When in trouble, don't panic, the "Countryside" program is here to help you. There are new tricks in agriculture, and good prescriptions for getting rich. Hello, dear 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 wish everyone a happy New Year. Everyone knows that vegetables contain various vitamins and minerals essential for the human body, so we must eat more vegetables in our daily lives to ensure balanced nutrition and health. In the first episode of the New Year, Gu Jin will introduce you to a very special vegetable.
★[Say New Things] Sea Water Vegetables [On-Screen Appearance] I heard that the vegetables here are particularly magical, not only delicious and nutritious, but also very healthy. More importantly, these vegetables can improve the ecological environment. What kind of vegetables are so magical? Let's go into the greenhouse and take a look. (Quick walk~~) Oh~ I don't recognize it! (Special effects~~ freeze frame + subtitles) Hey, there are more greenhouses over there, let's go check them out~! (Walk into the second greenhouse) Wow, what kind of vegetable is this? I still don't recognize it~! (Special effects~~ freeze frame + subtitles) Look, there is another vegetable greenhouse, let's go check it out again~~ (Transition~) Although I'm not an agricultural expert, I've been to many places this year and seen quite a few vegetables, but today I am truly stumped. The chimney has navigation markers, I don't recognize any of the vegetables here. But if we don't know, we should ask more questions. Next, I'll have the staff introduce us to what kind of vegetables grow here.
Hello~! I would like to ask, what exactly grows here?
[Contemporary Sound] Dafeng City Jinglong Seawater Vegetable Base Administrator (Luo): All of our plants are seawater vegetables.
(Gu): Seawater vegetables? I know laver and kelp are called seawater vegetables, but this one clearly grows on the ground, how can it be called a seawater vegetable? (Special effect~??)
(Luo): These ones grow on saline-alkali land, irrigated with seawater, they are called seawater vegetables.
(Gu): Irrigated with seawater?
(Luo): Yes, irrigated with pure seawater!
[Voiceover]: Wait~! Irrigated with pure seawater? Hmm, I think these vegetables already suffer enough growing on saline-alkali land, now you're using pure seawater to irrigate them. The salinity in seawater is not low, can the vegetables here withstand it? If the vegetables can't survive, your vegetable garden will suffer great losses!
[Contemporary Sound] Dafeng City Jinglong Seawater Vegetable Base Administrator (Luo): Our sea asparagus here is a salt-absorbing plant, it can extract the salt from the soil of the saline-alkali land and absorb it into the plant body. Inside it contains some saltiness, so when eating, no salt needs to be added.
(Gu): When cooking this seawater vegetable, you don't need to add salt, right?
(Luo): Yeah, its biggest feature is that you don't need to add salt, it's salty by itself.
(Gu): Can I taste it?
Mm, it really has a bit of saltiness~! Quite delicious, I feel.
[Voiceover]: Hey, you really shouldn't say, the taste of sea asparagus is indeed excellent~! Even now, Gu Jin still feels satisfied when thinking about it. As for the cultivation method of sea asparagus, it is indeed different from others. Not to mention anything else, just the substrate required for cultivation can surprise you greatly~! Why? Because the substrate needed for sea asparagus is all - sand~! Using sand as a 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 need to worry at all. In this vegetable base, there are not only sea asparagus, but also other kinds of seawater vegetables, such as green samphire, red samphire, seawater celery, chicory, etc., there are seven or eight varieties~! And according to different varieties, the irrigation methods are also very different~!
[Contemporary Sound] Dafeng City Jinglong Seawater Vegetable Base Administrator: Among the varieties we are currently growing, there are three situations. One is sea asparagus, which is strong seawater, directly irrigated with pure seawater. Another is samphire, irrigated with half concentration of seawater. And chicory is irrigated with one-third concentration of seawater.
[Voiceover]: In fact, seawater vegetables not only differ in irrigation methods, but also in cultivation modes: one is soil cultivation, the other is soilless cultivation. Soil-cultivated seawater vegetables are directly planted in saline-alkali land or substrates, irrigated with pure seawater or drip irrigation systems. While soilless-cultivated seawater vegetables do not need to contact soil at all, just plant them in seawater mixed with nutrient solutions, allowing their developed roots to absorb nutrients from the seawater, and then regularly irrigate them with seawater circulation.
Wow, look at these seawater vegetables being grown, both with soil and without soil, it's too much trouble~! So why does this vegetable base grow seawater vegetables, and what benefits do we get from eating them?
[Contemporary Sound] Deputy General Manager of Dafeng City Jinglong Seawater Vegetable Base Zhou Xiang: Through testing, as you saw earlier, sea asparagus contains saponins, flavonoids, and beta-carotene forty times that of ordinary vegetables. It also contains trace elements, amino acids and other nutritional components, which can lower blood pressure and blood lipids, providing health care functions for the human body.
[Voiceover]: Before, our common people ate food just to fill their stomachs, but now it's different. Our lives are improving step by step, like sesame flowers blooming -- higher and higher~! Therefore, when it comes to eating, we have to be picky. Seawater vegetables, this kind of delicious and nutritious healthy food, after a series of packaging and processing, was welcomed by consumers as soon as it hit the market.
