What do you see on this year's agricultural machinery?

What do you see on this year's agricultural machinery?

Recently, in the Bali Village of Lishu Town, Lishu County, Siping City, Jilin Province, the national third-emission standard high-powered tractors and their supporting agricultural machinery from 18 agricultural machinery enterprises such as Yituo, Lovol Heavy Industries, and Zhonglian Heavy Machinery Co., Ltd. Display and homework demonstrations in the cornfield.

The promotion and application of Guosan Agricultural Machinery is the highlight of the green transformation of the agricultural machinery industry this year. The person in charge of the company participating in the on-site demonstration has said that they have been ready to meet the era of the national standard in technology and after-sales service. The company will take the promotion of the national agricultural machinery as an opportunity to promote the agricultural machinery industry toward a large, intelligent direction.

Nie Jiang, general manager of Zoomlion Jilin Co., Ltd. told the Economic Daily reporter that the six large-scale agricultural machinery that the company participated in the live demonstration were equipped with the national three engines, both in technical equipment and in the matching of the engine and the host. It is safe and reliable. In order to improve the quality of the country's agricultural machinery, the company has established long-term strategic partnerships with well-known domestic engine manufacturers such as Yuchai, Quanchai and Xinchai. They support each other in technology synchronization and product development, and jointly promote agricultural machinery. Product transformation and upgrading.

The promotion and application of the three national horsepower tractors and supporting agricultural machinery and tools is an important symbol of the transformation and upgrading of the agricultural machinery industry. Siping City is the “cradle” of the self-propelled combine harvester independently developed by Taiwan, and is also an important commodity grain production base and agricultural machinery application market in China. In order to promote the transformation and upgrading of agricultural machinery and equipment manufacturing industry, on January 18 this year, China Agricultural Machinery Industry Association identified Siping City as “Modern Agricultural Machinery Equipment Regional Innovation Demonstration Base”, based on Siping to realize agricultural modernization in Jilin Province and promote the upgrading of agricultural machinery and equipment manufacturing industry. It will take 5 to 10 years to build China Agricultural Machinery City, build Siping into an important base for the national agricultural machinery and equipment manufacturing industry, and accelerate the promotion and application of the country's three major horsepower tractors and supporting agricultural machinery.

In the past two years, with the transformation of agricultural production methods, large-scale, intelligent agricultural machinery products that meet the needs of modern agricultural development are becoming the “new darling” of the market. Last year, the output value of tractors dropped double, but the large tractors above 100 horsepower increased by more than 30%, and the structure optimization of agricultural machinery products was very fast. From the perspective of product upgrades, since 2013, the low-end products of the agricultural machinery industry have been gradually phased out. The mid-end products have rapidly improved the product quality, and the agricultural machinery products have also made breakthroughs. For example, a drag-and-shift tractor has been commercialized, Futian Lei Wo also launched a power shift tractor. After several years of scientific research, Changzhou Dongfeng Company is expected to break through the full hydraulic drive tractor.

From the perspective of the company's own capabilities, the level of hardware and software construction of some agricultural machinery enterprises is constantly improving. According to Chen Zhi, president of the China Agricultural Machinery Industry Association, this is a major advancement in China's agricultural machinery industry. In the past, some agricultural machinery enterprises that used assembly-based production were gradually eliminated, and some agricultural machinery enterprises achieved remarkable results in intelligent manufacturing and digital construction. Foton Lovol's power shift tractor test bench is at the leading level in the world; the new workshop and new plant established by Zhongnong Boyuan are also advanced in the world. Some agricultural machinery enterprises pay more attention to software construction such as corporate brand, culture and talents. Many agricultural machinery companies have hired a group of engineering and technical personnel, quality management personnel and enterprise management personnel from Germany, Japan and other agricultural machinery manufacturing countries. For example, Guhe Transmission, a leading enterprise in the production of agricultural machinery parts, is a special manufacturer of tractors and harvesters drive axles and steering axles. The company has launched a global advanced test bed to achieve online testing, and has hired 4 experts from Japan to provide technical guidance and gradually realize intelligent manufacturing.

At present, the overall level of independent research and development of agricultural machinery enterprises has improved significantly. In the past, agricultural machinery enterprises had low profits, small scale of enterprises, limited accumulation of funds, and most of them did not have the ability to independently innovate. Many enterprises implemented follow-up strategies in the development process. Now, agricultural machinery enterprises want to improve their competitiveness and continue to implement follow-up strategies. In terms of technology, the leading agricultural machinery enterprises have moved from the previous follow-up strategy to the independent innovation strategy, and adopted various positive and effective measures to enhance the independent innovation capability of enterprises. Some enterprises have established R&D institutions overseas, such as Zoomlion’s own research team in North America. Research and development institution, Foton Lovol established a research institute in Italy.

Although the industry is developing rapidly, it also faces challenges such as de-capacity and unreasonable organizational structure. Chen Zhi said that in the future, the agricultural machinery industry still has three major development areas in the process of transformation and upgrading: First, there is huge room for improvement in the quantity. There are more than 7,000 kinds of agricultural machinery products in the world, and there are only more than 3,500 kinds of products in China, such as cotton pickers and sugarcane machines. It is the "short board" for the development of agricultural machinery industry; second, there is huge room for improvement in quality. Although the comprehensive mechanization level of China's agriculture has reached more than 62%, some areas have been planted with semi-mechanized and semi-manual monomer seeders. Third, there is a huge room for improvement in the structure. At present, agricultural mechanization is still limited to the mechanization stage of field crops. The level of mechanization in the aquaculture industry is low, and the mechanization level of many links in the planting industry is still very weak. For example, some places spray pesticides are still using manual sprayers. "Therefore, the space for the development of China's agricultural machinery industry is still huge in the future." Chen Zhi said.