Zhengzhou, 6 Jun (ZXS) -- The Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of Henan Province announced on 3 June that as of 3 o'clock on the same day, 17.4410 million mu of wheat had been harvested in the province, accounting for about 51.7 percent of the province's planting area, and more than half of the wheat harvest process had been made.
On June 6, in Zhoukou City, Henan Province, local farmers rushed to harvest wheat during the rain stop. Photo by Wang Yu
According to the wheat ripening time difference, at present, the wheat harvest in Xinyang and Nanyang in the province has basically ended, and the wheat harvest home field has moved north to the Yuzhong area and extended north.
On the same day, many places in Henan ushered in a new round of rainfall. Places rushed to harvest wheat before or between rains. Official data shows that from 2:17 on the 3nd to 17:24 on the 911rd, the province harvested <>.<> million mu of wheat in <> hours.
While seizing the "window period" to grab the wheat harvest, Henan clearly requires all localities to do a good job in purchasing wheat, and the official minimum purchase price of wheat in 2023 is 1.17 yuan per catty. The province requires all localities to start price monitoring in a timely manner, focusing on investigating and dealing with violations such as price reduction, "white stripe", illegal charging and cheating using weighing instruments, and maintaining market order. At present, Henan has reserved 440 billion jin for the purchase of summer grain, and is preparing to purchase 500 billion yuan.
Quality testing of newly harvested wheat is also carried out simultaneously. Henan requires market-oriented purchase of wheat that meets the edible standards; For wheat damaged by rainy weather, wheat that exceeds the standard that can only be used for feed and industrial grain shall be purchased by the local government in accordance with the "Henan Provincial Measures for the Management of Disposal of Excessive Grain Scale", so as to strictly prevent unqualified grain from flowing into the grain market and protect the interests of grain farmers to the greatest extent. (End)