Recently, the sugarcane farmers in Shanglin County have experienced a bumper harvest season. In the sugarcane fields, farmers were busy chopping sugarcane, showing a bustling scene.
“I have been planting sugarcane for more than ten years, and the planting scale has been continuously expanding. Originally, I only planted merely more than 30 mu, but now the figure has increased to 100 mu, and the yield of sugarcane is constantly increasing.” In the 100-mu sugarcane field in Mozhuang Village, Xiangxian Town, Shanglin County, farmer Mo Riyao looked at the green sugarcane field with
satisfaction. More than 80 mu of sugarcane fields planted by Mo Riyao have been harvested, and over 500 tons of sugarcane have been transported to sugar factories.
The harvest of sugarcane has also increased the income of farmers. “We earn 120-130 yuan per day”, said Ms. Meng, an immigrant farmer. Every sugarcane harvest season, she teams up with villagers in the same village to work and chop sugarcane. In 2024, the planting area of sugarcane in Xiangxian Town reached 7946 mu, and the planting area and output of sugarcane in the whole town have experienced increase for consecutive years, driving the continuous increase of villagers’ income and making their lives sweeter and sweeter.