Xuyong Flue-Cured Tobacco

Xuyong Flue-Cured Tobacco

　　Twelve townships, 212 villages, 1,102 production teams, and 12,580 households in Xuyong County have committed to growing tobacco. The voluntarily reported and signed contract area covers 90,324 mu, exceeding the county's target by 106%. Among the planned cultivation areas, there are 162 contiguous plots of 100 mu or more, 6 plots of 500 mu or more, 4 plots of 1,000 mu or more, 305 production teams with over 100 mu each, and 4,235 households cultivating more than 10 mu.

　　Xuyong County primarily uses high-quality varieties such as Yun 85 and Yun 87. A total of 25,780 high ridges with tea tray seedbeds, 24,705 semi-immersed tray seedlings, and 113,116 floating seedlings have been established. Bagging and transplanting have been fully completed, and all 5,600 tons of specialized flue-cured tobacco fertilizer have been distributed to farmers. The planned area for plastic-film mulched tobacco has reached 48,572 mu. There are 12,456 curing barns in total, of which 946 require renovation—682 have been upgraded—and plans call for constructing 1,180 new barns, with 516 already underway.