China News Service, Jiamusi, September 27th. Title: Tens of thousands of smart agricultural machines are galloping on the black soil to harvest autumn grain in the peak season - Beidahuang Group's first-line autumn harvest observation
China News Network reporter Wang Nina
The fertile black soil and autumn harvest are at the right time.
In mid-to-late September, the autumn harvest begins in Heilongjiang from south to north. The large-scale autumn harvest of Beidahuang Group's farms has started in full swing. From the 26th to the 27th, reporters visited multiple farms. Large harvesters and windrowers shuttled across the fields, allowing the autumn grains to be harvested in the peak production period and returned to the warehouse.
Beidahuang Group is known as the "national team" of my country's grain production. In 2025, the total grain output will be 46.314 billion kilograms, achieving the "22nd consecutive harvest" and serving as the "ballast stone" for national food security.
Intelligent agricultural machinery “one-stop” autumn harvest land preparation
On the 26th, in the Corn Yield Improvement Technology Integrated Demonstration Area of Lingshangfeng Management Area of Baoquanling Farm, three harvesters more than two meters high moved forward slowly. Golden corn cobs were rolled into the bins, and the straw was crushed and returned to the field. This is followed by hydraulic tilt plow plowing operations. Smart agricultural machinery allows harvesting, plowing and raking to be completed in one go, and the autumn harvest is “accelerated”.
On the 26th, a harvester harvested corn in the corn yield improvement technology integrated demonstration area in the Lingshangfeng Management Area of Baoquanling Farm. Photo by Wang Nina
"We check the land number in advance, inspect the agricultural machinery, adjust the height of the header during operation, plan the route and speed, and ensure that the autumn grain particles are returned to the warehouse." said Wang Changbin, general manager of the agricultural production department of Baoquanling Branch of Beidahuang Agriculture Co., Ltd. This demonstration area covers an area of more than 760 acres, with an estimated corn yield of 1,000 kilograms per acres.
At about 16:00 on the 26th, in the national-level rice planting comprehensive standardization demonstration area of Puyang Farm of Baoquanling Branch, three windrowers were running back and forth, and the golden rice plants were neatly harvested and laid flat to dry.
Puyang Farm is planting 458,000 acres of rice this year. "We implement a staged harvesting model of harvesting by cutting and drying," said Sun Bin, general manager of the agricultural production department of Puyang Farm. "Using natural light and ventilation in the field to naturally dehydrate the rice, reduce the moisture content, reduce harvesting losses, and also relieve storage pressure in the drying field."
On the 26th, three windrowers harvested rice in the national-level rice planting comprehensive standardization demonstration area of Puyang Farm. Photo by Li Daomin
Wang Yiyang, general manager of the Agricultural Development Department of Baoquanling Branch of Beidahuang Group, said that Baoquanling Branch’s crop planting area this year is 5.5891 million acres, including 3.2681 million acres of rice, 1.4234 million acres of corn, and 888,100 acres of soybeans. At present, we are making every effort to promote the autumn harvest, ensuring that soybeans are completed before October 15, rice is completed before October 18, corn harvest is completed before October 20, and autumn land preparation and autumn ridging are completed before the end of October.
Agricultural machinery roars, rice is harvested in stages during the "high yield period"
On the 27th, at the Jiansanjiang Branch of the Beidahuang Group, smart agricultural machinery was fully activated. Tens of thousands of agricultural machinery penetrated tens of thousands of acres of grain fields to harvest rice while the weather was fine.
On the 27th, the intelligent agricultural machinery of Jiansanjiang Branch of Beidahuang Group was operating during autumn harvest. Photo by Gao Pengfei
During the autumn harvest, Jiansanjiang invested in 34,200 sets of various agricultural machinery such as high-horsepower land preparation machines, windrowers, harvesters and harvesters, making it clear that 50% of rice is harvested in sections.
"There are more and more rice plots divided into sections this year, which can ensure that the rice harvest in each plot is in the peak harvest period." said Yuan Zhongxing, head of the agricultural development department of Jiansanjiang Branch of Beidahuang Group. Harvesting in sections means cutting and drying suitable mature plots, promoting ripening of semi-ripe plots, draining and drying over-wet plots, and special harvesting of lodging plots to avoid "one size fits all".
As of September 23, Jiansanjiang has harvested a total of 1.76 million acres, including 1.71 million acres of rice and 42,300 acres of corn. It is expected that all autumn grain harvests will be completed before October 18.
Technology empowers black soil to achieve smart autumn harvest
This year, Beidahuang Group focuses on increasing grain yields in large areas and improving standardization across the region, promoting high-quality and improved varieties, applying smart agricultural technologies such as precision seeding and layered fertilization, and implementing smart management and control throughout the entire process.
Beidahuang Group's agricultural mechanization and intelligence levels have led the country for many years. The comprehensive mechanization rate of main crop cultivation and harvesting has stabilized at 99.7%, which is 23 percentage points higher than the national level. The number of high-end intelligent agricultural machinery in stock is 206,400 units. This year, agricultural machinery and equipment have been upgraded to large-scale, precise and unmanned operations, and advanced agricultural machinery such as imported air-blown seeders and air-curtain sprayers have been purchased to ensure high grain yields.
Since 2025, Beidahuang Group has implemented 30 smart agriculture demonstration projects in 21 farms to create a replicable and scalable "Beidahuang Future Farm" technology model, which has been implemented in key farms such as Qixing and Youyi. Traditional farming has leapfrogged from "smart" farming to "smart" farming.
In the next step, Beidahuang Group will pay close attention to the farming season, promote crop harvesting by classification, and promote harvesting in an integrated manner to ensure that grain particles are returned to the warehouse. (over)
