy feed in the feed mix, such as corn. Baby rabbits not only need to be fed high-energy feed, but also need more protein supplementation than adult rabbits, mainly oil cakes, such as soybean cake and rapeseed cake, which can fully provide protein content. Green feed is relatively scarce in winter. To ensure normal reproduction of Angora rabbits and rabbit hair growth, farmers with conditions should plant some multi-season growing forage grasses to ensure that they can eat green feed every day.

[Contemporary Voice] Chairman of Dafeng Snow Rabbit Hair Production Professional Cooperative Xiao Zhengwang: To raise good rabbits, green feed is indispensable. Our farmers raising rabbits usually have land, where they can plant forage grasses and cereal feed. We have carrots, black grass, and chicory, all of which are excellent green feed.

[Voiceover] It should be noted that baby rabbits that have just been weaned should not be fed excessive amounts of green feed to prevent diarrhea caused by intestinal discomfort. The nursing time for winter baby rabbits can be appropriately extended during breastfeeding to enhance their physical fitness. The fourth point to note is to strengthen winter management (subtitle: winter management), and the rabbit droppings in the rabbit house should be cleaned frequently to keep the rabbit house clean and ensure fresh air. To prevent bacterial and viral infections, disinfection should be carried out every 7-10 days, and it should be done on a clear and windless day. Although the temperature is low in winter and bacteria are not as active as in summer, the epidemic prevention work for Angora rabbits cannot be relaxed (subtitle: epidemic prevention and disease treatment).

[Contemporary Voice] Chairman of Dafeng Snow Rabbit Hair Production Professional Cooperative Xiao Zhengwang: Even in winter, rabbit plague prevention, pasteurella, E. coli, and Clostridium should be fully vaccinated according to the immunization schedule, so that you can develop better in the spring of the coming year.

[Editorial Note] If Angora rabbits can be raised well in winter, it will lay a good foundation for the spring breeding and raising of Angora rabbits in the coming year. We sincerely hope that the trick we provided today can help your Angora rabbits successfully survive the winter. That's all for this issue of the program. Serving agriculture, jointly striving for a moderately prosperous society, I am Gu Jin, thank you for watching this episode of the countryside. See you at the same time next week.