[Contemporary Sound] Deputy General Manager of Dafeng City Jinglong Seawater Vegetable Base Zhou Xiang: Now we have scaled production, and our products are sold to large and medium-sized cities such as Shanghai, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Beijing, hotels and restaurants in these areas, and the market response and effects are all very good.
[Postscript]: Currently, due to the high planting cost and sales price of seawater vegetables, it takes time for ordinary people to accept them. I believe that with continuous improvement in planting methods, seawater vegetables will surely enter the homes of ordinary people and become a genuine home-style delicacy! Alright, next please see some latest agricultural information.
★[Countryside Information] Jiangsu: In 2007, the per capita income of farmers in our province was 6480 yuan. According to information from the Jiangsu Department of Agriculture and Forestry, in 2007, the work related to agriculture, rural areas, and farmers in Jiangsu maintained a good development trend, and the per capita income of farmers across the province reached 6480 yuan.
Jiangsu: College graduates working as township doctors receive an annual subsidy of 25,000 yuan. To support township hospitals in introducing talent and improving medical service levels in townships, our province will start recruiting medical-related talents willing to work in township health centers from this year onwards. In addition to receiving an annual subsidy of 25,000 yuan per person, these talents will also enjoy multiple preferential policies.
Ministry of Agriculture: Ensuring no shortages or gaps in pork supply next year. With the gradual manifestation of national policies supporting pig production and the pull of market prices, China's pig production is gradually recovering, and the number of pigs in stock and breeding sows is steadily increasing. According to statistics from 28 provinces, it is expected that the number of pigs in stock at the end of the year will increase by 6.5% year-on-year, and the number of breeding sows in stock will increase by 9.4% year-on-year.
★[Practical Tips] Winter Management of Angora Rabbits
[Oral Introduction] With the rise in rabbit hair purchase prices, the Angora rabbit breeding industry is starting to recover, and many farmers are shifting their breeding focus to Angora rabbits. However, in terms of feeding and management, we find that some breeders spend a lot of money buying good breeds, but still use old methods in feeding and management, especially in winter, unscientific management leads to a significant decrease in the hair production of good breeds. After some time, these good breeds become ordinary rabbits. 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 low temperature, strong wind, and short daylight hours. For Angora rabbits, all kinds of green fodder are scarce, so winter is the slowest growing season for Angora rabbits. However, winter is often also 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 need to pay attention to keeping warm (Subtitle: Keeping Warm). In cold weather and snowy days, the doors and windows of the rabbit house should be closed, especially for rabbits that have just had their hair cut or plucked.
[Contemporary Sound] Chairman of Dafeng City 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 birthing boxes, add more grass, and add some rabbit hair, inferior rabbit hair, which helps keep warm.
[Voiceover] Secondly, pay attention to timely hair cutting (Subtitle: Timely Hair Cutting). After entering winter, the temperature gradually drops. This change may not be beneficial for keeping warm, but the relatively low temperature is very advantageous for rabbit hair growth. When the rabbit hair reaches the standard, choose a sunny noon to cut or pluck the hair. When cutting the hair, leave the abdominal hair longer to protect the internal organs from wind and cold invasion. Thirdly, feed reasonably (Subtitle: Reasonable Feeding). In winter, besides increasing the supply of concentrated feed, households with conditions should try to add some high-energy feed in the feed mix, such as corn. Baby rabbits not only need high-energy feed, but also more protein supplementation than adult rabbits, mainly from cakes such as soybean cake and rapeseed cake, which can fully provide protein content. Green fodder is relatively scarce in winter. To ensure normal reproduction of Angora rabbits and rabbit hair growth, households with conditions should grow some suitable multi-season forage grasses to ensure daily access to green fodder.
[Contemporary Sound] Chairman of Dafeng City Snow Rabbit Hair Production Professional Cooperative Xiao Zhengwang: To raise rabbits well, green fodder is indispensable. Farmers raising rabbits usually have land themselves, where they can grow forage grasses, gramineous feed, carrots, black forage grass, and chicory, all of which are excellent green fodder.
[Voiceover] Note that baby rabbits that have just been weaned should not be fed excessive green fodder to prevent diarrhea caused by intestinal discomfort. The nursing time for winter-born baby rabbits can be appropriately extended to enhance their physical condition. The fourth point to note is strengthening winter management (Subtitle: Winter Management). 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 reproduce less actively than in summer, the epidemic prevention work for Angora rabbits cannot be relaxed (Subtitle: Epidemic Prevention and Treatment).
[Contemporary Sound] Chairman of Dafeng City Snow Rabbit Hair Production Professional Cooperative Xiao Zhengwang: Even in winter, rabbit fever prevention, Pasteurella, E. coli, and Clostridium should all be vaccinated according to the immunization schedule, which will allow better development in the spring of the following year.
[Postscript] Raising Angora rabbits well in winter lays a good foundation for the spring breeding and feeding of Angora rabbits in the coming year. We sincerely hope that the tips we provided today will help your Angora rabbits survive the winter smoothly. Well, that’s all the content of this episode. Serving agriculture, jointly moving towards a well-off society, I am Gu Jin, thank you for watching this episode of Countryside. See you at the same time next week.
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