Tongxiang: A Bumper Harvest Of Cocoons In Late Autumn In Dongchi Village, Shimen

The last batch of golden cocoons in late autumn has been harvested in the sericulture base of Dongchi village, Shimen Town, Tongxiang City. Walking into the base shed, I saw golden cocoons all over the shed, and the silkworm farmers' faces were full of happy smiles.

"During the late autumn silkworm rearing period this year, the temperature is suitable, the overall number of silkworm diseases is less, the mulberry trees in the mulberry garden are growing well, and the silkworm leaves are sufficient, so the cocoon yield per unit area is high and the silkworm layer is thick, which is good in terms of yield and quality." according to Zhu Yiming, deputy secretary of the Party committee of Dongchi village, this year, Dongchi village has distributed more than 400 silkworm eggs in late autumn, and has collected 19 tons of cocoons, This late autumn cocoon purchase average price of 42 yuan per kilogram, up 5% compared with the same period last year.

The rise of purchase price undoubtedly made sericulture farmers happy.

"My family's late autumn cocoons are very good, big and thick. This year's purchase price has gone up, and the harvest is much better than last year." Zhong Xuelun, a farmer in Tangxiang group of Dongchi village, who is sending the cocoons to the cocoon station, can't hide his joy, "Since the establishment of a small silkworm breeding room in the village, we have saved a lot of heart. When raising big silkworms, the village will contact experts for technical guidance. Next year, I plan to report two more silkworm eggs, because I believe that with the development and progress of agricultural technology, sericulture will certainly bring more considerable income."

Tongxiang is the main sericulture production area in Zhejiang Province. Dongchi village is also the largest small silkworm breeding base in Zhejiang Province and a large-scale intensive high-quality cocoon demonstration base of the Ministry of Commerce of the people's Republic of China. Mulberry planting and silkworm rearing is also a characteristic income increasing project of Dongchi village.

Since 2019, under the leadership of government departments, Dongchi village sericulture base has carried out the "sericulture leading enterprises + cooperatives + base farmers" group operation mode, led by Zhejiang Huafeng Silk Industry Co., Ltd. and Dongchi sericulture cooperative, through the mode of "order sericulture group operation" and the construction of the whole sericulture industry chain, the mulberry garden is optimized and transformed, At the same time, it integrates new sericulture technologies such as intelligent small silkworm rearing and labor-saving large silkworm rearing, multi batch rearing of silkworm throughout the year, and Herbalism breeding of hybrid mulberry, which radiates and drives 3379 households in neighboring villages, covering an area of 8514 mu, and helps sericulture farmers increase their income.

"We hope to create a large-scale and intensive high-quality silkworm cocoon production demonstration base through the" sericulture group ", so as to continuously promote the high-quality development of sericulture industry, effectively empower rural revitalization, and make farmers' money bags more and more abundant," said Zhu Yiming.

At present, it has entered the stage of management of mulberry garden in autumn and winter. Dongchi village has 1680 mu of fine mulberry garden. Next, the sericulture base of Dongchi village will carry out garden cleaning and pruning, and do a good job in the comprehensive prevention and control of overwintering diseases and insect pests, so as to reduce the number of overwintering diseases and insect pests as much as possible. In addition, the base shed will be cleaned up and killed, laying the foundation for next spring silkworm harvest.

(source: Jiaxing Daily)

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