CCTV news: In the golden autumn, fields everywhere are busy and filled with the joy of harvest. Ma'anshan City, Anhui Province is located in the main rice-producing area of the Yangtze River Basin in my country. At present, 460,000 acres of rice in Hanshan County, Ma'anshan City have entered the harvest period. The meteorological department predicts that there will be rainfall in the area in the near future. In the past two days, Hanshan County is rushing to harvest to ensure the safe storage of autumn grain.
The reporter came to the rice planting area in Hanshan County, which is now a field with a bumper harvest. This year, local rice is growing very well. Hanshan County belongs to the area along the river. It is a traditional rice planting area. This season, the rice planting area exceeded 460,000 acres.
Viewed from the air, three harvesters are intensively carrying out harvesting operations. The crawler harvesters are more suitable for softer soil and are not easy to sink into. At the same time, mechanized operations are very efficient. It only takes 5 minutes to harvest an acre of land. However, if the same acre of land is simply used manually, it would take ten people to work for an hour.
This autumn, local rainfall has been relatively frequent. Not only has the autumn harvest been delayed than usual, but the moisture content of the rice is also high due to the short drying time in the fields. In order to ensure that the harvested grain is easy to store and not prone to mold, it must be dried. According to the forecast of the local meteorological department, Ma'anshan City may experience rainfall in the next few days. At the scene, we saw that the harvested rice was loaded directly onto trucks waiting at the edge of the field and immediately sent to the drying company. At present, local farmers are stepping up harvesting, and drying companies are also working at full capacity to dry the harvested rice. The local agricultural technology department has increased overall coordination efforts, and the power supply department has also come to the drying enterprise to help repair lines and equipment to ensure electricity for agricultural production.
Heavy rains not only delayed the autumn harvest time, but also caused the local rapeseed autumn planting time to become tight, creating a "double rush" situation for autumn harvest and autumn planting. According to local agricultural technicians, after the rice harvest, rape must be sown before October 20. In this field where the autumn harvest has just been completed, farmers have used drone seeding to sow rapeseed, effectively speeding up the autumn planting.
Nanchang, Jiangxi: Concentrated harvest of mid-season rice and rice oil rotation to increase income
At present, the mid-season rice in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province has entered the intensive harvest period. In order to avoid rainy days, the local area seizes fine weather in advance to speed up harvesting. At the same time, rice-oil rotation is used to increase farmers' income.
In Nanchang County, Nanchang City, large areas of rice are ripe and the rice waves are rolling. Huang Tao, a major grain grower, planted more than 200 acres of new rice varieties this year.
This year, more than 100,000 acres of fields in Nanchang County that are difficult to obtain water have been planted with new rice varieties that are drought-resistant, water-saving and fertilizer-saving, laying a solid foundation for a bumper harvest and bringing tangible benefits to farmers. After the mid-season rice harvest, local farmers seized the farming season to carry out land plowing, stubble clearing and land preparation, and seamlessly sown rapeseed to achieve "a bumper and stable rice harvest in one season and an increase in rapeseed harvest and efficiency in one season."
This year, Nanchang's 895,000 mid-season rice crops are growing well overall, with a harvest area of 840,000 acres, and the mid-season rice harvest has come to an end. The local area coordinates the deployment of agricultural machinery and agricultural technology to prepare for the subsequent late rice harvest and rapeseed planting and other autumn harvests and autumn planting.
Tianjin: Xiaozhan rice harvest stimulates industrial vitality
Starting from mid-October, Tianjin’s early-maturing variety Xiaozhan rice matures first, and harvesting begins in various planting areas. This year, the rice planting area in Tianjin's small stations has reached 834,000 acres. Harvesting will be carried out in batches based on the transplanting time. It is expected that all harvesting operations will be completed from the end of October to the beginning of November. There has been more rain this summer, which has made the local mature rice more plump. The yield per mu is expected to reach 1,200 kilograms. After the harvest is completed, the rice will be transferred to dry as soon as possible to ensure ventilation and moisture-proofing to reduce the risk of mildew and preserve the harvest results.
In Xiaozhan Town, the core planting area of Xiaozhan rice, this year's bumper harvest has also stimulated more local industrial vitality. Xiaozhan Town has developed rich characteristic cultural tourism industries from rice farming, turning Xiaozhan rice from a traditional crop into a resounding agricultural brand, helping to increase income.
