In the past “11th Five-Year Plan†period, grain dryers were far from the protagonists in the development of agricultural mechanization. Compared with mainstream models such as tractors, combine harvesters and rice transplanters, dryers have received attention. Very limited. However, looking back at the growth trend of dryers in recent years, it was found that this was a stunning report card: From 2008 to 2010, the domestic dryers' holdings increased rapidly with an average annual increase of around 50%. Every year, the country saves tens of thousands of tons of food.
Today, for many large farm machinery manufacturers and agricultural cooperatives in Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangsu, and Jiangxi, the dryer has become a kind of “rigid demandâ€, and it cannot. In the above areas, the dryers are also being increasingly favored by the purchase subsidy policy. Based on this, “in 2011, the production and sales volume of dryers is expected to exceed 2,000 units, and will increase by about 50% on the basis of more than 1,400 units in 2010.†Industry insiders' predictions are likely to become a reality.
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In 2010, the Huimin Agricultural Machinery Professional Service Cooperative in Jiaojiang District, Taizhou, Zhejiang Province invested more than RMB 1 million to build a drying center covering over 100 square meters. According to the director of the cooperative, Yang Dengcong, the drying center currently has 4 dryers, a batch of drying capacity of 42 tons, can be dried in two batches within 24 hours, equivalent to 300 acres of rice, in Zhejiang is also considered small There are some drying bases.
However, Lao Yang's scale is likely to be PK this year. The drying center of Tianluoshan Agricultural Machinery Cooperative of Yuyao, Zhejiang, started construction on the eve of the Spring Festival. It is expected that it can be completed in one month. Li Xiaojiang, chairman of the cooperative, told reporters that the cooperative originally had 4 dryers, and this year it also added 6 dryers with 10 tonnages for three years in Shanghai to prepare a large drying center. The reason why such a generous initiative was made was because of the shortage of land resources. “We could not find so many lands to dry our food.†The second is that labor is too expensive, and people are not hired to spend money. For example, early rice, artificial drying, the cost of 2009 is a pound of 2 hair 4, 2010 was a little cheaper, 1 hair 5, using a dryer, the cost is only half. "Now if we grow grain, if we leave mechanization, we will not be able to earn any money," said Li Xiaojiang.
In the interview, the reporter learned that in the first few years of the rise of dryers, users mainly focused on the grain sector and farms. There were still a few occasions when the purchase of large number of grain producers or agricultural machinery cooperatives was contingent: Typhoon and rainy weather in the first year Frequently, there is a large amount of food loss. In the second year, a dryer is purchased. The weather is fine the next year and the dryer is set aside. However, since 2008, the situation has begun to change: On the one hand, the proportion of agricultural machinery systems in the dryer user group has gradually increased, and by the beginning of 2011 it has exceeded 50%. On the other hand, users, especially grain growers and agricultural machinery cooperatives, have become very strong about the need for dryers that have surpassed contingent factors such as climate.
Yu Shizhu, deputy director of Anhui Agricultural Machinery Bureau, told reporters that the development of grain dryers is mainly due to the needs of three aspects, one is to resist the needs of rainy weather. In particular, Anhui is located between Jianghuai and Huaihe, which is a warm and cold transitional climate. The chance of encountering rainy weather during the grain harvest period is relatively large. Drying and storage of grain are difficult. The second is to ease the contradiction of the shortage of drying fields. With the accelerating harvesting process of grain mechanization, food harvesting time tends to be concentrated, and the drying field in the countryside has been reduced year by year. Drying of grain has become a prominent issue in grain harvesting. The third is the need to improve the quality of food. Compared with traditional drying, mechanized drying can improve grain quality, reduce secondary pollution, and achieve “not landed†food production, saving labor costs. Taking the rice-producing area of ​​Shuyang as an example, a dryer can reduce the water content of 20 tons of rice from 30 points to 16 points a day, requiring a cost of more than 500 yuan, while artificial lighting to the same level requires 400 square meters. Rice's cement drying yard and 8 labors for more than 3 days of sun drying, the cost of employing more than 1,200 yuan. In recent years, the second and third needs have become increasingly prominent, creating rigid demand for dryers.
In recent years, the number of dryers in Anhui Province has continued to soar, with 1053 units in 2008, 1,241 units in 2009, and 1,718 units in 2010. The statistical data of Zhejiang Agricultural Machinery Bureau also shows that there are currently 816 dryers in the province's agricultural machinery sector. The theoretical drying capacity is 600,000 tons per year, of which only 758 dryers have been added in 2010.
