German agricultural machinery "chain": a new form of agricultural mechanization

For more than half a century, the structure of agricultural and agricultural enterprises in Germany has undergone tremendous changes. German agriculture has generally achieved enterprise and full mechanization. With the process of the transformation of the agricultural enterprise structure, the operation is highly modernized and intensified, and service socialization and comprehensive mechanization are urgently needed. Germany has explored a new form of agricultural mechanization, the “chain of agricultural machinery”.

What is the "chain" of agricultural machinery? What role does it have? How is the relationship with the peasants? With these questions, the author went to visit King City.

Located on the border between Germany and France, Wangcheng is a well-preserved historic city. The "chain" of the Temun Agricultural Machinery is located about 5 kilometers north of the city. The director of the "chain" of agricultural machinery Leicester received the author warmly in the conference room and training room. He opened his eyes and said: Agricultural machinery "chain" is a cooperative agricultural machinery cooperative. There are more than 150 members in the “chain” of the agricultural machinery of Tenaan, and each member of the farm is a farmer's family business. The "chain" of agricultural machinery is a form of voluntary association of farmers and self-service cooperation in agricultural machinery. In the past, it was called "agricultural bank". Farmers participating in the "chain" of agricultural machinery will exchange their use of agricultural machinery "chains" through liaison and coordination to realize mutual exchanges and help each other.

According to Lester, the benefits of establishing a “chain” of agricultural machinery include the following: First, through farmers’ cooperation and mutual assistance, investment is greatly reduced. After a peasant enterprise joins the “chain” of agricultural machinery, it is no longer necessary to purchase a variety of agricultural machinery. It is enough to purchase one or two types of agricultural machinery. Because there are fewer farm machinery, the construction of warehouses for storing agricultural machinery is saved, and of course, savings are made. Build a warehouse investment. Secondly, the use of agricultural machinery was exchanged among all members, which improved the utilization rate of agricultural machinery and shortened the idle time of agricultural machinery. Therefore, agricultural machinery can play a greater role. Third, the service is multifunctional and farmers are very welcome. In addition to farming, harvesting, and harvesting, the “chain” of agricultural machinery also harvests and stores green corn feed, as well as harvesting and tying of pasture. All field operations are within the scope of mutual assistance, which is in line with the needs of farmers. Fourth, solve problems through mutual assistance. If any farmer is sick or in a hurry, he can still use his farm machine to help farmers and farmers. In addition to the above, the "chain" of agricultural machinery sometimes carries out technical training and disseminates new technological achievements and new products. These benefits are concentrated on the fact that, through farmer cooperation and self-help services, the family members are promoted to reduce investment, improve the efficiency of the use of agricultural machinery, and develop agricultural production.

Agricultural machinery "chain" members to help each other farming, exchange of agricultural machinery, how to calculate it? According to Lester's introduction, the paid service is generally calculated according to the size of the horsepower provided by each farmer member and the length of working hours, and the “chain” of agricultural machinery is not taken. However, each member must pay a small fee based on the area of ​​land to be used for office expenses of the “chain” staff of agricultural machinery. Each hectare is generally in the dozens of German marks. In a word, the "chain" cooperative of agricultural machinery is in the form of an intermediary service station that serves as an intermediary contact station.

At present, Germany has increased the number of agricultural machinery "chains" to 284, with 181,200 members, and farmed land amounted to 5.047 million hectares. Through this professional cooperation form of agricultural machinery services, the level of comprehensive agricultural mechanization has been further improved, a large number of labor and animal power have been replaced, and a large number of investment by farmers has been saved, and agricultural labor productivity has been greatly improved. Today, the German state governments actively support the "chain" of agricultural machinery, provide financial assistance at no cost, train professionals in the "chain" of agricultural machinery, and develop professional cooperation forms for agricultural machinery services to increase the level of comprehensive agricultural mechanization.

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