Zhenba, Shaanxi: A bumper harvest of silkworm cocoons welcomes a “good start”

Zhenba, Shaanxi: A bumper harvest of silkworm cocoons welcomes a “good start”

It is now the time for the first batch of cocoons to be harvested in spring. At the cocoon collection point in Guanyin Town, Zhenba County, Shaanxi Province, business entities and silkworm farmers are successively bringing white silkworm cocoons to the collection point. “Delivery” is replaced by “red bills” that help make one’s fortune. I saw silkworm farmers queuing up in an orderly manner, and purchasers were busy checking and accepting, weighing, issuing invoices, and warehousing. The scene was full of people, filled with deep joy of harvest.

“In the past, we raised silkworms ourselves, and it took about 30 days to harvest. Now, through the co-breeding of young silkworms, the silkworm eggs are raised for us. We get the silkworm seedlings and raise them directly, and we can harvest in about 15 days. In the past, On average, we can only raise 2 to 3 batches every year, but now we can raise 6 batches a year.” Zhang Jie, the main sericulture business owner in Chinan Town, said happily. At a glance, his silkworm room is neatly hung with square clusters filled with white silkworm cocoons.

“I raised 20 silkworm seeds in the first batch this spring, producing 1,015 kilograms of fresh cocoons and selling them for 53,990 yuan. With such good benefits, I will expand the scale of silkworm farming in the future to strive for greater economic benefits. “When talking about the benefits brought by sericulture breeding, Kang Xiangzhao, the main sericulture business owner in Guanyin Town, is filled with joy.

A bumper harvest of silkworm cocoons is inseparable from the efforts of all parties. In order to overcome the impact of the recent low temperature and rainy weather on spring silkworms, the technical staff of the Silkworm Technology Station used a combination of online and offline methods to guide the silkworm farmers to do technical work such as warming up the silkworm chambers, feeding mulberry evenly, and dehumidifying the square clusters. , at the same time, through the implementation of various methods such as optimization of silkworm breeds and co-breeding of young silkworms, the disease resistance of young silkworms has been greatly improved, ensuring the smooth spinning of silkworms on clusters and ensuring the quality of fresh cocoons /font> and output are not affected.