In the suburb of Minquan County, Shangqiu, Henan Province, there are several peanut picking and harvesting of Zhonglian Harvester and piles of peanut straws to be processed in a huge factory. The renter of the plant is called Li Xiangdong. He relies on six machines of Zhonglian Harvester for cross-regional operations. The annual forage processing capacity is close to 2,000 tons, and the annual income is more than 2 million yuan. The local reputation is very high.
It is understood that Li Xiangdong has been engaged in peanut straw forage processing as early as 2008, but because it was a small fruit picking machine before, the operation efficiency was low, resulting in the efficiency of the processing plant has not reached his expectations. Until the purchase of Zhonglian Harvester peanut picking and harvesting machines in 2019, the scale of
Li Xiangdong's forage processing plant has grown rapidly.
As for why he bought the machines of Zhonglian Harvester, Li Xiangdong explained: "Actually, I started to pay attention to this peanut picking and harvesting machine in 2017, but I didn't know whether the equipment was reliable at that time. I was busy, so I never made up my mind to buy it. Until 2018, I found that there were more and more peanut harvesters on the market, and many early purchasers generally reported that they could earn 200,000 or even 300,000 in one working season. I thought it was time to start, so I started to conduct research on several brands in the market, and I also went to the demos. I finally found that the peanuts harvested by Zhonglian Harvester performed better in all aspects, so I directly mentioned two in 2019. Taichung United peanut harvesting machine."
In the 2019 peanut harvest season, Li Xiangdong hired two drivers to drive the two Zhonglian peanut harvesting machines to work locally. In more than a month of operation, the two peanut machines harvested a total of more than 3,000 mu of peanuts, allowing Li Xiangdong to process the forage grass. The factory has sufficient raw materials. "We basically don't need any work fees to collect peanuts here, and directly ask for the peanut straws of the growers. I really didn't expect these two Zhonglian peanut harvesting machines to have such a high harvesting efficiency, and it took my forage grass processing plant to a new level."
To this end, in 2020 and 2021, Li Xiangdong ordered two more latest peanut picking and harvesting machines from Zhonglian Harvester. At the same time, with the two years of driving in 2019 and 2020, in 2021, Li Xiangdong took his six Zhonglian peanut picking and harvesting machines to start the journey of cross-regional peanut harvesting. "I also found that the quality of Zhonglian Harvester is really reliable after the first two years of use. The two peanut machines I bought in 2019 have worked for two seasons without any problems. So last year I decided to start cross-regional operations because I heard that there is a lot of work in Inner Mongolia and Northeast China, and the land is large enough to give full play to the advantages of Zhonglian peanut harvesting machines.”
Facts have proved that Li Xiangdong's move is very correct. In 2021, Li Xiangdong brought 6 Zoomlion peanut harvesters to Inner Mongolia and Northeast China from Henan. "Last year, we also built a forage grass processing factory in the northeast. The peanut straw there is very good. One ton can be sold for about 1,500 yuan, which is much more expensive than our local one. Overall, we harvested a total of 2,000 tons last year. about peanut straw, which is the highest I have ever recorded in dry forage processing for so many years.”
At present, in addition to continuing to process the hoarded peanut stalks, Li Xiangdong is also studying the new peanut picking and harvesting machine products launched by Zhonglian Harvester this year. He plans to update several of the peanut harvesters of Zhonglian Harvester this year for the next cross-regional operations. "I heard that Zhonglian Harvester has launched a peanut machine with a mid-engine engine this year. The cab is larger, which is very suitable for our cross-regional operations. In addition, the 19-year-old equipment is also a bit old, although it is useless. There is no problem, but the new machine is definitely more advantageous in all aspects. So I plan to update several new machines of Zhonglian Harvester in a few years, and strive to harvest more peanuts this year and break last year's record!"
