Analysis on the Difficulties and Outlet of the Whole Process of Mechanization in Sugarcane Production in China

The mechanization of sugarcane production has always been the “short board” for the development of China's agricultural machinery. In order to condense the difficulties of all parties, on December 10-11, China Agricultural Mechanization Association, China Agricultural Machinery Industry Association and China Agricultural Machinery Circulation Association jointly sponsored. “2016 China Sugarcane Mechanization Expo”.

The grand event of this exhibition is the domestic high-profile and large-scale sugarcane mechanization professional exhibition, not only Zhang Taolin, Vice Minister of Agriculture, Zhang Xiurong, Vice Chairman of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Luo Xiwen, Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, and Li Weiguo, Director of Agricultural Mechanization Management Department of the Ministry of Agriculture. Liu Min, Director of the Agricultural Machinery Test and Identification Station of the Ministry of Agriculture, Liu Hengxin, Director of the Agricultural Mechanization Technology Development and Promotion Station of the Ministry of Agriculture, Liu Xian, President of the China Agricultural Mechanization Association, Chen Zhi, President of the China Agricultural Machinery Industry Association, and Mao Hong, President of the China Agricultural Machinery Distribution Association Industry leaders and experts are all present. Fiji’s ambassador to China, Ioane Naivalurua, also attended the exhibition. The fair attracted many agricultural machinery giants, agricultural machinery cooperatives, large sugarcane farmers, sugar factories and related institutions and research institutes. At the exhibition, the number of machines participating in the demonstration, the coverage of the operation links, and the number of visitors reached a record high.

Domestic harvester companies "have not tasted sweet and drink bitter"

At the media meeting, Ma Shiqing, vice president of China Agricultural Mechanization Association, said: "China's sugarcane harvest is the main economic crop with high labor intensity and poor environment. Sugarcane leaves look soft and actually sharp like a knife, so the sugarcane farmers have to bring Wearing a hat and wearing long-sleeved clothes to work, and only one ton a day can be harvested."

In China's sugar cane production, artificial harvesting costs account for half of the total cost. Looking at the world, in the United States, a Deere or Case large-scale harvester can harvest about 300 tons of sugar cane in 5 hours. The gap is staggering.

On the edge of the 200-kilometer expressway from Liuzhou to Nanning, the sugar cane field stretched out, just at the harvest, but the reporter did not see a machine...

The Ministry of Agriculture's main crop production process, the mechanized promotion action, the leader of the sugarcane expert guidance group, and the professor of the South China Agricultural University, Professor Ou Yinggang said: "Our expert group investigated the status of mechanization of sugarcane harvest in China and learned that the machine yield is only 0.3%."

Jiang Shude, deputy director of Guangxi Agricultural Mechanization Administration, said that the “Guangxi 'Shuanggao' base farming project has all been mechanized. In the first half of the year, the mechanical planting was 10.16 million mu. The 2015-2016 cropping season completed the harvest of 144,100 mu, accounting for 1.3 million mu. 11% of the 'double high' base achieved a historic breakthrough. From this calculation, the rate of harvesting machinery for the 15 million mu of sugar cane in the whole region is about 1%, while the sugar producing countries such as Brazil, the United States and Australia have all achieved mechanization.

Experts at the exhibition said that the enterprises that first entered the sugarcane harvest in China changed from pioneers to martyrs. The reporter interviewed two "bosses" who have long been engaged in the production of sugar cane harvesters. Zhang Changxian, general manager of Luoyang Chenhan Agricultural Equipment Technology Co., Ltd. said that since the development of the sugarcane harvester in 2008, he has not enjoyed the joy of success, and most of his experiences are failure lessons. Only input, no profit, has been insisting on gritting.

Deng Changhao, chairman of China Shouxin (Guizhou) Modern Agricultural Equipment Co., Ltd. said in an interview: "8 years ago, I had a stable job in Beijing with considerable income. After engaging in this 'sweet career', What I have been enjoying for years is 'bitterness'."

Political and enterprise organizations work together to solve difficult dilemmas

In order to solve the industry problems, we are delighted to see that all parties are trying their best to make a difference. The leaders of the State Council have repeatedly given instructions and instructions, and the National Development and Reform Commission and the leaders of the agricultural sector have led the special meeting. Last year, the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Agriculture issued the “Production and Development Plan for Sugarcane Main Producing Areas (2015-2020)”. The People's Government of Guangxi Autonomous Region has formulated and issued the “Mechanization Implementation Plan for Promoting the Production of “Double High” Bases (2015-2020)”. It plans to use 5 years to build a “double high” base in the whole district to ensure the average yield per mu. More than 6 tons, sucrose is more than 14%, the comprehensive mechanization level of production reaches 80%, of which the machine level should reach 50%.

After more than a year of hard work, the concept of “double high” base construction with mechanization as the leader has gradually been recognized and implemented in Guangxi, and the “Kelly model” with large-scale planting and full mechanization as the core has been formed. The whole process of mechanization test demonstration is the core “Hansen model”, the “Guizhong model” with sugar integration and water and fertilizer integration as the core, and the “Zuojiang model” with mechanized farming and receiving professional services as the core.

Domestic and foreign companies are also actively participating in the development of machines suitable for Chinese characteristics. At the exhibition, Zoomlion delivered eight sugar cane harvesters to customers at one time. Hu Xuejun, vice president of Zoomlion, said that the sugarcane machine R&D project has gone through three years, and the customer's response is very good. The company has formed an annual production capacity of 1,000 units.

Case New Holland established a sugar cane harvesting machinery manufacturing plant in Foshan, Guangdong. Li Kang, Commercial Director of Case New Holland (China) Management Co., Ltd., introduced the Case A4000 sugarcane harvester, which is a mature model in the Chinese market. It has already harvested 200 tons of sugar cane in the Xishuangbanna market in Yunnan. The performance has sold more than 30 units in the Guangxi market this year.