The Huashuoyuan Planting and Breeding Professional Cooperative has planted over 400 mu (26.67 hectares) of navel oranges. After four years of careful management, the trees began to bear fruit in large quantities this year, expecting a bumper harvest. Fruit farmers carefully checked the growth of navel oranges, while financial service personnel explained policies for better sales.

 

“It’s expected that navel oranges can be picked in one month. Recently, there has been ample sunlight and modest rainfall, so the navel oranges are large and sweet,” said the head of the cooperative with a smile, adding, “The village is promoting our navel oranges online and offline, and we have received many orders. It’s believed that this year will definitely be a bumper harvest year.”

 

 

Yizhang County is one of the main production areas along the Southern Jiangxi-Southern Hunan-Northern Guangxi navel orange industrial belt, and also a key county for citrus production in Hunan.

 

Currently, the county has a navel orange planting area of about 297,000 mu (19,800 hectares), with about 4,600 planting farmers, an annual output of 218,000 tons, and a comprehensive output value of 1.35 billion yuan.

 

Nearly 100,000 people in the county increase their income through the navel orange industry, and the planting area increases by 10,000 mu (about 666.67 hectares) per year.