At present, villagers in Yanjiang Village, Wuling Town, Yizhang County are busy with the spring farming activities such as applying base fertilizer, pruning branches, fixing sheds, replanting, and cutting seedlings in the vineyards, laying a solid foundation for bumper harvest of grapes.
In recent years, Yanjiang Village has developed the grape planting industry according to local conditions based on the geographical advantage through the operation mode of “cooperatives plus bases plus farmers”. As of now, multiple grape planting varieties such as Jufeng, Xiahei, and Shine Muscat have been developed.
The village has a planting area of nearly 10,000 mu (about 666.67 hectares), with more than 300 large-scale growers and an annual output value of over 100 million yuan. Grape cultivation has become a “sweet” industry to boost income for villagers.