CHONGQING (CQNEWS) -- “Thanks to this machine, and I can finish rice transplanting of 1mu in 20 minutes.” It’s high time to do spring ploughing. In the field of Shibanya Village, Anlan Town, Banan District, rice transplanter played a leading role, making villagers benefit from mechanized farming. 

A villager operating rice transplanter (Photographed by Luo Sha)

“The machine finishes rice transplanting in very short time, saving time and effort, but realizing high efficiency.” Recently, taking advantage of the fine weather, villager Liao Yong was busy in field. Different from the past, rice transplanting could be finished by machine, so his family has to deliver rice seedlings and he placed rice seedlings onto the machine for automatic transplanting. 

Liao Yong told that he circulated more than 180mu fields, he and his family have to hire persons to work form him during the rice transplanting period in the past, and two or three hired persons could finish 1mu field for one day. Each hired person could earn 400 yuan at least. “Now, thanks to the rice transplanter, I can finish rice transplanting of 1mu in 20 minutes.” said Liao Yong while placing rice seedlings onto the rice transplanter. The labor cost of rice transplanter for 1 mu field is only 80 yuan, which saves money and effort. (Translated by Liu Hongyan, Fathom Language Limited)