Wheat Faces a Warm Winter, with Increased Risk of Freeze Damage and Drought

Wheat Faces a Warm Winter, with Increased Risk of Freeze Damage and Drought According to a report from the National Climate Center, the 2014 El Nino phenomenon has escalated again and is expected to peak in December, and northern China may see a warm winter this winter. At present, in China's Huang-Huai-Hai wheat region, wheat sown before October 7 is growing noticeably well; if a warm winter occurs, there is a clear trend toward excessive growth, especially in the southern Huang-Huai wheat region, where the risk of excessive wheat growth and winter-spring freeze damage is markedly increased. In the Heilonggang River basin and in Dezhou, Heze and other places in Shandong, because the land is saline-alkali, wheat emergence is poor; especially in areas with annual precipitation of only 500-600 mm, where wheat and corn are double-cropped in 1 year and there is no adequate irrigation, the risk of wheat encountering drought stress during a warm winter increases.

Hebei's 2014 Grain Output Declines Slightly In 2014, although Hebei achieved a "double increase" in summer grain yield per unit area and total output, severe "neck-breaking drought" during autumn grain production and relatively heavy damage in some areas caused a relatively large decline in autumn grain yield per unit area, and both the annual grain yield per unit area and total output showed a slight downward trend. In 2014, the province's grain sown area was 94,979,700 mu, an increase of 241,600 mu, or 0.26%, over the previous year; grain yield per unit area was 353.78 kg/mu, a decrease of 1.41 kg/mu, or 0.4%, over the previous year; total grain output was 33.6017 million tons, a decrease of 48,200 tons, or 0.14%, over the previous year.