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(News Broadcast): The rainy season is approaching, and preparations for spring plowing and field management are being carried out from south to north in China's main grain-producing areas.

  The area sown in spring accounts for more than half of the year. According to the agricultural situation dispatch of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, early rice in South China has begun to soak seeds and raise seedlings.

  In Maoyang Town, Wuzhishan City, Hainan, the Yahu Rice Terraces ushered in the busiest spring plowing season of the year. This year, the local area planned early rice planting in advance, unified varieties, and unified planting to mobilize farmers' enthusiasm for growing grain.

  Winter wheat is the main variety of summer grain and is now entering a critical period of field management. Currently, the soil moisture in the main wheat-producing areas is the best in the past ten years, which is conducive to the safe wintering and green growth of wheat.

  Anhui's 43 million acres of wheat are gradually turning green. In order to promote the transformation of seedling conditions, Li Juntian, a major grain grower in Huoqiu, promptly deployed four unmanned plant protection machines to topdress green fertilizer on his more than 400 acres of wheat.

  More than 15.7 million acres of wheat in Hubei have entered the jointing stage. Xiangyang agricultural technicians inspected wheat seedlings and insect pests on the spot and guided farmers to carry out targeted field management.

  60.54 million acres of wheat in Shandong are about to turn green, and the seedling condition is generally better than usual. In order to increase yields, Tengzhou tried to use drip irrigation technology for wheat for the first time.

  In view of the adverse impact that the new round of cold wave weather may have on current agricultural production, various regions are strengthening agricultural machinery operation service guarantees, increasing the overall coordination of agricultural materials, implementing classified policies, and closely carrying out spring field management and spring plowing preparations.