Success of mechanized excavation test of traditional Chinese medicine in Minxian County

Recently, the author saw in the ground of dianzi village, Meichuan Town, Minxian county that, with a large-scale machinery like a tractor driving through the Chinese herbal medicine planting area, the Astragalus membranaceus, as long as 40-50 cm, has floated on the soil surface and can be picked up by pharmaceutical farmers without digging, which is the scene of mechanized excavation of Chinese herbal medicine in the county "To carry out the experiment of collecting and excavating Chinese herbal medicines for free is to let farmers know, buy machines and tools, and carry out the work, because the machines and tools are efficient, time-saving, labor-saving, cost saving and efficiency enhancing." County Agricultural Machinery Promotion Station Chief Lu Hua said According to the technicians, compared with the traditional manual excavation, the excavation depth of the traditional Chinese medicine excavator can reach more than 60 cm, with a high rate of net income With this kind of mechanical excavation, 10-15 labor can be saved per mu According to the calculation of the existing labor cost, 500-1000 yuan can be saved per mu The success of mechanized mining and digging of traditional Chinese medicine will further promote the rapid development of mechanization of traditional Chinese medicine in Minxian county and the process of agricultural mechanization, and play a positive role in promoting the healthy and rapid development of traditional Chinese medicine industry in Minxian county.