The Council of Agriculture vigorously promotes the mechanization of garlic, and demonstrated harvesting machines in the Yunlin garlic field yesterday.

(Photo by reporter Huang Shuli)

[Reporter Huang Shuli/Yunlin Report] There is a serious lack of work in rural areas, and it is often difficult to find workers during the crop season. In recent years, the Council of Agriculture has actively assisted in the mechanization of the garlic industry, and the agricultural reformation farm has completed traction machines attached to planters and harvesters. Development, held a harvest machine observation meeting in the Yunlin garlic field yesterday, attracting many businessmen and garlic farmers to attend.

The agricultural reform field pointed out that the consistent type without leaf cutter and the two-stage type with leaf cutter demonstrated yesterday have already cut the stems and roots after harvest, and can harvest about 0.3 to 0.8 hectares a day, compared with 0.04 hectares per person per day. , The efficiency of the machine is 8 times higher than that of the manual.