Wheat harvest is in full swing across China, with more than 61 percent of the ripe crops already harvested, according to the latest official data released by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs.
The ministry reported that as of 17:00 Sunday, about 14 million hectares, or 61.82 percent, of the ripe wheat crops had been harvested nationwide.
Divided by major wheat-producing regions, the summer harvest in east China's Anhui Province has been basically completed, and the harvest in central China's Henan Province is coming to an end. Also, over 65 percent of the ripe wheat crops has been harvested in east China's Jiangsu Province.
In addition, over 30 percent of the summer grain has been harvested in east China's Shandong Province. Northwest China's Shaanxi Province has passed the 25 percent mark. Meanwhile, north China's Shanxi Province is over 10 percent, and Hebei Province is close to 10 percent.
So far, about 18,666.67 hectares of winter wheat in Jize County of Hebei's Handan City has entered the annual harvest season successively.
In recent years, the local area has been continuously promoting the growing of high-quality wheat varieties to improve both the yield and quality of crops. At the same time, the contract-based crop growing model has also enabled farmers to increase their income.
"Now, the advantages of this variety are that it has very good resistance, including disease resistance, and its cold resistance is also very good. And the yield is also very high," said Zhang Yufeng, manager of the Jize experimental station, China Agricultural University.
China completes 60 percent of wheat harvest with high yields expected
