A black olive tree has thousands of ＂cash cows＂! A ＂craft olive＂ production village has emerged in Qianpai Town, Xinyi.
This autumn and October, black olives are fragrant. October 23rd, for the villagers in Dashuikeng Natural Village, Zhudong Village, Qianpai Town, Xinyi City, is a happier day than the festival: thousands of "craft olive" trees planted in the village seven or eight years ago have finally been put into production one after another since last year, and this year’s picking day is set on this day. Many foreign buyers made a special trip to the site to purchase, "sending money to the door", and the product purchase price is per catty.
Isn’t Qianpai Town the famous "No.1 Town of Sanhuali in China"? Why did a "craft olive" suddenly pop up? Things have to start from ten years ago, from a "black olive tree king".
A "black olive tree king" with an annual output value of about 300,000 yuan
Dashuikeng Natural Village is located in a remote place, about 13 kilometers away from the market town. There are more than 400 farmers in the village, with about 1,700 people. Yang Yunjia, a villager in this village, has a "black olive tree king" with an annual output value of 200,000 to 300,000 yuan, which is no longer news in Zhudong Village-since 2010, a black olive tree in his family has been transformed into a "craft olive", and the annual income from selling olive is from 250,000 yuan!
▲ "Black Olive Tree King" Under the guidance of Zhudong village cadres, the reporter visited this magical "black olive tree king" that day. At the scene, however, I saw that the olive tree was tall and straight, leafy and covered the sky, and its appearance was no different from that of the usual black olive tree. The scene is different. Rows of criss-crossing fences and scaffolding are set up around the tree. The height of scaffolding is the same as that of the basic tree. There are several monitoring cameras installed around the tree, and a simple living shed is also set up on the bottom side of the tree … According to Yang Yun, the owner of the olive tree, these fences and scaffolding are not only for enclosure and protection, but also for production management. The management and picking of "craft olive" are different from ordinary black olive. The fruit picking is also picking one by one, which is different from the general black olive beating the fruit with a bamboo pole and then cleaning it up; That shed is a temporary dormitory where workers are hired to guard it three months before fruit picking every year.
▲ Fences and scaffolding built around the "Black Olive Tree King" tree. Yang Yun introduced that his family’s black olive tree has a tree age of more than 70 years, with an annual output of 500 to 600 kilograms. In the past ten years, the price of the product per kilogram is not lower than that of 500 yuan, and the price per kilogram in the year of good price is more than 600 yuan; The annual income of olive trees is not less than 250 thousand yuan, and the highest is close to 400 thousand yuan.
According to the villagers nearby, as early as more than ten years ago, when the "craft olive" industry began to rise in China, Yang Yunjia’s black olive tree became a "treasure". Because its fruit was huge and different from ordinary black olives, it was favored by buyers of "craft olive". Every year, buyers from Beijing, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Guangxi and other places rushed to place orders, and every year, the estimated output value of products was charged one year ago.
"The so-called’ craft olive’ is a black olive whose core can be used to carve various handicrafts. There is no relative measurable standard for the value of’ craft olive’, which mainly depends on the market situation of handicrafts. Therefore, the price of’ Craft Olive’ fluctuates every year. The fruit of my olive tree this year has been purchased a few days ago. The boss is from Guangxi and paid a deposit in advance last year. This year’s purchase price is 600 yuan per catty and the output is more than 500 kilograms. " Yang Yun said.
The "king of black olive trees" has spawned thousands of "cash cows"
It is not unusual that black olive trees can be seen everywhere in villages and towns in Xinyi mountain area. Before the rise of "Craft Olive", Black Olive had only two functions. One was to pickle olive meat into olive horns (a farm dish), and the other was to buy olive kernels for kernel. Although the uses of the kernels were varied, the most common one was to make "five-kernel moon cakes". Therefore, the economic value of black olive was not high in the past.
The rise of "craft olive" in the early years made the value of black olive soar overnight and achieved "N-level jump", but not all black olives can be used as "craft olive". The element core used for carving handicrafts has requirements in terms of body size, which is larger or longer than usual. Moreover, the operation of black olive in removing meat and coring and drying the element core is also particular, so as not to cause patterns or cracks in the element core, and to ensure that the element core is natural and intact. Generally, the bigger and rarer the element core, the higher its value. Therefore, whether a black olive tree can become attached to "craft olive" depends entirely on its variety and "talent". Generally speaking, black olive is divided into two kinds: oil olive and chaff olive. The olive horn pickled by oil olive is more fragrant, but the olive core is small. Although the pickled products of chaff olive are not as good as oil olive, the olive core is round and large, which is mostly suitable for making "craft olive". Therefore, most of the materials of "craft olive" come from bran olive.
▲ The second-generation olive trees propagated by a few "black olive tree kings" were first produced, with an annual output of 50 to 100 kilograms. Like Yang Yunjia’s black olive tree with an annual output value of 200,000 to 300,000 yuan, it is well-deserved. "Hello everyone is really good!" Because of the "N-level jump" in output value, as early as around 2012, in order to create more wealth for the benefit of the village, Yang Yun began to use its own black olive tree as the "mother tree", and propagated "offspring" for the "mother tree" by means of newly cultivating olive seedlings, picking buds and grafting.
It is understood that in those years, under the temptation of the "Black Olive Tree King", thousands of black olive seedlings were newly planted in his village, and nearly half of the farmers tried to introduce them; Since last year, the newly grafted "second generation" black olive trees have started to bear fruit one after another, and successfully passed on the "mother tree" gene. The products are suitable for "craft olive" and are favored by the buyers of "craft olive".
▲ The villagers are picking "craft olives". "There is a certain gap between the yield and product quality of new trees and old trees. With the growth of tree age, the yield will increase year by year and the product quality will be more perfect. At present, the annual output of new trees newly put into production is 50 to 100 kilograms, and the purchase price of products is 100 to 160 yuan per kilogram. " Villager Liu Daotian introduced. It is understood that his family introduced more than 100 "second generation" olive seedlings in his early years, and some of them began to be put into production this year. He initially tasted the "head soup" planted by "craft olive".
▲ "Craft Olive" just picked. "The black olive tree introduced by my family was also picked today. Today, I picked more than 200 kilograms and earned more than 20,000 yuan. The budget was all over 500 kilograms and the income was more than 50,000 yuan." At the scene of the acquisition of "Craft Olive" in the village, a brother named Li Guotian was too happy to see his teeth.
▲ "Craft Olive" acquisition site. In the picture, the person holding the money is the villager Li Guotian. On the day of the interview, Li Jiping, a fellow village cadre of Zhudong, said, "It is estimated that there are four or five thousand’ second generation’ black olive trees newly planted in Dashuikeng Village in the early years and in the last two or three years, but only a few are put into production at present. It is estimated that the output of’ craft olive’ in the whole village will be about 5,000 Jin this year."
After initially learning about the production and sales of "Craft Olive" in Dashuikeng Village, the relevant leaders of Qianpai Town said that in recent years, the domestic "Craft Olive" industry is indeed attractive to farmers, but there are also many market instability factors, and production has a greater gambling risk. In the era of market economy, farmers should adapt to local conditions according to the time. "Qianpai Sanhua Plum brand is well-known throughout the country, and the industrial advantages of Sanhua Plum are unique, and fruit farmers. It is not bad to try to plant’ craft olive’ in some areas with high terrain, strong mountain wind and lack of water resources, but it is also necessary to predict the risks in advance, and avoid being hot-headed for a while and forgetting the profits. "
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