Higher output without higher income? Don't let a bumper harvest break farmers' hearts

Due to differences in geography and climate, when wheat sales and storage in the inland regions have already temporarily come to an end, Xinjiang's wheat is currently busy being sold outside the region. However, what is worrying is that although the wheat harvest was bumper, it cannot be transported out and is still piled up in the growers' farmyards; and after searching all the surrounding grain depots, they are either full of "old grain" or have limited storage capacity and cannot accept new wheat. This has truly distressed wheat farmers, and has even become a source of heartache.

Besides wheat farmers, livestock farmers also have worries: right now, beef and mutton prices remain sluggish, and we are especially worried about the future trend of the livestock industry. If the market continues to decline, should these cattle and sheep be raised or not? Should we expand or reduce the scale of breeding? We feel very uncertain.

The busy "three autumns" season is both a time of harvest and a time to lay the foundation for next year's agricultural production. Listening to voices from the production frontline and solving farmers' real difficulties have become the top priority in the work of relevant departments in all localities at present. We must be anxious about what farmers are anxious about, think about what farmers are thinking about, and do everything possible to come up with ways to guide and help farmers and herdsmen overcome difficulties and earn more money, and not drag old problems into the next year.

Shift your gaze from the northwest to the northeast. At present, the rice in the Northeast Reclamation Area is growing with large panicles and heavy grains, and it looks like it is about to enter the pace of harvesting. This year, a high yield of rice in the Northeast is a foregone conclusion. However, such a result has not come easily. From the beginning of the year to the middle of the year, through summer and into autumn, many places in the Northeast suffered relatively severe sustained drought, which affected grain production and livestock safety. In response, the Northeast Reclamation Area observed the weather, made preparations early, gave play to the foundational role of "small-scale farmland water conservancy," implemented technology-based farming, and carried out mechanized, intensive, large-scale, and industrialized "operations" thinking, thereby resolving the adverse effects of weather disasters on grain production through various methods and minimizing the possible agricultural losses.

Whether it is the "three autumns," winter planting, or the "three summers," agricultural production encounters various difficulties every year. What we need to do is be a little more diligent, a little more flexible in our thinking, make support policies a little more effective, and make solutions a little more effective. After all, there are always more solutions than difficulties.