CCTV News: Fern hemp is a plant resource unique to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. It is around April every year when the fern hemp matures in Qinghai. Recently, Menyuan County, Qinghai has ushered in the most lively plateau fern mining season of the year.

In the Mengyuan Hui Autonomous County of Qinghai, at an altitude of 2866 meters, there is the rolling Qilian Mountains in the distance. At the scene, hundreds of farmers were digging ferns in the field. The fern grows in strings like pearl necklaces, with a light brown color and a shape like a mini sweet potato, each with a length of 2-3 cm. Although this fern is only the size of a thumb, the nutrients inside cannot be underestimated. It is also a rare resource plant with a very distinctive and nutritious nature in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

At present, the area of ​​wild fern and artificial planting in Menyuan County exceeds 1,400 mu, with an annual output of nearly 300 tons, and an annual output value exceeding 13 million yuan.

Qinghai Haidong: Cold vegetables enter the peak period, and seedling cultivation and expansion of production and sales are booming

Cold vegetables refer to vegetables suitable for production in cool climates. In the past two days, in Huzhu County, Haidong City, Qinghai Province, kale has ushered in its peak production period. Let’s go to the planting base to take a look.

In the greenhouse of a farmers' planting cooperative in Huzhu County, the reporter saw rows of kale colorful and growing gracefully. The workers shuttled through the trees, busy harvesting.

The average altitude of Huzhu County is 2,600 meters, with an average annual temperature of 3.4 degrees Celsius, with a cool climate, sufficient light, a large temperature difference between day and night, and few crop diseases and pests, making it suitable to grow cold vegetables. In November last year, the local area tried to grow kale in a greenhouse for the first time, and it has entered the picking period since late March this year. In order to help increase income, the local government has effectively reduced planting costs and increased yield by laying a "water and fertilizer integration" pipeline network.

In order to expand market supply, the local area has also vigorously developed the seedling industry. By utilizing seedling cultivation and greenhouses, the cold vegetable planting in Huzhu County has been achieved from one crop a year to two to three crops a year; the variety has also increased, and this year there will be 12 new varieties such as watercress and colorful pumpkins.

Dingbian, Shaanxi: 100,000 mu of radishes have entered the sowing period

Recently, 100,000 mu of radishes in Dingbian County, Yulin, Shaanxi have entered the sowing period. Farmers seize the farming season and carry out mechanized operations.

In Xiaqiliang Village, Bainijing Town, Dingbian County, many machines are working at full speed. The ridge crane divides the flat plots into neat ridges with uniform spacing, which greatly improves the planting efficiency of farmers, and breeding of good varieties has also allowed farmers to increase the choice of radish varieties.

In recent years, the development of the radish industry in Dingbian County has gradually matured. With the continuous expansion of the planting area, Dingbian County supports new business entities, promotes new varieties and new technologies, and further "increasing efforts" in strengthening, filling, and extending chains, and the county's radish industry has gradually grown.

This year, the area of ​​radish planting in Dingbian County is about 100,000 mu, of which about 80,000 mu of white radish and 20,000 mu of carrots, and the annual output is estimated to reach 680,000 tons.

Sichuan Zizhong: Late-ripening blood oranges are picked and launched on the market

In the past few days, late-ripening blood oranges in Zizhong County, Neijiang, Sichuan have been picked and launched on the market, attracting merchants from many places to purchase.

In the blood orange planting base, late-ripening blood oranges are full of fruits all over the mountains. Fruit farmers are busy picking, sorting and packing, and boxes of packed late-ripening blood oranges are quickly loaded and sent to various places.

It is understood that late-ripening blood oranges in Zizhong County matured from mid-April to mid-May, which not only filled the market gap in citrus fruits, but also achieved price advantages through missed seasonal sales, with very obvious benefits.

At present, the blood orange planting area in Zizhong County has reached 173,000 mu, with an output of 400,000 tons, accounting for 60% of the country. Among them, the planting area of ​​late-ripening blood oranges is 40,000 mu, and the output this year is expected to reach 100,000 tons.