Agricultural Machinery Weekly | President and Premier Focus on Dongfanghong, Severe Weather Affects the "Three Summer" Season
This week's events in the agricultural machinery industry were dominated by various "Three Summer" reports. The data-heavy stuff is a bit hard for Agricultural Machinery Jun to understand, so here are two major events of the week and a short video of "Three Summer" operations to share with everyone.
Xi Jinping Examines the Dongfanghong Tractor in Detail, Li Keqiang Calls It "Remarkable"
▍At the 12th Five-Year Plan Achievements Exhibition, Li Keqiang Talks with Zhao Yanshui; Image from China YTO WeChat
On June 7, the national "12th Five-Year Plan" Science and Technology Innovation Achievements Exhibition closed. The Dongfanghong LW4004 continuously variable transmission tractor made its first public appearance, and national leaders visited the display and gave it their approval. While visiting, Xi Jinping emphasized that under the new circumstances, scientific and technological innovation must be placed in a more important position.
Li Keqiang asked Zhao Yanshui, Chairman of China YTO, about the product's technical level, price information, and so on. He pointed out that tractors above 350 horsepower previously could only be imported from abroad, and now we have developed a 400-horsepower tractor, which is truly remarkable.
Chinese Agricultural Machinery in Dialogue with World Mainstream, Releases the Best 50 Products
▍Professor Fu Zetian of China Agricultural University Speaking at CAIF 2016
On June 8, the 2016 China Agricultural Machinery High-End Forum (CAIF 2016) was held in Nanjing, Jiangsu. Nearly 200 agricultural machinery elites from home and abroad exchanged development experience, including representatives from 13 developing countries and representatives of mainstream Chinese enterprises, engaging in in-depth exchanges through speeches, dialogues, and other means.
At the forum, the 2015 Top 50 Agricultural Machinery Annual Products (TOP50) was released. The winners of the highest awards, Annual Tractor and Annual Harvester, were the John Deere 8R tractor and the Yongmeng corn harvester, respectively.
Fierce Battles in the "Three Summer" Season, Frequent Severe Weather Takes Its Toll
It is precisely the toughest time of the year for the "Three Summer" season, with severe weather occurring frequently in various regions, bringing numerous difficulties to mechanized operations. Hebei, Henan, and Anhui actively "rushed the harvest," while Jiangsu fought on in the rain, and the rice-wheat rotation areas began planting rice.
Below, let's look at a set of short videos; this is the frontline operation situation that Agricultural Machinery Jun received.
▍A new combine harvester from a domestic enterprise in operation
▍A small seeder sowing after harvesting
▍Plowing in the rain after harvest in Jiangsu; image from Shi Ming's operation in Haimen
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