New rice will gradually be served on the dining tables of citizens, and the National Day rice will be harvested by opening the sickle
On the afternoon of September 10th, in Yaolu Village, Xuanqiao Town, the National Day rice from Shengfei Family Farm began harvesting, marking the beginning of this year's National Day rice harvest in Pudong. At the same time as harvesting, agricultural technicians from the new area rushed to conduct on-site measurements of the yield per mu of National Day rice.
At 1:30 pm that day, two combine harvesters entered a rice field in Yaolu Village, Xuanqiao Town, and began harvesting the mature National Day rice here.
The combine harvester runs back and forth in the rice field, collecting rows of heavy rice ears. The collected rice is then transferred to a transport tractor parked on the roadside and directly transported to the rice processing plant. Huang Shengfei, the farmer of the Shengfei family, said that the first wave will harvest about 120 acres, which can be completed in three to four days.
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The National Day rice planted on this farm covers about 260 acres. After harvesting, it will be dried and processed. The new National Day rice will be available for sale in about a week, and citizens can enjoy the delicious and fragrant National Day rice before the National Day holiday. This year's National Day rice prices are expected to remain basically the same as last year.
While harvesting, the agricultural technicians from the new area walked into the rice field and randomly selected a piece of rice for measurement, including centralized harvesting, weighing, and moisture instrument measurement. After repeated measurements, it was finally determined that the yield per mu of rice field sampled in this area reached 459.54 kilograms, which is higher than the yield per mu of National Day rice in the entire region last year. Lu Xiaoli, Deputy Director of the Agricultural Technology Promotion Center in the New Area, introduced that the weather is relatively suitable this year and the field growth is also good, so the yield is high.
One of the highlights of this harvest is that among the two combine harvesters involved in harvesting, one is an intelligent unmanned harvester that uses a program setting method to harvest in the field. It can turn, reverse, move forward, and harvest on its own.
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It is understood that due to the high quality, early listing, and high price of National Day rice, it has attracted many cooperatives and family farms to join in planting. As a result, the area of National Day rice has developed rapidly in Pudong, and this year the planting area in the entire area has increased to over 2000 acres. Next, National Day rice will gradually be served on the dining tables of citizens.
Text/Photography: Zheng Guiyong
*Reprinted from official WeChat account released by Pudong
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