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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
BEIJING, May 27 (Xinhua) — As of 5 p.m. on May 26, China had harvested 70.05 million mu (about 4.67 million hectares) of winter wheat, and combine harvesters had harvested more than 4 million mu of wheat fields every day over the past three days, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs.
The country has launched large-scale wheat harvesting using combines, the aforementioned department noted.
By now, wheat harvesting has been completed on 20 percent of all wheat fields in China. In particular, wheat harvesting has already come to an end in the southwestern regions of the country and in Hubei Province. Wheat harvesting has been completed on 30 percent of fields in Henan Province. In Anhui, Jiangsu and other agricultural regions, wheat harvesting has only just begun as the grains mature.
As noted by the responsible officials of the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the department has developed a plan for the mobilization and transfer of agricultural machinery in advance in preparation for the summer harvest. Thus, this year, during the harvesting of the summer grain crop, the subsequent sowing campaign and the implementation of measures to care for the sown grain crops, over 17 million units / sets / of agricultural machinery of various types will be mobilized in the country for their timely use during the above-mentioned three stages of work in the fields.
In addition, more than 800,000 combine harvesters have been deployed nationwide to harvest wheat, and 200,000 of them will be sent to other regions to harvest wheat. These combine harvesters are equipped with the Beidou positioning system and a monitoring system for the operation process.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the People’s Republic of China, together with the transportation sector, police, meteorological service and petroleum and petrochemical industry, provide services for the implementation of agricultural machinery work in the fields.
At present, more than 3,400 service points have been set up in wheat-growing regions in China, more than 4,800 green lanes have been set up at highway toll booths for free passage of agricultural machinery, and 5,800 special zones have been set up at gas stations for refueling agricultural machinery at preferential prices. More than 1,260 emergency telephone lines have also been set up to promptly resolve problems among farmers. A special mechanism for providing meteorological data has been launched.
According to weather forecasters, next week in most provinces of the country favorable weather for harvesting wheat and drying it will prevail. -0-