Agriculture & Food

According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs held a press conference on the 20th on the operation of the agricultural and rural economy in the first half of the year. Liu Junyong, spokesperson of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and deputy director of the General Office, said that the output of summer grains hit a record high.

Since the beginning of this year, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs has insisted on grasping grain production as the primary task and the first responsibility. The annual grain production tasks have been broken down and implemented in various provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities as early as possible. With the advancement of each region and the implementation of each measure, Xialiang succeeded in its first battle. The first is to achieve "three increases" in area, yield, and total output. The area of summer grain increased by 3.982 million mu this year, reversing the downward trend for five consecutive years. The yield per mu was 367.7 kilograms, an increase for three consecutive years, and the output was 291.6 billion kilograms, an increase of 5.93 billion kilograms over the previous year, both hitting record highs. The second is continuous quality optimization. The area of high-quality special-purpose wheat accounted for 37.3%, an increase of 1.5% over the previous year. The third is to reduce harvest loss. The wheat machine yield rate exceeded 98%, and the machine harvest loss rate in the main producing areas dropped by more than 1 percentage point. In addition, nearly 70% of the early rice harvest is also showing an increase in yield. The area of autumn grain has increased and its growth is normal, and there is a good foundation for a bumper harvest throughout the year.