What crops are suitable for growing in Shanxi?

Cotton is grown in southern Shanxi, walnuts in eastern Jinzhong, potatoes in the Luliang region, buckwheat in northern Shanxi, corn in central Shanxi, and jujubes throughout all of Shanxi, while millet, broomcorn millet, soybeans and sorghum are grown on the Jinzhong Plain.

Shanxi Province's location in China:

Shanxi is an inland province, located on the eastern bank of the middle reaches of the Yellow River, on the Loess Plateau west of the North China Plain. The province is surrounded by mountains and rivers, with clear natural boundaries separating it from neighbouring provinces (regions). To the east and south it borders Hebei and Henan provinces along the Taihang Mountains; to the west and south it faces Shaanxi and Henan across the Yellow River; to the north it borders Inner Mongolia along the outer Great Wall. Its total area is 156,000 sq km, accounting for 1.6% of China's total area. The territory's outline is a parallelogram slanting from northeast to southwest, with a relatively long north-south span and a length of about 682 km: the southernmost point is south of Nanzhang Village, Ruicheng County, at latitude 34°34′; the northernmost point is north of Yuantou Village, Tianzhen County, at latitude 40°44′. The east-west span is relatively short, about 385 km wide: the easternmost point is east of Nankeng Village, Guangling County, at longitude 114°33′; the westernmost point is west of Changwang Village, Yongji City, at longitude 110°14′.

Climate:

Shanxi lies inland at the middle latitudes on the eastern coast of the continent; although it is only 300-500 km from the coast to the east, the mountains in the eastern part of the province block the way, so the climate is only weakly influenced by the ocean and belongs to the temperate continental monsoon climate type. The north, attacked by cold air masses from Inner Mongolia in winter, is relatively cold; the south, nourished by warm, humid summer air masses moving north from the Huang-Huai-Hai Plain of Henan and the northern Henan plain, is relatively mild; the climatic difference between north and south is pronounced. The climate is characterised by: long winters, cold and dry; summers that are long in the south and short in the north, with concentrated rainfall; changeable spring weather with a lot of windblown sand; and short, mild autumns. The whole province has abundant sunshine and relatively rich heat resources; there are many severe weather events, with “drought in nine years out of ten”; and the temperature difference between day and night is relatively large.