en.Wedoany.com Reported - China's agriculture is undergoing a transformation from "experience-based farming" to "data-driven farming" and from "labor-driven" to "intelligent-driven." Driverless harvesters, grain transporters, seeders, and plant protection drones work in coordinated synergy during the "three summers" production season. The integration of advanced machinery, superior techniques, and improved seeds, coupled with technological innovation, lays a solid foundation for a bountiful summer grain harvest.
The "15th Five-Year Plan" outline proposes deepening the seed industry revitalization initiative. High-quality, strong-gluten, and lodging-resistant varieties widely planted in major production areas, such as "Zhongmai 578" and "Zhehua 1," enhance mechanized harvesting efficiency while achieving premium grain at premium prices. In Suining City, Sichuan Province, large-scale farmer Li Yongjie planted the "Chengdan 372" corn variety for the first time. Yang Lin, Deputy Director of the Corn Center at the Crop Research Institute of the Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, noted that this variety is dense-planting tolerant and lodging-resistant, maintaining stable yields even in high-humidity, multi-disease environments. By early 2026, the proportion of China's independently bred corn varieties in planted area had risen from 91% in 2020 to 94%. Hebei Province is one of the major wheat-producing provinces, with a perennial wheat planting area exceeding 33 million mu. In recent years, both its planting area and total output have consistently ranked among the top nationwide. Zhao Jianjun, a large-scale grain farmer in Zhujiazhuang Village, Gaocheng District, Shijiazhuang City, planted 600 mu of wheat seed production fields, primarily featuring varieties such as "Gaoyou 2018," "Shiluan 02-1," and "Malan 6." The purchase price for high-quality wheat is about 0.20 yuan per kilogram higher than that of ordinary wheat. Li Hui, a researcher at the Institute of Grain and Oil Crops, Hebei Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, stated that "Jimai 765" resolves the breeding challenge of high yield without quality or quality without high yield. It is lodging-resistant and has strong frost and cold tolerance, with yields comparable to ordinary wheat but commanding a higher price.
Technology has become a core driving force in the "three summers" production season. In Si County, Anhui Province, 100,000 mu of upland rice summer planting has been completed. Dual-drive rotary tiller seeders cover over 100 mu per day with centimeter-level precision. Combined with water-saving and drought-tolerant rice seeds, irrigation water usage is reduced by more than half. In Gaochun District, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, a rice transplanting competition used Beidou navigation and AI scoring, with 12 intelligent transplanters participating, achieving a full mechanization rate of 98.6%. In Lanzhou New District, Gansu Province, 50,000 mu of wheat entered the grain-filling stage. Plant protection drones equipped with intelligent route systems can cover up to 1,000 mu per day, with completed "one spray, three preventions" operations covering 48,000 mu. In Quwo County, Shanxi Province, all 259,300 mu of wheat have been harvested, with intelligent agricultural machinery driving autumn grain seeding to exceed 220,000 mu. Agricultural and rural departments at all levels in Hebei Province deployed 94,000 wheat combine harvesters for emergency harvesting and introduced over 2,000 crawler harvesters from other provinces for contingency operations. The Wufeng Agricultural Machinery Cooperative in Gaocheng District, Shijiazhuang City, utilized large-scale intelligent machinery such as driverless combine harvesters and precision seeding variable-rate fertilization seeders. During the "three summers" period, Hebei organized 2 million agricultural machines for operations, with the wheat mechanized harvesting rate stable at over 99.9% and the corn mechanized seeding rate stable at over 96%.
Major grain-producing regions are vigorously promoting seed-fertilizer simultaneous seeding technology, precisely delivering improved seeds and fertilizers into the soil in layers. In rice fields in Chongyang County, Hubei Province, this model precisely controls the seeding rate and base fertilizer amount, reducing soil compaction. In Zhengyang County, Henan Province, a major peanut-growing county, over 90% of plots use standardized seed-fertilizer simultaneous seeding equipment combined with high-ridge cultivation. A contiguous 100-mu plot can be seeded in just two days, reducing fertilizer usage by 10 kilograms per mu without affecting yields. Heilongjiang Beidahuang Agricultural Co., Ltd. integrates and promotes green and efficient cultivation, soil testing and formula fertilization, and intelligent integrated water and fertilizer drip irrigation technologies. In the Lingguaxiang Management Area of its Baoquanling Branch, intelligent integrated water and fertilizer drip irrigation pipe laying is synchronized with corn seeding, delivering water and fertilizer precisely to crop roots. Farmer Fan Fengbao has applied this technology for three consecutive years, with corn yields exceeding 2,200 jin per mu last year. For 19 wheat counties designated for comprehensive yield improvement, Hebei Province established provincial expert teams to promote technical models following the "one county, one policy, one plan" approach. Hebei's "one spray, three preventions" technology has been applied cumulatively over 45.066 million mu, achieving full coverage of winter wheat and ensuring a bountiful summer grain harvest.
