2017 new 261 National Agricultural Machinery Cooperatives

[ China Agricultural Machinery Industry News ] Recently, the Ministry of Agriculture announced the 261 National Agricultural Machinery Cooperatives Model Associations established in 2017. Up to now, 464 National Agricultural Machinery Cooperatives Models have been established during the 13th Five-Year Plan period. The competent departments of agricultural machinery at all levels have set up a national agricultural machinery cooperative model society as an entry point to create an upgraded version of the agricultural machinery cooperatives, and vigorously promote the development of agricultural machinery service organizations to transform and upgrade the quantity and quality benefits.

The development of the National Cooperatives Model Society mainly presents the following characteristics. First, quantity and quality are both developed. In 2017, the National Agricultural Machinery Cooperatives Model Association had an average of 107 members, and the agency had an original value of 7.79 million yuan for agricultural machinery, which was nearly four times the national average. The demonstration society has excellent equipment and obvious trend of whole process. It is equipped with high-performance tillage and harvesting equipment, grain drying, plant protection and other equipment. It has standardized hangars, maintenance rooms and other infrastructure, and its comprehensive service support capability is significantly improved. Second, the service sector and service capabilities continue to expand. The service links of the model society are extended from the cultivation of crops to the professional agricultural plant protection, straw treatment, drying of the production areas and other agricultural production processes. A group of strong demonstration laboratories have been upgraded to integrated agricultural service centers to provide maintenance for the surrounding farmers. “One-stop” integrated agricultural services such as agricultural product purchase, training and consultation, and sales docking. Third, the scale of operations and operating efficiency increased significantly. The Agricultural Machinery Cooperatives Demonstration Society promotes the integration of mechanization and various forms of moderate scale operations through land acquisition, land custody, contract management, and joint farming, to achieve economies of scale. The average service area of ​​261 demonstration clubs is 42,000 mu, which is more than three times the national average. The annual average operating income of the demonstration club is 8.56 million yuan, which is more than five times the national average. Fourth, the awareness of social services and public service has been significantly enhanced. In addition to carrying out business services, the demonstration community also actively undertakes public welfare services such as rural poverty alleviation and green production technology demonstration and promotion, providing priority, preferential, free and free “two excellent and one free” agricultural machinery operation services for some difficult farmers, and some cooperatives actively absorb poverty. The participation of the households in the stock market will drive the villagers to get rid of poverty and get rich.

The competent agricultural machinery departments at all levels attach great importance to the development of new business entities. It is expected that by the end of 2017, the number of agricultural machinery cooperatives in the country will reach 70,000, which has become the main force of agricultural specialization and socialized services, and the propeller of moderate scale operation of agriculture. Small farmers have played an irreplaceable role in the organic connection with modern agricultural development. (Original title: Ministry of Agriculture announced 261 National Agricultural Machinery Cooperatives Model Agency)