As of October 16, over 80% of the national autumn grain harvest has been completed
This newspaper, Beijing, October 16 (Reporter Feng Hua) The reporter learned from the Ministry of Agriculture: Currently, during the critical period of autumn harvest and autumn planting, according to the Ministry of Agriculture's agricultural situation dispatch, as of October 16, 970 million mu of autumn grain has been harvested nationwide, completing 82%, with progress 1.4 percentage points faster than the same period last year. At the same time, 210 million mu of winter wheat has been sown nationwide, completing 61.9% of the plan, with progress 0.4 percentage points faster than the same period last year.
The Ministry of Agriculture recently held a symposium on wheat production development in the Huang-Huai-Hai region, proposing that in the future it will focus on solving problems such as water resource constraints, disaster impacts, and low benefits, stabilizing wheat production area, and striving to keep the wheat area in the 5 provinces of Hebei, Shandong, Henan, Jiangsu, and Anhui stable at around 240 million mu.
Vice Minister of Agriculture Yu Xinrong said at the symposium that the wheat output of the 5 provinces of Hebei, Shandong, Henan, Jiangsu, and Anhui accounts for 76% of the national total, directly affecting the overall situation of national summer grain and wheat production. According to reports, for a period in the future, the Ministry of Agriculture will focus on stabilizing the sown area and strengthening infrastructure construction.