Standing in front of the electronic screen, with just a click of the mouse, the "portrait" of Laixi's entire agricultural industry can be presented in front of you; Wearing VR glasses, the most beautiful rural scenery of Laixi comes into view directly; Scan the QR code with your phone and you will have access to all the information related to the development of agriculture in Laixi... In the 800 square meter Laixi Agricultural Big Data Center, you can have a panoramic view of the agricultural landscape of over 1500 square kilometers connected by data.

With the arrival of the era of smart agriculture, Laixi City has taken the lead in the field of agricultural informatization and modernization. In 2017, Laixi City reached a cooperation agreement with Brick Agricultural Information Technology Group, a leading provider of smart agriculture solutions in China, to jointly build the Laixi Agricultural Big Data Platform and empower the development of modern agriculture.

Drone defense, IoT intelligent control, big data services... Smart agriculture is showcasing its unique charm on the land of Laixi City, Qingdao, inspiring new vitality for rural revitalization.

Compared with the traditional spray, the pesticide spraying efficiency of plant protection UAV is 200 times higher than that of manual spraying. The downward airflow generated by the drone during flight can blow the leaves, allowing pesticides to be sprayed on both the front and back of the corn leaves. The pesticide utilization rate can be increased by more than 30%, and the losses caused by manually spraying and breaking corn can be avoided.

In Laixi, there are more and more cooperatives and farmers like Zhao Zhendong who purchase advanced agricultural machinery, and the types of land trusteeship services are further increasing and expanding. This is due to the effective implementation of the agricultural machinery purchase subsidy policy in Laixi City.

It is reported that since 2018, Laixi City has increased its subsidy for the purchase of agricultural machinery. From 2018 to 2019, a total of 62.73716 million yuan in subsidy funds were distributed, subsidizing 2747 sets of agricultural machinery, benefiting 1739 households; From January to September 2020, Laixi City issued a subsidy of 30.4 million yuan for the purchase of agricultural machinery. While leveraging the incentive effect of the agricultural machinery purchase subsidy policy, we also fully utilize the demonstration and driving role of agricultural cooperation organizations, new entities, and projects. According to the needs of farming, we regularly organize on-site promotion meetings for new agricultural machinery, promote the application of new equipment and technologies, and advance the full mechanization process of agricultural production, "said Zhang Hongcai, Director of the Agriculture and Rural Bureau of Laixi City.

In the high standard glass greenhouse of Qingdao Youtian Agricultural Development Co., Ltd. in Dianbu Town, Laixi City, the manager of the Seed and Flower Breeding Center, Yu Suifei, is cultivating and caring for 5 million seedlings through the real-time monitoring system of the Internet of Things.

All information such as temperature, humidity, and sprinkler irrigation inside the greenhouse will be collected into this system and automatically adjusted to the appropriate range to achieve intelligent management of seedlings, "said Yu Suifei. In this modern glass greenhouse with an area of over 40000 square meters, assembly line management has been fully implemented, resulting in a significant increase in seedling success rate and strong seedling rate.

Previously, manual seedling cultivation could produce 100 seedlings per person per day, but now with machines, more than 700 seedlings can be produced in an hour, "said Yu Suifei. Without the help of this IoT intelligent management system, the cultivation and care of 5 million broccoli plants would require more than 40 manpower to complete. The use of intelligent management will greatly improve seedling efficiency, and the quality of seedlings will also continue to improve.