[Explanation] Anhui is one of China's main grain production areas, and the output of winter wheat has consistently ranked third in the country. At present, the province's 43 million mu of wheat has fully entered the best harvest period. The sickle is harvested in many places to harvest wheat. Farmers everywhere have started the summer harvest mode.
[Commentary] On May 30, in Wanggang Town, Yingshang County, Anhui Province, a combine harvester shuttled back and forth in the field, harvesting and threshing, and the upright wheat ears turned into golden and full wheat grains, mechanized Harvesting makes farmers no longer have to hold a sickle under the hot sun and bend down to work.
[Same period] Wang Feng, Director of Agricultural Comprehensive Service Station, Yingshang Wanggang Town, Anhui Province
The total of Wanggang Town is 54,000 acres of wheat this year. We started harvesting on the 25th and half of it has been completed so far.
[Explanation] According to the staff of Yingshang County Agriculture and Rural Bureau, the county ’s wheat is growing well in 2020. According to the measured yield, the rice stubble wheat is 465.47 kg, the dry stubble wheat is 496.34 kg, and the county ’s weighted average is 483.34 kg. In the same period of 2019, production increased by 4.03%.
[Same period] Wang Feng, Director of Agricultural Comprehensive Service Station, Yingshang Wanggang Town, Anhui Province
In the next step, we strive to give full play to our advantages and complete the harvesting task by June 3rd. In addition, we have organized these enterprises to carry out ridge plowing and the ridge plowing rate and plow field rate have reached more than 50%.
[Commentary] At the same time, the towns and villages of Linquan County, Anhui Province seize the fine weather, reasonably deploy agricultural machinery, actively provide service guarantees, and go all out to speed up the wheat harvest and ensure that the wheat grains are returned to the warehouse. At the wheat harvest site in Xiaolizhuang Village, Miaocha Town, I saw a large combine harvester shuttle, roaring on the waves, and a bustling scene. Li Chaojie, who planted more than 150 acres of high-quality wheat, was very happy.
[Same period] Villager Li Chaojie, Miaocha Town, Linquan County, Anhui Province
Today, the Agricultural Machinery Cooperative sent three harvesters to help me grab the harvest. The harvest was finished in less than one morning. This year's output is okay, and it is more than a thousand pounds. This year's crops are all excellent varieties and have a good harvest.
[Explanation] The food of Li Chaojie's family can be collected in time, and also benefit from the scientific scheduling of the local agricultural machinery department. In view of the current harvesting work, the county made careful arrangements to accelerate the pace of farming hours, make use of the resource advantages of professional agricultural machinery cooperatives and large agricultural machinery households, and reasonably allocate harvesting machinery so as to keep people off the ground and grab harvests day and night.
[Same period] Wang Jianjun, President of Longyue Agricultural Machinery Cooperative, Linquan County, Anhui Province
Now it is time for farming. Our cooperatives are based on harvesting and seeding, and they can deploy machinery at any time through the machine harvesting WeChat group to speed up the harvesting of wheat. At present, our company has more than 50 harvesters, all of which are on the first line of wheat harvest. Especially for poor households and families with incapacity to give priority assistance to ensure that grains are returned to the warehouse.
【Explanation】 According to reports, the total grain output of Anhui Province in 2019 will be 40.54 million tons, and grain production will achieve "Sixteen Successes". In 2020, Anhui Province will add 3.8 million mu of high-standard farmland, and the province ’s high-standard farmland will reach 46.7 million mu.
Liu Honghe Pan Hailong Gao Shuang Li Yang Anhui Fuyang reports
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