Snow-white and crystal-clear silkworm cocoons fill the grid and pile up at each cocoon station. Currently, Sichuan Lezhi Spring Cocoon is ushering in the harvest season. This year, Lezhi fully implemented six-season sericulture, and spring cocoons were put on the market one week earlier than in previous years, with an average price of 49 yuan per kilogram.
On May 30, the reporter saw at the Peacock Cocoon Station in Dongshan Town that there was an endless stream of silkworm farmers coming to sell cocoons, and agricultural vehicles loaded with cocoons filled the yard. Weighing, measuring grades, registering and settling… the staff at Cocoon Station were very busy. The purchased silkworm cocoons are piled up into a hill, and the staff constantly carry the cocoons in the baskets to trucks and then transfer them to the drying room for drying.
“I raised 16 silkworms in the spring, and I have done better this year than last year. I still have no problem making over 100,000 yuan for the whole year.” The price of silkworm cocoons reaches 53 yuan per kilogram. Zhang Kaijian, a major sericulture farmer in Sanyuanmiao Village, Dongshan Town, sees this Holding the purchase receipt in his hand, he smiled from ear to ear. This year, he focused on making breakthroughs in sericulture technology and management, and the quality and output of spring cocoons have improved compared with previous years.
According to Zhou Wanyun, the director of Dongshan Town Peacock Cocoon Station, this year due to the impact of the international environment and the epidemic, the silk fabric industry chain and supply chain have experienced congestion points. The price of spring cocoons has dropped compared with the same period last year, with an average price of 49 yuan per kilogram. Cocoons can reach 55 yuan per kilogram. Hongqi Silk Factory implemented the kilogram particle grading method this year, adhering to the principle of “high-quality cocoons at high prices, inferior cocoons at low prices, grading according to quality, and graded pricing” to ensure fair and just acquisitions.
This year, Lezhi County has begun to promote six-season sericulture on a large scale, and spring cocoons are on the market about a week earlier than in previous years. “This can make full use of mulberry resources, increase income for the people, and at the same time alleviate the problem of labor shortage to a certain extent.” Zhou Wanyun said.
Du Guosheng, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Director of Lezhi County Sericulture Bureau, said that currently, cocoon acquisition work is being carried out throughout the county. This year, 32,800 seeds were planted in Lezhi County in the spring, with a yield of about 40 kilograms. The county’s output is expected to reach 1.31 million kilograms. The total spring cocoon revenue reached 66 million yuan, achieving a bumper spring cocoon harvest.
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