Wisdom And Green Paint A Magnificent Autumn Harvest

During the autumn harvest season, 225000 acres of mid season rice in Hunan Province, have entered a large-scale harvesting period. As one of the first demonstration counties in China to achieve full mechanization of major crop production, the key links of rice planting, management, and harvesting here have been mechanized. This golden rice field stretches all the way to the river. From an aerial view, golden rice waves interweave with silver water surfaces and tranquil villages to form a magnificent autumn harvest painting. Four large harvesters on site are busy shuttling back and forth, and the air is filled with the fragrance of rice.

The mechanized operation of harvesting one acre of land in a few minutes accelerates the autumn harvest, and the grains of this rice plant are very plump. Before the official harvest, the agricultural department conducted yield testing on this field: in 2026, for medium rice, the high-yield field can yield around 1700 kilograms per mu, and the low yield field can also reach 1500 kilograms. In 2026, Yuanjiang will implement a grain sowing area of 1.08 million mu, including 225000 mu of medium rice, all of which are now entering the harvesting period.

It only takes a few minutes for the harvester to harvest one acre of land. In the past, manual harvesting was carried out at 4 o'clock in the morning. After working for 14 to 15 hours a day, only 6 acres of land were harvested; Now with four large harvesters like this, we can harvest over 300 acres in a day, and this 2400 acre field can be completed in less than a week.

Behind the efficiency improvement of the 2026 autumn harvest, there is also an 'invisible scheduling system' supporting it. The digital agricultural machinery supervision service platform on the mobile phone displays flashing blue dots, each representing a working agricultural machinery. Wherever the blue dots are, the machine is operating; The denser the blue dots, the more active the agricultural machinery in that area. The operation trajectory, area, and quality of most harvesters and crop protection drones are updated in real-time here. If a village lacks harvesters, the platform will dispatch them nearby, and the machines will no longer run empty. Every step of the autumn harvest is scheduled clearly.

After returning straw to the field and harvesting rice, plant rapeseed. Watch 'Wisdom' before 'Green'. The harvested field in this area has very low rice stubble, only about 5 centimeters, and the height is consistent and arranged neatly. This is a major highlight of the 2026 autumn harvest, called 'low crop harvesting'. Why cut so low? At the same time as harvesting, rice straw is crushed into such pieces by the grass crushing device at the tail of the machine. It can be rubbed by hand and evenly spread on the ground, with a thin layer that does not show piles of straw. This state is the best for plowing, as the straw rots quickly and can nourish the soil. The next season's rapeseed will also be comfortable to root, which can achieve effective utilization of straw.

After the harvester finishes harvesting and exits, the rotary tiller immediately goes down to the field to carry out plowing operations, turning the broken straw into the soil. It is understood that after the rice is harvested in this field, rapeseed is immediately planted, and one acre of land is harvested twice a year, earning two incomes.