Guangnong Sugar Industry's Nanning Sugarcane Zone Achieves 682,000 Mu in Spring Planting

This year marks the beginning of the '15th Five-Year Plan' period, and Guangnong Sugar Industry's sugarcane company is seizing the 'golden period' of spring planting. The company is committed to simultaneously advancing both spring preparation and the crushing season. By establishing a foundation of improved varieties and advanced cultivation methods, capitalizing on farming seasons for early planting and management, and efficiently coordinating various resources, the company is fully committed to ensuring a strong start and effective implementation of the new year's 'sweet endeavor'. **I. Improved Varieties and Methods: Solidifying the Foundation of Industrial Development** At the onset of spring planting, all members of the sugarcane company's agricultural team went to the front lines, providing policy promotion and technical guidance to sugarcane farmers. The company vigorously promoted the planting of sugarcane tops, guiding farmers to scientifically select and properly retain seeds. Currently, the Nanning sugarcane zone has processed over 450,000 tons of raw sugarcane from cut tops for replanting. Concurrently, the company steadily advanced the promotion of superior sugarcane varieties, increasing the planting proportion of premium varieties and optimizing the varietal structure of the sugarcane zone. As of the end of February, the new sugarcane planting area with improved varieties in the Nanning zone reached 280,000 mu. Key technologies such as deep plowing, plastic film mulching, mechanical planting, and closed-loop weeding were also simultaneously promoted and applied, achieving deep integration of improved varieties and methods, thereby strengthening the foundation for sustainable and healthy industrial development. **II. Early Planting and Management: Building a Foundation for Increased Yield and Income** To seize critical spring farming seasons, the sugarcane company coordinated the allocation of spring planting materials, including sugarcane seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, and agricultural films. It established a grid-based demand ledger for each sugarcane zone, precisely matching supply and demand, and efficiently coordinating transportation to ensure timely and sufficient delivery of materials. The agricultural team went deep into the fields, widely mobilizing sugarcane farmers to plant during opportune seasons, and scientifically guided field management measures such as fertilization, weeding, pest control, and mulching for moisture retention. This effort fully promoted early planting of new sugarcane and early management of ratoon sugarcane. As of the end of February, the Nanning sugarcane zone has completed a planting area of 682,000 mu, laying a solid foundation for comprehensively improving the quality of raw sugarcane and achieving increased production and income for both farmers and the enterprise. **III. Ensuring Supply: Stable and Orderly Crushing Season Operations** The company adheres to a dual-focus approach, managing both spring planting and crushing season operations without compromise. In response to the substantial raw material inventory in some sugarcane zones, the company implemented coordinated raw material diversion and allocation within the Guangnong Sugar Industry Group. This established a multi-factory联动 (inter-factory collaboration) and highly efficient raw material synergistic assurance mechanism, maximizing the consumption of raw material inventory and effectively ensuring the smooth and orderly operation of all stages of the crushing season, including cutting, transportation, and crushing. Planting hope in spring leads to sweet harvests in autumn. The sugarcane company will be guided by the '15th Five-Year Plan', adopting a more pragmatic approach and more meticulous measures to carry out all aspects of spring planting, injecting continuous 'sweet动力' (sweet momentum) into the high-quality development of Guangnong Sugar Industry.