Hybrid oil sunflowers

Hybrid oil sunflowers

　　Haoraoshan Town is a major town in the southwestern part of Zhalantun City and is known as the beautiful and fertile “Home of Hybrid Oil Sunflowers.” The planting area of hybrid oil sunflowers here reaches 60,000 mu. The town leads the Hulunbuir region in sunflower production, represented by hybrid oil sunflowers and edible sunflowers such as A17, A15, 562, Kangdi No. 5, and Super Dwarf Big Head. In 2006, the “Haoraoshan” brand of green produce was registered, and the “sunflower” products, abundantly produced in the Zhalantun area, have been included in the national list of protected geographical indication products, giving an even greater boost to the hybrid oil sunflowers and edible sunflowers of Haoraoshan Town. Local farmers are highly motivated to grow hybrid oil sunflowers, attracting a large number of domestic buyers who flock here to compete for the town’s oil sunflower harvest. The “Haoraoshan” brand hybrid oil sunflowers have not only expanded beyond Inner Mongolia but are also sold across the country, reaching provinces such as Jilin, Shandong, Liaoning, and Heilongjiang. Through continuous efforts, hybrid oil sunflowers have become a pillar industry of the rural economy in Haoraoshan Town and a “business card” that represents the town to the outside world.