Smart farming machinery boosts efficiency in agricultural production across China

Smart farming machinery is playing an essential role in transforming agriculture in China by boosting efficiency and productivity, with technologies helping farmers reduce costs and increase yields, benefiting both individual farms and the overall agricultural sector.

In Qingyuan City of south China's Guangdong Province, smart agricultural drones with AI vision models are helping local farmers manage the rice fields. These drones can intelligently identify crop status, pests, and diseases, helping to guide irrigation, pest control, and other agricultural activities.

In north Beijing's suburban Changping District, driverless tractors are used for corn planting in a high-tech smart farm. This year, the equipment has been upgraded for automatic seeding.

"During the seeding process, the control system must work in joint debugging and adaptation with the seeding machine. A series of sensors on the seeding machine indicate when the vehicle should begin seeding," said Sun Xiangming, head of the smart farm.

In Kunshan City of east China's Jiangsu Province, an AI monitoring system has been used in a smart farm for intelligent oversight of irrigation and drainage channels. By designing models and positioning in advance, all facilities are under control with the help of the smart management system.

As smart technologies are applied in various scenarios, the operation of smart machinery in farming is becoming increasingly technological.

In a smart factory producing tractors in Weifang City of east China's Shandong Province, the orders are assigned to robots through the factory's smart system. The factory produces over 270 tractors of more than 100 horsepower per day. With nearly 500 robots working in coordination with human workers, the factory has achieved a 93 percent automation rate in machining, doubling its production efficiency.

Smart farming machinery boosts efficiency in agricultural production across China

"We do not want to be Americans," Greenland's party leaders announced in a joint statement issued on Friday.

The statement, titled "We Stand Together as One People", said that Greenland's future must be decided by the Greenlandic people themselves, Danish broadcaster DR reported.

"We, as Greenlandic party leaders, wish once again to emphasize our desire for the United States' disregard for our country to come to an end," the statement read.

The party leaders also said that Greenland will continue to cooperate with the United States and other Western countries in the future, but work concerning Greenland's future must be carried out with the Greenlandic people and be prepared on the basis of international law and the Self-Government Act.

A meeting of Greenland's parliament, the Inatsisartut, will convene early to ensure that a fair and comprehensive political debate takes place, the statement said.

The date of the meeting has not yet been determined.

Leaders of all political parties in the Greenlandic assembly signed the statement.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said a deal will be made for the United States to acquire Greenland in an "easy way" or "hard way", adding that he was "going to do something on Greenland, whether they like it or not".

Greenland, a former Danish colony, became an integral part of the Kingdom of Denmark in 1953. It was granted home rule in 1979, expanding its autonomy, though Denmark retains authority over foreign affairs and defense.

The United States maintains a military base on Greenland.

Since taking office in January 2025, Trump has repeatedly expressed interest in gaining control of Greenland, saying that he would not rule out the use of "military or economic coercion" to achieve that goal.

Greenlandic party leaders say "do not want to be Americans"