CCTV News: March 5th will usher in the Jingzhe solar term. During the Jingzhe season, most parts of our country enter the spring plowing season. In the past two days, all parts of Zhejiang have accelerated the preparation for spring plowing. From intelligent seedling cultivation to precise sowing, from unmanned agricultural machinery to big data management, the wide application of technology helps improve quality and efficiency of agricultural production.

In a modern agricultural service center seedling plant in Wucheng District, Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province, three fully automatic intelligent seedling production lines have been started to produce at full capacity, and the processes such as scattering, seeds and plating can be completed within 30 seconds. 24,000 seedling trays can be made in one day, which can meet the use of 800 acres of rice fields for transplanting.

At the future farm of Tongxiang City, Zhejiang Province, the grafting process of tomatoes and peppers has become easy and efficient through the fifth-generation grafting robot. 500-700 seedlings can be grafted every hour, with a survival rate of 99%.

In order to increase crop yield, in 2025, several farms located in Huangyan District, Taizhou City, Zhejiang Province introduced intelligent production management equipment, which consists of smart control systems, irrigation systems and small meteorological stations. They can control thermal insulation, lighting, fertilization and other functions from remote cloud platforms, effectively improving the cultivation quality of hydroponic vegetables and aerial strawberries. Drip irrigation empowers spring irrigation, and drink 10,000 mu of wheat and rebirth water

More than 100,000 mu of soil in Hejin City, Shanxi Province are sandy land, which is prone to water and fertilizer leakage. In 2021, the local government established a demonstration base for high-quality, high-yield and high-efficiency grain in Huangfen, Hejin City, in light of soil characteristics, and promoted the new technology of "drip irrigation + water and fertilizer integration". Compared with traditional irrigation technology, the yield per mu of wheat increased by 30%, reaching about 1,200 kilograms.

Currently, it is the critical period for wheat to rebirth. In the demonstration base, local grain growers are conducting field management of the contracted wheat in accordance with the guidance of agricultural technicians. Looking at the beautifully growing wheat seedlings, the growers began to calculate the water saving and income increase.

This demonstration base can radiate and drive 45 villages in the surrounding 4 townships. The technology of "drip irrigation + water-fertilizer integration" can accurately transmit water and fertilizer to the wheat roots, reducing the waste of water and fertilizer caused by surface evaporation and soil leakage, and allowing the sandy wheat to "drink" enough water to return to green water. According to statistics, this technology saves about 2 million cubic meters of water every year, achieving a bumper harvest of grain production and water-saving benefits.