During this period, Anhui’s rice harvest ushered in a bumper harvest. Although local rice has encountered multiple adverse factors such as high temperature, rain, and pests and diseases during the growth period, scientific field management has effectively ensured the steady growth of rice. At present, the local area is taking advantage of the fine weather to organize machinery to harvest.
This year, Anhui's rice planting area is more than 37 million acres. In the past few days, at the rice planting base of Pancunhu Farm in Mingguang City, Anhui Province, the rice waves are rolling and the machines are rumbling. More than a dozen large combine harvesters are in the process of harvesting.
Zhu Wenjie, technician at Pancunhu Farm of Anhui Provincial Agricultural Reclamation Group: In terms of production management, scientifically formulated fertilization, precise water control, and comprehensive prevention and control of pests, diseases, and weeds have achieved very good control effects.
This year, local rice cultivation has encountered low temperatures, lack of sunlight, and increased insect infestation. Thanks to scientific management of every link, the farm’s rice yield can currently reach 1,500 to 1,600 kilograms per mu. In Lai'an County, Chuzhou City, the local 750,000 acres of rice are also ushering in a bumper harvest. The new rice varieties harvested this time have the advantages of moderate growth period, high and stable yield, resistance to fertilizer and lodging, strong disease resistance, and resistance to high and low temperatures, effectively coping with the impact of this year's adverse weather.
Zhang Dewen, a researcher at the Rice Research Institute of the Anhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences: Although this year has been affected by continuous heavy rains and rice planthoppers, the results of on-site production tests show that the overall growth is relatively balanced, with large ears and many grains, and a high seeding rate. The yield per mu is expected to reach more than 700 kilograms.
Recently, Anhui's agricultural department is closely tracking weather changes, issuing early warning information in a timely manner, and advancing autumn harvest operations in advance of clear weather. During this year’s autumn harvest, Anhui Province plans to invest in approximately 180,000 combine harvesters and 22,000 grain dryers.
Cross-village gathering, contiguous rice fields welcome bumper harvest
At present, more than 360,000 acres of rice are in full bloom in Yilong, Sichuan. The local government breaks down the barriers between villages and adopts the development path of united villages. Looking at the fields, the ears of rice are heavy and the rice is growing well.
Walking into the thousand-acre high-standard grain and oil planting base in Saijin Town, Yilong County, multiple large harvesters are working simultaneously. Relying on the standardized planting model of unified seed selection, unified management and protection, and unified pest and disease prevention and control, the rice in the base is growing well, and the yield per mu is stable at 650 to 700 kilograms.
Yuan Hua, person in charge of the Thousand Mu Grain and Oil Planting Base in Saijin Town: With standardized management and mechanized harvesting throughout the entire process, the total rice output this year can reach 1 million kilograms, and a basic net income of more than 500,000 yuan can be achieved.
In the past, the cultivated land in villages in Saijin Town was scattered and fragmented, with small planting volume and poor efficiency. In order to break the development bottleneck, the local area integrated the collective funds, land, and agricultural machinery resources of six administrative villages, established an area joint agricultural company, implemented the "wheat + rice" two-season crop rotation model, and built a standardized grain and oil industry base in a contiguous area. Through large-scale and intensive operations, the potential of land income is fully released.
Chen Hongxia, a villager in Dawuji Village, Saijin Town: Now that the land is invested in the area joint company, not only can you get land rent, but you can also get wages for working at the base. You can also get share capital at the end of the year. One piece of land has three incomes.
This year, Yilong County has planted more than 360,000 acres of rice. So far, the county's rice harvest progress has reached more than 95%, with an estimated output of 193,000 tons, an increase of 8,000 tons compared with last year.
23.5 million acres of camellia oleifera fruits are ready for harvesting season
When the cold dew arrives, the autumn fruits are ripe. Hunan's 23.5 million acres of camellia oleifera fruits have begun to be harvested one after another. Farmers took advantage of the fine weather to go to the mountains to pick fruits, officially starting the production and marketing work for more than two months.
In late autumn, the camellia oleifera base in Jiangli Village, Nanjing Town, Leiyang, Hunan, is full of life, with green and red round camellia oleifera fruits dotting the branches and growing gratifyingly. The pickers picked the fruits lightly, and each Camellia oleifera fruit fell into the bamboo basket.
Camellia oleifera grower Li Kanglong: The current output of the base this year is considerable, with an average yield of 800 to 1,000 kilograms per mu.
Leiyang Camellia oleifera is mainly divided into two varieties: Cold Dew Seed and Frost Fall Seed. They mature at staggered peaks and are harvested in batches. Among them, the picking period of cold dew seeds lasts from this period to mid-November, and then frost seeds continue to mature and go on the market, and the peak production and marketing season lasts for more than two months.
Zhou Fujie, head of the Camellia Oil Planting Department: From daily tending, pest control to mature harvesting, the whole process is standardized and controlled, and the fruit quality of Camellia oleifera will also be fully guaranteed.
This year, the camellia oleifera planting area in Hunan Province is 23.5 million acres, and the output of finished camellia oil is expected to exceed 450,000 tons.