Sales results from companies also support the same facts: In 2009, Shanghai Sanjiu Machinery Co., Ltd. sold more than 300 sets of dryers (including exports), Gold Agricultural Machinery (Wuxi) Co., Ltd. sold 150 units, and Jiangsu Jiuyang Agricultural Equipment Co., Ltd. Limited to 167 sets, Yamamoto Machinery (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. is approximately 100 sets. In just one year, the sales of these several strong dryer manufacturers have all increased substantially: In 2010, about 400 units were sold for three years, and sales of gold, long-lived vehicles, and Yamamoto were all close to 300 units.
For the market situation in 2011, companies are generally optimistic. Although it generally tends to be conservative when setting targets and tasks, it still has a significant increase over last year. For example, Shanghai Sanjiu has set its sales target at 500 units, and Yamamoto hopes to achieve about 450 sets of performance in the Year of the Rabbit. It is generally predicted by the industry that the national dryer production and sales volume in 2011 is expected to exceed 2,000 units. If this forecast is realized, it means that from 2008 to now, dryers have maintained an annual growth rate of over 50%.
Subsidy support, dryers borrow policy
In recent years, the long-term drying of the dryer market, one is due to the growing demand for users, and the second is inseparable from the support and guidance of the agricultural machinery sector. In particular, the agricultural machinery management departments in Zhejiang, Anhui, and Jiangsu, according to the needs of farmers, adjust their measures to local conditions, and actively use policy subsidies such as purchase subsidies and operating subsidies to create a series of favorable conditions for the development of dryers.
According to Deputy Director Yu Shizhu, Anhui Province began to include grain drying machinery as a non-universal catalogue in the purchase subsidy range since 2005. Before 2010, subsidies will be applied according to the highest subsidy rate (30%) prescribed by the state. In 2010, a fixed amount of subsidies began to be implemented. The subsidy funds for dryers reached 11.22 million yuan in the same year, and a total of 341 dryers were subsidized, of which a maximum subsidy of 33,000 yuan and a minimum subsidy of 5,400 yuan. "This year, our province has continued to include grain drying machinery in the list of purchase subsidies for subsidies and implement fixed subsidies. The standard is the same as last year, and the scale of subsidies is expected to reach 20 million yuan."
As a coastal province, food production in Zhejiang Province has long been plagued by typhoon and rainy weather. Wang Jiansong, director of the Purchase Subsidy Management Office of Zhejiang Agricultural Machinery Bureau, recalled that as early as 2007, the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Agriculture submitted a special report on the development of grain drying mechanization to the provincial government. In 2008, the Joint Bureau of Food and Agriculture of the Ministry of Agriculture jointly conducted research and put forward suggestions and opinions on the development of grain drying mechanization. In 2009, Zhejiang Province formally incorporated dryers into non-universal catalogs to include purchase subsidies. In addition, 30% of provincial fiscal subsidies were added on the basis of national fiscal subsidies of 30%, resulting in subsidies of 60%, which drastically promoted drying. Machine development.
Individual regions also provide subsidies for the construction of dryer warehouses. For example, Taizhou and the municipal government allocate the land of the dryer warehouse to rural housing sites, which is allocated by the land management department. In addition, a subsidy of 50,000 yuan is provided for each warehouse built. Yuyao City agricultural machinery giants or agricultural cooperatives to establish a drying center can also receive up to 30% of subsidies. The drying center under construction at Tianluoshan Agricultural Machinery Co., Ltd. is expected to have a construction cost of approximately RMB 600,000. According to the 30% subsidy quota, the subsidy fund of RMB 180,000 can be obtained.
This year, Zhejiang is expected to start the pilot work of the drying machine operation subsidy. “Preliminarily plans to select several counties in the two cities of Shaoxing and Jinhua for pilots. As for the specific method of subsidy, it is still under investigation and discussion. We have considered bake The amount of dried grain is the basis, but it is difficult to count the amount of drying, and fraud may occur. Now we tend to use electricity as the basis.†Wang Jiansong revealed.
However, the subsidy is not the better the more money, the more effective it is. Some individual users have not paid enough attention to the dryer because they have enjoyed high subsidies. As a result, the effectiveness of the dryer cannot be fully realized, and the original intention of the machine subsidy policy is violated. In this case, Zhejiang Province may appropriately reduce the amount of subsidies in 2011. “We take into account the huge impact of subsidies on user purchases. We treat this issue very carefully. In the end, we have to reduce the proportion, whether we lower certain products, or we lower it uniformly. ... all need repeated arguments."
