Recently, the first batch of spring silkworm cocoons has been harvested in Dao County, Hunan Province. Farmers have begun to harvest spring silkworm cocoons. This year’s cocoon purchase price reached 56 yuan per kilogram, which is an increase compared with last year. As the purchase price of silkworm cocoons increases, the enthusiasm of mulberry farmers for breeding has further increased. In the greenhouse of the Yingshan Sericulture Base in Jiangjialing Village, Xianzijiao Town, hundreds of square clusters are arranged neatly. The large silkworms have already formed cocoons on the clusters. The white silkworm cocoons are as big as pigeon eggs, like snow and frost, which is really gratifying. . The workers were busy sorting out the checkered clusters and picking off the silkworm cocoons. They were very busy.
“This batch contains a total of 20 silkworm seeds, producing 1 ton of cocoons, which can be sold for about 50,000 yuan.” 51-year-old He Bingqian is the person in charge of Yingshan Sericulture Base. He is engaged in fruit cultivation. , came into contact with mulberry farming and sericulture by chance, and found that the mulberry industry had the advantages of “short, flat and fast”, so he started trying to grow mulberry and sericulture in 2016. After years of hard work, from the beginning of exploring how to grow mulberry and raising silkworms to find sales, and now buyers come directly to purchase, He Bingqian has become a well-known “soil expert” in sericulture in the village, and has increased his income and become rich through planting mulberry and raising silkworms.
“At the beginning, because the output was very small, we took it to Guangxi to sell it. In the next few years, the output increased and the market became more popular. The boss himself found us to harvest.” Seeing He Bingqian planting mulberries The efficiency of silkworms is getting better and better, and villagers in surrounding villages have gradually joined the industry of planting mulberry and raising silkworms. After becoming rich, He Bingqian did not forget to help the villagers. Whenever a villager came to ask for advice on silkworm raising techniques, he would patiently teach them. At the same time, He Bingqian will also share sales channels with sericulture farmers, and the Yingshan sericulture base has gradually become a “consignment point” for nearby villagers to sell silkworm cocoons.
“I come from Guangxi to Daoxian County to collect silkworm cocoons. I make more than 10 round trips a year and harvest 50-60 tons a year. The quality of the cocoons is still good.” Guangxi Hechi Cocoon Buyer Mr. Qin said so.
The family of Hu Shengfeng, a villager in Dacheba Village, Qiaotou Town, operates more than 40 acres of mulberry gardens and more than 500 square meters of silkworm houses. Whenever a buyer comes to the Yingshan base to collect silkworm cocoons, he will The cocoons harvested by his family were transported here as soon as possible. This year, his family can earn 8,400 yuan from the first batch of harvested cocoons. “I come here every year for weighing. This year, I raised 4 of the first batch. The 4 pigs weighed more than 300 kilograms, and each catty cost more than 20 yuan. If I raise 10 batches a year, I can earn more than 100,000 yuan.”
Silkworm breeding starts in early May and ends at the end of October every year, and 10 batches of silkworms can be raised. Silkworm breeding has the advantages of green environmental protection, low investment, short cycle, high efficiency, and can fully absorb idle rural labor force. It is a traditional characteristic industry of Dao County. In recent years, Dao County has actively guided farmers to plant mulberry and raise silkworms, relying on the development model of “base + cooperative + farmer household” to drive local people to increase their income and become rich. At present, the Dao County sericulture industry base covers an area of more than 1,300 acres, with 36 operating entities and an annual output value of more than 10 million yuan.
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