Henan’s Bumper Harvest Sees Optimization of Wheat Quality

Henan’s Bumper Harvest Sees Optimization of Wheat Quality

奋战三夏 力夺丰收 河南小麦品质结构持续优化

In the harvest season, wheat harvest across the Central Plains is progressing smoothly. On June 2, at Weiji town of Shangshui county, Zhoukou city, numbers of large combine-harvesters were busy working in the wheat fields to help farmers separate kernels and straws. “From May 28 till now, nearly 95 percent of wheat has been harvested.” Liu Tianhua, a big grain planter and the director of Tianhua Agricultural Cooperative of Shangqiu, told the reporter.

正值麦收时节，中原大地麦浪滚滚、麦穗飘香。6月2日，在周口商水县魏集镇，金色麦田里一派丰收景象，数台大型联合收割机正在往来穿梭，饱满的麦粒与秸秆分离后滚入蓄粮仓。“我们5月28日开始收割，现在麦收已经近95%了。”当地种粮大户、商水县天华农业合作社理事长刘天华在接受记者采访时说。

 

According to Liu, thanks to the good weather, the wheat grows much better than last year. Besides, the harvest efficiency has also been promoted significantly this year.

刘天华告诉记者，得益于天气等原因，小麦品质明显比去年好，这也让不少农民心里乐开了花。此外，今年收割效率也有明显提升。

A bumper harvest at Hezhai village of Gegang town, Qixian County. [Photo/Liu Yinzhong]

Apart from Zhoukou, wheat harvest in Xiayi county of Shangqiu city was also started on June 2, marking the busiest period of the year for farmers. Owing to the popularization of modern agricultural machinery, Tong Kun, a young native of post-90s, does not feel a bit anxious or worried.

不仅在周口，6月2日，夏邑县的小麦也开始进入收割高峰期，但这是一年当中农民最忙的一段时间，会亭镇丁庄村的“90后”童坤却气定神闲，一点也不紧张，这完全得益于现代农机作业的普及。

A bumper harvest at Xiaojie town, Luoning county. [Photo/Li Feng]

“No worries.” Tong said, “Apart from dozens mu (1 mu equals to 0.067 hectares) of my own wheat, the 400 mu of wheat among the 1,000 mu of circulated land has been harvested by machines only in half a day. Named ‘Xinmai 26’, the wheat we planted is a kind of high-quality strong gluten wheat. Since we have already signed the procurement deals, there is no need to worry about the sales.”

“有啥好忙的？”童坤说，“家里种了十几亩小麦，流转的1000亩地中有400亩小麦，收割机半天就收完了，种的是‘新麦26’，属于优质强筋小麦，早早就签了订单，销路也不用愁。”

A bumper harvest at Zhangzhuang town, Shangshui county. [Photo/Dong Liang and Cai Xunxiang]

Meanwhile, Xiuwu county of Jiaozuo city has hit another record high in China’s per-unit yield of wheat in summer season. “In the 30 mu of demonstration land, one sample area (1.135 mu) was randomly harvested with a combine-harvester, where 1002.5 kg of fresh kernels were produced. According to the criteria, the average yield per mu is 841.5 kg.” Guo Tiancai, professor of Henan Agricultural University and adviser (in wheat sector) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, announced that Xiuwu has hit another record high in China’s per-unit yield of summer wheat!

与此同时，修武再次创下全国夏粮单产新高。“专家组在30亩高产创建示范方内，用联合收割机随机收获1个样点，实收面积1.135亩，共计收获籽粒鲜重1002.5公斤。依据《全国粮食高产创建测产验收办法（试行）》，折合平均亩产841.5公斤。”河南农业大学教授、农业农村部小麦专家指导组顾问郭天财高声宣布，修武再创全国夏粮单产新高！

Large combine-harvesters are busy working in the wheat fields of Huangfanqu Farm in Xihua county, Zhoukou city. [Photo/Wang Zheng]

As a major summer grain producer in China, in 2019, Henan’s summer grain output contributed to 56 percent of the province’s total, and its wheat output accounted for 28 percent of the country’s total, ranking first in China. 

据了解，作为全国夏粮的重要产区，2019年河南夏粮产量占全省全年粮食总产的56%，河南小麦产量占全国的28%，位居全国第一。

On June 3, Wang Junzhong, member of the Leading Party Members’ Group of Henan Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and chief agronomist of the department, remarked at the news briefing that, Henan’s wheat area has remained above 85.5 million mu this year, which is basically the same as the last year, and the wheat structure has become more reasonable with high-quality wheat realizing 13.5 million mu (accounting for 15.8 percent of the total) and order rate reaching 90 percent. By 17:00 on June 2, 5,491 mu of wheat has been harvested across the province, accounting for 64 percent of the total.

在6月3日举行的新闻发布会上，省农业农村厅党组成员、总农艺师王俊忠介绍，今年全省小麦面积继续保持在8550万亩，与上年基本持平，全省的优质专用小麦发展到1350万亩，占比15.8%，订单率超过90%，小麦结构更加合理。截至6月2日17时，全省已收获小麦5491万亩，占比64%。（中文/综合自河南日报 大河网 翻译/赵汉青 审校/焦丹）