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The national wheat harvest progress has exceeded 60%

According to the wheat harvesting schedule of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, a total of 186 million acres of winter wheat have been harvested nationwide, with a harvesting progress of over 60%.

Among the over 330 million mu of winter wheat in China, there are some special wheat plots such as seed fields and saline alkali lands. They also play an important role in ensuring food security. How is the harvest this year? Let's go take a look together.

The wheat seed field area in Wen County, Henan Province has remained stable at 300000 acres throughout the year, accounting for nearly one tenth of the total wheat seed base area in the province. The rainy and cloudy weather has passed, and Wen County is organizing machines to seize the opportunity to harvest.

Li Xiaobing, a major grain grower in Wen County, Henan Province, told reporters that after the wheat matures, the local seed industry company provides harvesters and transport vehicles for operation. From harvesting in the field to entering the warehouse of the enterprise, the whole process of wheat does not land, which eliminates the intermediate links of drying, storing, and selling grain, and also adds insurance for saving grain and reducing losses.

In Yanzhou, Shandong, a national level seed production county, nearly 200000 acres of wheat seed production base have been harvested. This year, the local area has built all the high-quality seed planting areas into high standard farmland, with concentrated and contiguous planting, further improving the yield and quality of high-quality wheat seeds.

Zhang Kailei, Party Branch Secretary of Fangyuan Village, Da'an Town, Yanzhou District, Jining City, Shandong Province: This year, the purchase price of wheat is 0.1 yuan higher per kilogram than other varieties. Despite changing weather conditions, an increase of 100 kilograms per acre can still be achieved. In this way, farmers can increase their income by approximately 300 yuan per acre.

At present, wheat on over one million acres of saline alkali land in Dongying, Shandong is also being harvested. Since 2021, while strengthening the breeding of saline alkali land, the local government has invested 328 million yuan to implement 20 land improvement projects, improving over 10000 acres of saline alkali land.

Fu Hongjun, the person in charge of the comprehensive improvement project of saline alkali land in Lijin County, Shandong Province: This wheat field looks no different from other wheat fields, but we have actually done a lot of work underground. We have slowly lowered the salt content by excavating deep plowing nets and laying hidden pipes, and now it has dropped to around 2 ‰. The wheat is growing very well now.

New methods and technologies to assist

Advance in harvesting, planting, and pressing crops

One end of the summer homework is related to ensuring the harvest of summer crops, while the other end is related to laying the foundation for sowing autumn crops. In the Huang Huai Hai region, efforts are being made to promote crop harvesting and planting.

In order to accelerate the progress of summer planting, Chengwu County in Shandong Province has mobilized high-power tractors and seeders to carry out coordinated "operations" on contiguous large plots of land, harvesting and sowing one piece.

Bu Zhenkui, a grain grower in Bulou Village, Jiunuji Town, Chengwu County, Heze City, Shandong Province: According to the traditional harvesting and sowing mode, it takes about 10 days for my 600 acres of land. Now the harvest and planting are integrated, and it will be completed in 3 days.

Bu Qingliang, a farmer in Chengwu County, Heze City, Shandong Province: We are also willing to do this, reducing the time for transfer and increasing the time for homework. In this way, one machine can grow around 50 acres a day.

At present, the wheat harvest progress in Henan Province has exceeded 90%. The reporter saw at the wheat harvesting site in Lankao County, Henan Province that the harvester harvested the wheat, the baler bundled the straw, and transported it away. Then, the large seeder sowed corn, and the entire process was completed in one go.

Li Jie, a grain grower in Lankao County, Kaifeng City, Henan Province: There is a saying in Henan Province that autumn grain is thin in three parts per night. From the perspective of harvesting, the cost can be reduced by 10%, while also extending the growth time of autumn crops by 10 days, providing sufficient light and accumulated temperature, laying a solid foundation for the high yield of autumn crops.

In order to encourage and support grain growers like Li Jie to accelerate the integration of harvesting and sowing, Lankao County requires relevant departments to increase the supply of agricultural inputs such as fertilizers and seeds, and to form 14 technical guidance groups to provide technical services to farmers.

Wang Shengsheng, Chief Agronomist of the Agriculture and Rural Bureau of Lankao County, Kaifeng City, Henan Province: We have introduced a series of technical guidance measures and provided detailed explanations on the sowing groups, including the depth. If the soil moisture is good, sowing does not need to be too deep, as too deep is not conducive to seedling emergence.

Simultaneously collecting and planting crops requires higher requirements for agricultural machinery scheduling. Henan Province has launched a new "Agricultural Machinery Cloud Platform" this year, through which government departments can achieve precise scheduling of agricultural machinery throughout the province. Farmers can place orders and make appointments for agricultural machinery work through the mobile app.

Jia Pei, Director of Product Designer at the Big Data Institute of the National Agricultural Machinery Equipment Innovation Center: Machine operators can view and receive the needs posted by farmers through the task center of the mobile platform. Both parties can communicate online and then provide quotes online to achieve precise positioning of agricultural machinery. As of now, more than 190000 agricultural machinery dispatch information has been released, and maintenance site recommendations and online training on agricultural technology and agronomy have also been provided, effectively providing better services for the majority of machinery operators.