Luoyang optimizes the development model of the silkworm industry, lengthens the industrial chain and enhances the value chain

“In the past two days, we have been busy delivering this batch of silkworms to farmers’ homes. After they are raised for a week, the silkworms will spin cocoons, and we will buy back the cocoons.” Recently, at Luoyang Qianmo in Song County In the co-culture workshop of Sangtian Agricultural Tourism Technology Co., Ltd., technician Wu Ruifeng and others skillfully disinfected the silkworm seeds, separated them into beds, and fed them mulberry leaves, and then began to “package” the silkworm seeds and make final preparations for “shipping”.

Several kilometers away, at the spring silkworm cocoon purchase site in Fanpo Town, there was a long line of silkworm farmers who came to sell cocoons, grading, weighing, and settlement. The scene was busy. “My silkworm cocoonsare of high quality and the purchase price is 29 yuan per catty. This crop sold for more than 5,000 yuan.” Guo Dongbin, a 58-year-old silkworm farmer, said with joy on his face. On the hillside not far from the acquisition point, the co-breeding factories and co-breeding workshops in the 10,000-acre silkworm base are scattered in an orderly manner, and the mountains are covered with lush mulberry trees…

Luoyang is one of the eastern starting points of the Silk Road. The unique ecological environment is very suitable for the cultivation and breeding of mulberry silkworms. Luoyang has a long history of planting mulberry and raising silkworms and developing the silk industry. history. In recent years, counties and districts represented by Song County have successively introduced special support policies, introduced leading enterprises, planned from a high starting point, and built a sericulture industry with high standards, creating a happy road of “gold” silkworms and “silver” mulberries.

“We uniformly supply tree seeds and silkworm seeds to farmers, provide technical assistance, and sign guaranteed purchase agreements with them for silkworm cocoons. While eliminating farmers’ worries, we can effectively improve their silkworm management and planting and breeding technology.” Qianmo Mulberry Fields Lu Hui, the relevant person in charge of the company, introduced that the company has innovatively introduced that the first and second instar silkworms are raised in the first-level co-breeding factories of leading enterprises, the third and fourth instar silkworms are raised in the second-level co-breeding workshops of professional cooperatives, and the fifth-instar silkworms are raised by farmers7 Tianshou Cocoon’s “127 three-level breeding” model has greatly improved the survival rate of silkworm seeds and effectively increased farmers’ income.

The relevant person in charge of the Song County Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau said that, driven by leading enterprises, Song County has developed more than 15,000 acres of sericulture planting and nearly 500 breeding workshops, driving more than 3,700 sericulture farmers to increase their income by more than 5,000 yuan. At the same time, products such as mulberry leaf tea, silk quilts, silk scarves, and silk pillows produced under the regional public brand of “Songshang Haoli” agricultural products are favored by consumers.

Coming to Gaoshan Town, Yichuan County, Zheng Tiefan, the “iron girl” who made a career by raising silkworms, is a “big celebrity” in the hearts of the villagers. In 2009, after Zheng Tiefan accidentally came into contact with the silkworm industry, he gave up pig farming and started to grow mulberry and raise silkworms. After tasting the benefits, she gradually expanded the scale and invited technicians from the south to develop deep-processed silkworm products.

Today, Zheng Tiefan has established the Yichuan County Jinfurong Sericulture Farmers Cooperative in the village. The deep-processed silkworm products such as silk quilts, mulberry wine, silkworm excrement pillows, and mulberry leaf shampoo are well received by the market. She also organized study tours and leisure picking in processing workshops and mulberry forests to further lengthen the industrial chain and enhance the value chain.

According to statistics, as of the end of June this year, the sericulture planting area in Luoyang City was 22,000 acres, the number of spring silkworm seeds was 2,360, and the number of spring silkworm cocoons was 98 tons. The planting area, number of seeds, cocoon output, and cocoon prices were all higher than last year. substantial growth. In the second half of the year, the number of silkworms raised in summer and autumn will still increase significantly, and the number of seeds is expected to be around 5,000. The development of Luoyang’s silkworm industry is gaining momentum.

In addition, Luoyang City continues to guide and optimize the development model of the mulberry industry, through intercropping in mulberry orchards, raising poultry in mulberry orchards, producing mulberry branch edible fungi, silkworm silt pillows, mulberry leaf noodles, etc., to enhance mulberry sericultureIndustrial EconomyAdded value. For example, Mengjin District developed fruit mulberries and developed deeply processed products such as dried mulberries, mulberry health vinegar, and mulberry red wine, which increased the income of more than 3,000 yuan per mu of mulberry fields; Luoning County developed mulberry branch edible fungi, and increased the income of more than 4,000 yuan per mu of mulberry fields; Yichuan The county develops mulberry orchards to raise chickens, increasing income by more than 4,000 yuan per mu…

“The vigorous development of the sericulture industry has allowed the masses to find new ways, raise their ‘money bags’, and live a good life.” Tian Yuguang, director of the Municipal Horticulture Work Station, said that in the next step, the development of the sericulture industry in Luoyang City will Efforts will be made to build high-standard fertilizer and water integrated mulberry gardens, build standardized breeding facilities, improve the professional and technical level of sericulture farmers, and lengthen the industrial chain to promote the high-quality development of the sericulture industry and provide solid industrial support for rural revitalization.

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