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Autumn grain refers to grain crops matured and harvested in autumn, mainly including rice, corn, etc., and is an important source to ensure national food security.
CCTV news (News Network): At present, autumn grains are gradually entering the harvest season. Various places are seizing the farming season and dispatching agricultural machinery to ensure that grain particles are returned to warehouses.
The rice harvest in southwest my country has entered its peak, and different measures have been taken in various regions to address the mountainous and hilly landscape characteristics of the southwest region.
The hilly landform is suitable for small-scale harvesting machinery operations. Guizhou continues to increase purchase subsidies for such agricultural machinery, with more than 220,000 units (sets) added this year. In Sandu, many scattered terraced fields in the corners are equipped with small harvesters and micro-mobile threshers. The harvest is expected to be completed 10 days earlier than last year. More than 60% of Sichuan's rice planting areas are in hilly areas. The local area promotes the construction of high-standard farmland according to local conditions, dividing slopes and tracts, and mechanical plowing roads make autumn harvest more convenient. Currently, the rice harvest in the province's hilly areas exceeds 11 million acres.
Rice harvest has also begun in the Northeast. The Liuhe River in Jilin was affected by flooding this summer, and some farmland was flooded. The agricultural department instructs farmers to drain stagnant water in fields and clear ditches to prevent waterlogging from causing premature aging and lodging of rice. Now, the rice here has begun to be harvested and is ready to be sold around the Mid-Autumn Festival. In Tongjiang, Heilongjiang, after the flood season, farmers actively promoted grain filling, increased grain weight, and prevented diseases and pests in the affected rice fields to speed up the recovery of rice growth. At present, the city's 90,000 acres of rice are ushering in a bumper harvest, and output is expected to rise steadily.
Corn in the Huang-Huai-Hai region is gradually maturing. The meteorological department predicts that there will be cloudy and rainy weather in many places during the harvest period. For this reason, various places have seized the window of fine weather in these few days to harvest and dry. More than 1,900 harvesters continue to work in Hua County, Henan Province, and the province is equipped with 763 emergency service teams and 45,600 emergency machinery to ensure emergency operations. After harvesting 1.2 million acres of corn in Yuncheng, Shandong Province, efforts have been stepped up to dry it, and 48 grain drying points in the county are operating at full capacity to ensure that the grains are returned to the warehouse.
The passion fruit planting base in Shuibei Village, Dam Town, Heyuan City is ushering in the golden passion fruit mature season. The planting area is 300 acres, the yield per mu is about 3,000 kilograms, and the total output is expected to reach 1 million kilograms. The fruit is golden and juicy, and the supply exceeds demand. The picking cycle lasts from summer and autumn to early winter, and is mainly sold to the Pearl River Delta region. The person in charge of the base said that the peak picking period will last until December, and weeding operations will be carried out after the harvest to manage and protect the fruit trees. This industry contributes to rural revitalization and attracts villagers to work nearby.

The Shandong main event of the 2026 Chinese Farmers Harvest Festival was held on September 22 in Tianjiadianzi Village, Ju County, Rizhao City. The event showcased agricultural modernization achievements such as the construction of Shandong rural revitalization areas, smart agricultural machinery and equipment, integrated water and fertilizer technology, and marine ranching through 11 exhibition areas.
The 2026 Yunnan Dry Hot Valley Fig Industry Development Conference was held in Dongchuan, Kunming. Experts from China, Turkey, and Iran conducted exchanges around planting, breeding, and trade. The Yunnan Provincial Experts Association Fig Industry Professional Committee was established on the same day, aiming to promote the transformation of the Dongchuan fig industry from climate advantages to industrial advantages.
Tian Shaoqing, a member of the Kuomintang Revolutionary Party and deputy director of the Department of Rural Governance of Hainan University, suggested at the 2026 "15th Five-Year Plan: Concentrate on Free Trade Port" Salon that through technological empowerment, a supply chain-oriented "unveiling the list" mechanism, a cross-border information service ecology and a high-end brand path, we can solve problems such as the difficulty in transforming Hainan's tropical and efficient agricultural achievements, the lack of information services, and the unreleased brand value to promote high-quality development of the industry.

On September 21, an on-site observation meeting for the creation and application demonstration of corn smart farm model was held in Gongzhuling, Jilin. The base was built by the Jilin Provincial Academy of Agricultural Sciences and Jilin Provincial Jingfa Agricultural Industry Development Co., Ltd. to achieve digital and precise management of corn planting through drones, intelligent robot dogs and 5G data platforms.

Ma Tengjiang, a 67-year-old farmer in Ningcheng County, Inner Mongolia, uses his mobile phone to remotely monitor the moisture, seedlings and insect conditions of 260 acres of corn fields through a smart agricultural management platform. This digital system achieves precise irrigation and fertilization, significantly improves farmland management efficiency, helps increase per-acre yield and reduces resource consumption.