Xinbai Village, Baifang Town: 3000 acres of Xianglian harvest "Lotus" to get rich

Jiangnan can pick lotus, lotus leaves He Tiantian. In Xianglian Planting Base in Xinbai Village, Baifang Town, Changning City, 3,000 acres of lotus blooming, Xianglian has also made a lot of fruitful harvests.

In the Xianglian planting base in Xinbai Village, Baifang Town, the lotus blooming was particularly gorgeous, the breeze was blowing, and the green waves were glowing, and the lotus puffed her head. In Liantian, the villagers wore straw hats, and the "full armed" was busy picking the lotus pipe. "Now more than 300 people pick up incense lotus and choose lotus seeds here. There is also a processing factory in the village. (Villagers) can get 1670 yuan a day." Xinhua introduced to reporters.

Since July, lotus seeds have entered the mature picking period, and the village has hired farmers every day to pick the lotus pillar. The picking period can last until October, which effectively drives local farmers to increase their income. Wang Haiyan, the head of Xianglian Planting Base, said: "The income of one acre of fields is about 1,200 yuan, a total of about 3,000 acres, and the annual output value is about 3 million yuan."

In the lotus seed processing factory, the machine roars, the plump lotus meat slides out of the whole machine from the lotus seeds, and then passes through the peeling and drying links. Tang Wuying, who was working, said: "In the morning to pick lotus seeds, choose lotus seeds in the processing factory in the afternoon, you can earn about 130 yuan a day."

Xianglian is rich in nutrition, high edible and medicinal value, and is deeply loved. Right now is the peak sales season of lotus seeds. Xiong Hou Ning, the person in charge of the lotus seed processing factory, said: "There are more orders. The lotus seeds just processed will immediately come to pull away. "Workers are working overtime every day to rush to make orders. The dry lotus seeds processed every year are more than 50,000 kg. They are based on the market price of 40 yuan per catty and the output is 2 million yuan.

In the next step, Xinbai Village will build a rural complex that integrates lotus root planting, ecological tourism, and picking experience. It will vigorously develop the "lotus seed economy", and effectively drive the villagers to increase their income and become rich with characteristic industries, and help rural revitalization. "Xinbai Village's current revenue has reached nearly 200,000 every year. It is already preliminary design and planning to make the village's tourism, leisure, and catering in the village to increase the collective economy in the village." Xinhua is a hundred times confident.

Reporter: Yin Ming

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