The enterprises also reflected that the agricultural machinery management department is not only making more and more efforts to support the development of dryers, but also working more and more finely. Zhu Xi, general manager of Jiangsu Sanxi Machinery Co., Ltd., noticed a detail: the sales season of dryers is generally in the second half of the year, while the tractors, rice transplanters, harvesters and other models that are hot in the first half of the year will preempt most of the subsidy funds. In previous years, a few users had encountered situations where there was a subsidy quota but they could not get subsidy after purchase. Since 2010, some provinces have provided special subsidies for dryers, and reserved funds in advance to ensure subsidies to people and funds to people.
The competition of enterprises is fierce, and farmers blindly purchase
At the beginning of the “Eleventh Five-Year Plan†period, the number of domestic grain dryer manufacturers was still quite limited. In just three or four years, it has increased to forty or fifty and almost doubled in almost a year. Dozens of companies compete for less than 2,000 units of market capacity, and the intensity of competition can be imagined. When the waves are surging, it is inevitable that silt is mixed, and good and bad are inevitable. However, peasant users blindly pursue low prices when purchasing dryers because of lack of professional knowledge. They also lay hidden dangers for the development of their own use and dryers.
“Now, the competition among dryer companies can be described as 'toughly'.†According to Wu Jun, Chairman and General Manager of Yamamoto Machinery (Suzhou) Co., Ltd., most farmers' users will buy a dryer. The price is listed as the most important reference index. “Some companies report a difference in the reported sales price and the actual sales price to attract users. Some companies also copy brand-name products and sell them at a low price. Yamamoto's products The key parts and components are imported from Japan, and the price is definitely higher than that of some locally grown brands. Taking into account the above factors, in line with the attitude of being responsible to users, we will not be unilaterally pursuing sales of products in 2011, but will ensure that every one A customer can serve a customer well."
Ms. Lin Liyu, deputy general manager of Shanghai Sanjiu Machinery Co., Ltd., also discovered that many users of dryers have shown a tendency to pay special attention to prices this spring. “Some old customers and large customers put brand and quality first. For those who bought dryers for the first time, the low-priced dryers are obviously more attractive.†Of course, three years will not reduce the quality of products, but another way, and continue to promote technological innovation, in terms of energy efficiency To seize the commanding heights, “Three years ago, we have successfully developed the world’s first computer-controlled roughing furnace drying system. The exhaust gas after rough burning is very clean and pollution-free. This technology has passed the Japanese environmental protection inspection and related The products are also exported to Japan, Europe, the Americas, Southeast Asia and many other countries."
Many users also reflected that some dryers used frequent failures, technical training, and after-sales services were not in place, which seriously delayed production.
In addition, dryers also face some practical problems in the process of promotion and application. Taking Anhui Province as an example, there are several contradictions: First, there is a contradiction between the batch production of dryers and the small scale of households, and the inconsistency of varieties. The drying capacity cannot be achieved, and the input-output ratio is low. Second, farmers choose to pay for the cost of mechanized drying. Because grain prices are not paid for when they are sold, farmers' enthusiasm for using drying machinery is affected. The third is large investment, difficult to use land. With the use of dryers, the cost of purchasing machinery accounts for 30% of the total investment. With the investment in the construction of factories and warehouses, the total investment is large, and the problem of rural land use is difficult to solve. The enthusiasm of farmers for self-building is not high. Fourth, the dryer machinery is single, especially there is no mobile product, it is difficult to meet the needs of serving the family business and expanding service. Fifth, many buyers of dryers are grain purchasing and processing companies. They have some conflicts with the original intentions of farmer's purchase subsidies for farmers, causing some confusion in the purchase subsidies.
In response to the above problems, Yu Shizhu, deputy director of the Anhui Agricultural Bureau, stated that in the coming period, the Provincial Bureau of Agricultural Machinery will clarify the situation and take various measures to further accelerate the development of the socialization service organization of agricultural machinery and regard grain drying and mechanization as the content of socialized services. To increase the scale and benefits of the service, so that the grain drying service organization and grain-growing farmers will benefit from it; increase the quality supervision of drying machinery and standardize the orderly competition in the market; increase the promotion and propaganda, from the rice production area to the wheat and corn production areas , to expand the application coverage. At the same time, we will strengthen investigations and researches and propose to production companies to develop more drying machines suitable for the province's grain production needs.
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