Farmers pay great attention to weather forecasts. Why do they care so much about weather conditions?
If you ask which TV program has the highest ratings nationwide, then it must be "Xinwen Lianbo". If the scope is narrowed down to farmers, then "Weather Forecast" is well-deserved number one. Moreover, more farmers watch the weather forecast for various regions in the province. Taking my family as an example, what I must watch every day is the Shandong weather forecast on Qilu Channel around 18:50. Then, some people who have never planted a field may have questions. Why not just plant a field? Is it necessary to pay so much attention to the weather conditions?
Let’s take wheat planting as an example
1. Fertilize the cultivated land and sow seeds
After the corn is harvested, it’s time to plant wheat. The first step is to till the land and apply fertilizer (it may be different in each region, we spread the fertilizer first and then till the land). So the fear in this process is continuous rain, and the fear of not raining at all.
If it doesn’t rain and it’s too dry, you need to water it first. When the car stops sinking, you can start spreading fertilizers and plowing the land for sowing.
If it rains all the time, I am afraid that if it keeps raining, the ground will be too wet and vehicles will not be able to enter, resulting in delays in plowing the land and delaying sowing.
The best situation is to know that it is going to rain, and then seize the time to spread fertilizer, and try to plow and harrow the land and complete the sowing before it rains.
If the weather cooperates, people will not only save money on watering, but also save a lot of time and energy.
2. Watering
If the weather is dry, watering is necessary, but watering costs money, so don’t water if you can. At this time, you need to pay attention to the weather conditions every day. If there will be rain in the near future, then wait. If there is no rain, water the ground quickly to avoid affecting the yield. Farmers watering the fields is like holding sports meetings when we were in school. They wait for the rain to come every day, then open the gate and release the water, and then it starts to rain.
3. Spray and hoe the ground
If it’s going to rain, don’t spray. Even if you spray, it won’t have any effect. Whether you simply pull weeds or hoe the ground, if it rains just after you finish doing it, the grass will most likely not die. Isn’t there an ancient poem: It’s noon on the day of hoeing!
4. Harvest
During the harvest season, I am afraid of rain and too sunny weather. It is already ripe and waiting to be harvested. If it rains continuously, it will inevitably affect the harvest. Why can't it be fine even if the weather is fine? If it's sunny every day, more than 30 degrees, and you can't wait for the harvester, the wheat will be threshed when it's ripe. Therefore, every time it is harvest season, even at night, the fields are already brightly lit, so you must seize every opportunity to harvest quickly.
5. Drying
The real harvest is only when the pellets are returned to the warehouse after drying. The weather in summer can change at any time. One second it will be sunny, the next second it will be thunderstorms. Therefore, at this time, you must pay more attention to the weather conditions and take precautionary measures.
Although the weather forecast is not completely accurate, even if you pay attention to it at any time, some extreme situations are still unavoidable, but after all, it provides a certain guarantee for farmers' production and life.