Corn "put into storage" and "went upstairs" Peasants stored grain without worry

The autumn harvest in northeast China is nearing its
end.
Walking into one village after another, piles of corn in the peasants' yards were golden yellow, and it was time to store and sell grain
.

In Yangshulin Township, Nong'an County, Jilin Province, Zhao Yang, a major grain grower in Dongbaiyao Village, ushered in a bumper harvest
this year.
Nearly 200 acres of land have harvested more than 300,000 pounds of corn
.
In the yard, Zhao Yang started the conveyor belt, and a huge ear of corn on the cob was sent into the
high grain storage silo.

In the northeast, farmers' grain storage silos are commonly known as "corn louzi" and are made of
steel pipes and barbed wire.
This year, Zhao Yang built four new "corn buildings" and loaded all the harvested corn into them
.
"It is expected to reduce grain loss by tens of thousands of catties, which is equivalent to increasing production and income
.
" He said
.

In the past, many villagers in the northeast did not have the habit of storing grain scientifically, and directly put corn on the ground, commonly known as "ground grain"
.
The poor grain storage conditions have caused a lot of corn to be lost
due to mildew and other reasons.

In recent years, Jilin Province has carried out the rectification of "local grain", and various localities have implemented policies according to the scale of farmers' planting, grain storage conditions, etc.
, to encourage farmers to store grain safely, and grain storage silos have been widely used
.
Jilin Province has helped peasant households build more than 400,000 sets of scientific grain storage silos and make 1.
5 million sets of
simple grain storage facilities.
Many farmers are gradually saying goodbye to the habit
of selling grain as soon as it is harvested.

In the courtyard of Tuchengzi Village Zhihe Agricultural Machinery Service Professional Cooperative in Huanling Street, Gongzhuling City, freshly harvested corn is piled up like a hill
.
On one side of the corn pile, rows of "corn buildings" are like a high wall, filled with golden corn cobs
.

"This year, more than 2 million pounds of corn will be harvested, except for some of them sold before the end of the year, and the rest will be put into the building, and then sold
when the price is high.
" Liu Zhihe, head of the cooperative, said
.

In recent years, the professional cooperative of Zhihe Agricultural Machinery Service has continued to expand
its business scale through full mechanized farming.
Today, the cooperative manages 70 per cent of the village's land, and more than 300 villagers are members
.

In order to store more grain, the cooperative has also built a grain bank, which can store 6 million pounds of corn
in the village every year.
"Not only is the loss of food reduced, but the big guys don't have to rush to sell grain until next year's price is better
.
" Liu Zhihe said
.

In various parts of Jilin, there are more and more
new agricultural business entities such as Zhihe Agricultural Machinery Service Professional Cooperatives for grain storage.
Reducing grain losses and increasing efficiency is becoming one of
the important ways for farmers to increase production and income.

Some grain trading and processing enterprises have also adapted to the changes in the pace of peasants' grain sales and carried out the transformation of
grain collection and storage business.
This year, Gongzhuling Lenong Grain Collection and Storage Co.
, Ltd.
not only collected and stored grain sold by farmers, but also provided grain storage services
for processing enterprises.
Gao Jingang, general manager of the company, said that farmers have stronger grain storage and bargaining power, and we are also actively transforming
from simple grain trade to grain collection and storage services.

In some major grain-producing counties in Jilin, many peasants have cooperated with grain purchasing enterprises to carry out "grain banking" business
.
"We provide grain storage services for farmers, and farmers can trade with us at any time according to grain prices, which facilitates grain sales and improves the efficiency of grain collection by
enterprises.
" The person in charge of a grain processing enterprise in Lishu County said
.

Since last year, Jilin Province has issued policies to support the construction of post-production service facilities for
grain.
At present, Jilin Province has achieved full coverage
of grain post-production service centers in major grain-producing counties.
In the next two years, Jilin Province will also increase capital investment to support the construction of
rural safe grain storage and post-production service facilities.
(Editor Li Chuang)