China News Service, Zhengzhou, June 6 (Reporter Han Zhangyun) Just after the awn planting season, the "Central Plains Granary" Henan's wheat has entered a concentrated harvesting period. As of the 6th, the province's summer harvest has passed halfway, with nearly 10 million mu of harvest per day.

  The reporter learned from the Henan Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs on the 6th that as of 17:00 on the 6th, 45.5 million mu of wheat had been harvested in Henan Province, accounting for 53.5% of the province's wheat planting area.

  On that day, Henan put in 130,000 combine harvesters, and the daily wheat harvesting progress was 9.96 million mu.

From south to north, the wheat harvest in Henan has been accelerating. Among them, the wheat harvest in Xinyang City in southern Henan has basically ended. The wheat harvest area in Zhumadian, Nanyang, Pingdingshan, Xuchang, Luoyang, Zhengzhou and other places has exceeded 70%.

  In Huaxian County, Henan Province, in the contiguous golden wheat fields, harvesters shuttled back and forth, rumbling continuously from morning to night, and the hulled wheat grains poured into the locomotive driven by farmers on the side like a tide. The busy wheat field ushered in a bumper harvest.

  Long Shangfei is an agricultural machine operator in Huaxian County, and now he has entered the busiest time.

"These days, we started working at 6 o'clock in the morning. One machine and two people worked in shifts until 12 o'clock in the evening. On average, they harvested 100 acres of land a day." He said that he didn't dare to make mistakes during farming hours. The particles are returned to the warehouse.

  The reporter learned that the wheat planting area in Henan Province this year is more than 85 million mu, an increase from the previous year.

The picture shows a tricycle that enters farmers’ households directly after harvesting wheat in Huaxian County, Henan Province on June 6.

Photo by Han Zhangyun

  Affected by climate, moisture and other conditions, the wheat harvest time in Henan this year is about one week later than previous years. The current harvest is concentrated. The Henan agricultural department predicts that the province will invest more than 4.1 million agricultural machinery (sets) during the summer harvest this year. Ensure that the needs are met.

  In addition, the purchase of summer grains in Henan province is also ready.

  This year, Henan will continue to implement the minimum purchase price policy for wheat. The price is 1.13 yuan per catty (RMB, the same below). Henan's grain department has prepared an effective storage capacity of about 50 billion catties. The Henan Branch of the Agricultural Development Bank of China has raised 50 billion yuan in credit funds. , Which can meet the needs of warehouse capacity and credit funds during the summer grain acquisition period.

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