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(news broadcast): The latest agricultural situation dispatch of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs shows that the area of autumn grain has increased over the previous year, and the overall growth is good, and a bumper grain harvest is expected throughout the year.
This year, grain production has overcome the serious impact of disasters and epidemics, and the summer grain and early rice have reaped a bumper harvest, increasing the output by 7.38 billion jin. The autumn grain is currently maturing.
Rice and corn in the main producing areas in the northeast have entered the wax maturity period; the Huanghuaihai summer corn has entered the milk-maturing to wax maturity period; the southern mid-season rice has gradually matured, and the late rice is booting.
In Zhongjiang, Sichuan, the 100-mu demonstration field of the new rice variety "Chuankang Yousi Miao" ushered in the production test. The high yield of 1821 kg per mu set a new record for the rice output in the basin.
This year is the first year that the central government has implemented the same responsibility of the party and government for food security, and grain output has also been included in the macroeconomic control target for the first time.
Each level is responsible for compacting, making great efforts to rectify "non-agriculturalization" and "non-grainization", reclaiming abandoned land, and doing everything possible to tap the potential of grain area. It is expected that the area of autumn grain will reach more than 1.29 billion mu this year, especially the area of high-yield corn. More.
In Suihua City, Heilongjiang Province, the corn area has increased by 640,000 mu, and the area increase alone is expected to increase production by 700 million jin.
At present, the growth process of autumn grain crops is normal in most parts of the country, and the soil moisture is suitable. Although the disease and insect pests are recurring, due to timely prevention and control in place, the loss is minimized.
Among the 13 major grain-producing provinces, with the exception of some of the hardest-hit areas in Henan, the growth of autumn crops is relatively good, especially in the Northeast.