As autumn, the harvest season, is about to come, farmers all over Anhui are applying themselves diligently towards farm work in hope of a bumper harvest even in the heat of over 30℃ brought by several consecutive sunny days. Facilitated by the latest technologies and equipments, the province's agricultural production is expected to see some new developments this year. (Photo by Chen Qun) Photo taken on August 17 shows a high-tech harvester working in the fields of Liushipu Town in Yingshang County, Fuyang City. This type of harvester is characterized by its high efficiency as it takes less than two minutes to reap one mu (about 0.067 hectares) of silage corn. Staff members of a silage base in Yingshang County, Fuyang City transfer silage packages on August 17. The corn in the fields of Liushipu Town, Yingshang County, is expected to be harvested in the middle of September. The 200 mu of ratoon rice in Qilipeng village, Huoqiu County is being yield monitored on August 19. Zheng Chengchang, a farmer in Qilipeng village speaks proudly about how planting ratoon rice has increased his family's income.
In Huoqiu County, a harvester is reaping ratoon rice, which has been highly praised by the county government for the contribution it made in stablizing the county's crop production last year in spite of serious flooding. A farmer picks up rice left by a machine in Huoqiu County On August 19. A farmer is receiving instructions on paddy field management from a rice-planting technician.
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