Ensuring the timely supply of agricultural inputs! Hebei is making every effort to ensure smooth spring plowing and field management.

Release Date:

2020-02-21

At present, we are in the decisive phase of COVID‑19 prevention and control, as well as a critical period for spring agricultural production. On February 17, the Hebei Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs issued the “Work Plan on Responding to the COVID‑19 Epidemic and Ensuring Spring Sowing and Field Management,” which, while maintaining rigorous epidemic‑prevention measures, aims to advance spring farming across the province, safeguard food security, and secure the initiative for a bountiful harvest throughout the year.
The plan calls for agricultural and rural departments at all levels to strengthen organizational coordination, ensure the timely supply of agricultural inputs, seize the critical farming window, and implement measures for spring plowing preparation, field management, and disaster prevention and mitigation, thereby promoting the orderly conduct of spring farming and laying a solid foundation for a bumper grain harvest throughout the year.
Strengthen Wheat Field management. Currently, our province has crops in the field. Wheat 33.05 million mu; at present, the crops are still in the overwintering stage, with most wheat fields either fully green or partially green, indicating favorable overwintering conditions and generally good soil moisture. According to province-wide data, Wheat Regarding the growth and development of seedlings, from late February to early March, agricultural and rural departments at the provincial, municipal, and county levels shall organize agricultural experts and technical personnel to conduct seedling‑condition surveys by region and formulate tailored measures for different areas and crop types. Wheat Spring field management technical plan. From mid-March to early April, farmers will be guided to implement differentiated management of wheat fields based on crop conditions, and to optimize the first application of fertilizer and irrigation, thereby promoting the improvement and upgrading of seedling development.
Strengthen the prevention and control of diseases, pests, and weeds. Enhance monitoring of these threats in wheat fields and other crops, and promptly disseminate information on their occurrence. Starting in late February, conduct baseline surveys of spring‑time disease, pest, and weed pressures, and institute a weekly reporting system on the overall status of these issues. Deploy advanced, large‑scale plant protection machinery to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of managing diseases, pests, and weeds in wheat fields.
Enhance the quality of spring planting. Implement the “one reduction and four increases” initiative by reducing low-quality, low-efficiency, and high-input crops, while vigorously developing high-quality vegetables, traditional Chinese medicinal materials, and high-oleic acid varieties. Peanut “Double First-Class” Soybean , specialty coarse grains, fresh consumption Corn Develop high-efficiency crops, establish a number of premium agricultural demonstration bases, and promote the high-quality development of the planting sector.
Ensuring the effective supply of agricultural inputs. By coordinating across relevant departments, we are focusing on addressing pressing issues such as difficulties in securing transport vehicles and loading/unloading personnel, disruptions to logistics chains, and the inability of some agricultural input producers and operators to resume work and production, thereby ensuring that urgently needed agricultural inputs can be both produced and delivered. On the premise of effective epidemic prevention and control, we are providing full support. seed 、 Pesticide Agricultural input manufacturers, including fertilizer producers, have resumed work and production, intensified efforts to align supply with demand, coordinated smooth logistics for agricultural inputs, and ensured that the needs of spring plowing and sowing are met.