Autumn harvest and autumn planting are in full swing: mostly sunny weather across most agricultural areas nationwide over the next three days

The national autumn harvest progress is faster than in the earlier period. Over the next three days, most of the country is expected to see mainly sunny and fine weather, suitable for autumn harvest and autumn planting. However, surface soil moisture remains persistently poor in parts of southern North China and northern Huang-Huai, and the southern part of the Southwest region will see frequent overcast and rainy weather.

At present, more than 60% of the national autumn harvest area has been harvested. Henan has finished harvesting, Hebei has harvested 95%, Shandong 93%, Yunnan 70%, Gansu 68%, Shaanxi 67%, Shanxi 64%, Jilin 51%, Heilongjiang 50%, Jiangxi 27%, and Hunan 10%. According to the agricultural situation dispatch of the Ministry of Agriculture, as of October 12, 64% of the national autumn grain had been harvested, 3.7 percentage points slower than the same period last year, with the lag narrowing; of this, middle-season rice (single-season rice) was 62% harvested, corn 71% harvested, and soybeans 74% harvested. The main reason for the slower autumn harvest progress is that the frost period in the Northeast region was delayed and the weather was sunny and fine, which favored delaying the timely harvest of corn and rice in various places; at present, 55% of the autumn harvest has been completed in the Northeast, 11 percentage points slower than the same period last year.

The sowing progress of winter wheat and rapeseed is slightly faster than the same period last year. Most of the northern winter wheat region has entered the sowing stage, and winter wheat has already emerged in southeastern Northwest China, southwestern and northern North China, and the Shandong Peninsula. Of this, Gansu has sown 96%, Hebei 69%, Shandong 62%, Shanxi 60%, Shaanxi 48%, Henan 38%, and Anhui 21%. Rapeseed in eastern Southwest China, northern Jiangnan, Jianghan, and Jianghuai is at the sowing and emergence stage. According to the agricultural situation dispatch of the Ministry of Agriculture, as of October 12, 39% of the national winter wheat had been sown and 37% of the winter rapeseed had been sown, 2 percentage points faster than the same period last year.

⟦NL> From October 10-13, most of Northwest China, North China, and Huang-Huai saw mainly sunny and fine weather, and soil moisture in most of the wheat region was relatively suitable, favoring autumn harvest and autumn planting; the Northeast region had light rain, which slightly affected the autumn harvest. Most of the Yangtze River Basin had sunny and fine weather, favoring autumn harvest and rapeseed sowing and emergence; the southern part of the Southwest region had more overcast and rainy weather, which had a certain impact on the autumn harvest. Northern South China experienced cold dew wind weather, while the south experienced heavy precipitation, which was unfavorable for late rice at the heading and flowering to early grain-filling stage.

According to the forecast of the National Meteorological Center, from October 14-16, eastern Northwest China, North China, Huang-Huai, eastern Inner Mongolia, and most of the Northeast region will see mainly sunny and fine weather, favoring the harvest and drying of autumn crops. Soil moisture in most of the wheat region in eastern Northwest China, eastern and southwestern North China, and most of Huang-Huai is relatively good, favoring winter wheat sowing and emergence; however, surface soil moisture in parts of southern North China and northern Huang-Huai remains persistently poor, which is unfavorable for winter wheat sowing and emergence. Northern Xinjiang will have light to moderate rain, which is unfavorable for winter wheat sowing.

The Jianghuai, Jianghan, eastern Jiangnan, and eastern South China regions will have sunny and fine weather, favoring autumn harvest and rapeseed sowing and emergence. From the 14th to the 16th, the southern part of the Southwest region will see mainly overcast and rainy weather, which is unfavorable for crop harvest and drying; on the 14th, Hainan will see light to moderate rain, which will have a certain impact on the maturity and harvest of late rice.

Experts suggest that the northern region should seize the sunny and fine weather to speed up the autumn harvest progress and do a good job in threshing, drying, and ventilated storage, striving to ensure every grain is stored. The northern winter wheat region has entered the large-scale sowing stage, and all localities should promptly prepare the land and, according to soil moisture, sow winter wheat in a timely manner by taking advantage of moisture or creating moisture to ensure sowing quality; areas that have already sown should promptly check seedlings and replant gaps.

The Jianghuai and eastern Jiangnan regions should seize the sunny and fine weather to harvest and dry mature crops in a timely manner; the southern part of the Southwest region should seize the gaps between rainfall to step up the autumn harvest. Rapeseed-producing areas in the Yangtze River Basin should sow direct-seeded rapeseed at the appropriate time, and areas that have already sown should carry out field water and fertilizer management to promote robust seedling growth.