In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, a number of new types of animal powered agricultural machinery were widely developed, such as early seeders, harvesters, etc. In the late 1950s, China began to establish a tractor and its supporting agricultural machinery manufacturing industry, and agricultural machinery as a supporting product for tractors and other power equipment has been in a position that continues to this day. With the vigorous promotion of the national agricultural machinery purchase subsidy policy, the process of agricultural mechanization in China has further accelerated, and the entire agricultural machinery industry has entered an unprecedented good period. The level of the agricultural machinery industry is also constantly improving.
In the past, it was common to see a scene in the agricultural machinery trading market: after purchasing tractors and other power machinery, farmers would purchase supporting agricultural machinery based on the horsepower of the tractors. This is also a microcosm of the past agricultural machinery as a subsidiary product of power machinery. Because farmers consider different factors when purchasing agricultural machinery and tools. Farmers often prioritize the brand when purchasing tractors, and price is their top consideration when choosing agricultural machinery. This phenomenon directly leads to price wars among machinery production enterprises, especially those with lower technological content, resulting in the entire agricultural machinery production industry being unable to focus on improving quality and technology. This not only affects the operational level of farmers, but also seriously restricts the long-term development of the agricultural machinery industry.
In recent years, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs has vigorously promoted the integration of agricultural machinery and agronomy, especially with a focus on promoting protective tillage and deep loosening technology. With the increasing power and intensity of agricultural machinery, the durability of agricultural machinery needs to be improved in a timely manner. This requires agricultural machinery to develop from its original accessories to independent design units parallel to power machinery such as tractors, and the status of agricultural machinery production enterprises will also be correspondingly improved.
According to incomplete statistics, there were over 3000 agricultural machinery enterprises in China in 2011, but their total sales may not be as good as a foreign agricultural machinery giant. In agricultural machinery production enterprises, this phenomenon is even more serious. A large number of capital saw that agricultural machinery production was profitable and entered the production sequence, but the actual product quality cannot be guaranteed. Zhu Xianzhong said, "Some small agricultural machinery production enterprises have impacted the market with their low-cost and low technological content products, engaged in price wars, and seriously disrupted the agricultural machinery market. Moreover, China's patent technology protection system is not yet perfect. The new products we develop through long-term high investment are immediately imitated once they are launched, which seriously affects the enthusiasm of enterprises for scientific research and innovation."
At the same time, in the mature agricultural machinery industry abroad, a specialized production and manufacturing chain has been formed, including agricultural machinery accessories, agricultural machinery, harvesting machinery, and power machinery. At present, the agricultural machinery industry in our country is relatively chaotic. Agricultural machinery production enterprises hope that the agricultural machinery regulatory department can take the lead in guiding them to form a professional division of labor and a virtuous cycle of manufacturing chain production mode, establish industry standards for agricultural machinery production, and enable the entire agricultural machinery industry to enter a track of healthy development.
According to Zhu Xianzhong, since entering the agricultural machinery manufacturing industry in 1996, Dahua has been using rotary tillers, digging machines and other agricultural machinery as its basic products. While continuously increasing its market share in agricultural machinery, it has also timely learned and updated its research and development manufacturing technology. We were the first to introduce foreign no till sowing technology and imported a deep loosening machine from Italy, beginning the exploration of suitable tools for conservation tillage technology. In 2010, in order to improve the scientific and technological content and progressiveness of its products, Dahua specially set up a conservation tillage technology research and development center, which was recognized by Shandong Province at the provincial level. Now, Dahua is no longer satisfied with the Shandong market. They have established a demonstration base for protective tillage technology in Xinjiang and sold protective tillage equipment in more than 20 provinces across the country. They have established one-stop service standards for equipment such as no till seeders, deep loosening machines, and straw returning machines. On the future development path of the agricultural machinery industry, the production and manufacturing of agricultural tools must keep up with the pace of power machinery.
