Farmers in Shicheng County of Jiangxi Province began to plant tobacco leaves since the Qing Dynasty. However, traditional tobacco farming relies mainly on manpower. Although the benefits of tobacco farming are good, the physical labor of tobacco farmers is very heavy. Many farmers simply do not want to grow cigarettes. It is difficult for tobacco to form an industry in the local area. To this end, the Shicheng County Agricultural Machinery Bureau has introduced and promoted tobacco land preparation ridger, hot air circulation intensive machine baking room, tobacco leaf baking electronic monitor, tobacco bulldozer. And the earth has reduced the labor intensity of tobacco farmers, promoted local tobacco production, and made tobacco leaves a major pillar industry for financial growth and peasant income increase in Shicheng County. In the past ten years, Shicheng County has planted more than 40,000 mu of tobacco per year. Therefore, it was rated as "the hometown of Chinese tobacco leaves".
The first is to increase the subsidies for the purchase of tobacco machinery. In order to speed up the promotion of tobacco leaf production machinery, the Shicheng County Agricultural Machinery Bureau and the County Tobacco Bureau have implemented cumulative subsidies for farmers who purchase tobacco leaf machinery, that is, on the basis of central subsidies, the county tobacco bureau will subsidize 30% of the selling price; Hot air circulation intensive machine baking room, subsidized by the County Tobacco Bureau 25,000 yuan / piece (including equipment).
The second is to accelerate the introduction and promotion of advanced and applicable machinery. In 2005, the tobacco leaf baking electronic monitor was introduced to realize the intelligent mechanization of flue-cured tobacco. The temperature and temperature of the flue-cured tobacco were all automatically monitored by the tobacco leaf baking electronic monitor. Since 2009, the county has introduced a tobacco-cultivating machine that uses a soil-cultivator to cultivate soil. Its advantages are: compact and easy to operate. The principle is to use the rotary tiller to plough in the row, and the soil that is unscrewed is sent to the ridges on both sides, and has been cultivated around the tobacco seedlings, which not only plays the role of cultivating and weeding, but also promotes the development of roots and greatly reduces labor. Strength, increased work efficiency. After the soil cultivation, the tobacco fields are full of ridges, the ridges are neat and highly uniform.
The third is to strengthen the training of machine operators and tobacco farmers. The county agricultural machinery department united the county tobacco department and townships to effectively increase the training of the operators and tobacco farmers. The tobacco bureau issued the money, the agricultural machinery bureau issued the teachers, and the township organizations organized personnel to strengthen the operation training for the operators and tobacco farmers. Hands and farmers are familiar with the operation and maintenance knowledge of tobacco machinery
At present, Shicheng County has 485 sets of land ridger, 162 sets of tobacco leaf baking electronic monitors, 162 hot air circulation intensive machine baking rooms and 85 tobacco tillers.