CCTV News: Shandong is the second largest wheat production province in my country. The winter wheat planting area in 2025 is stable at more than 60 million mu, and is expected to mature one after another by the end of May. Although the wheat has not yet entered the harvesting period, some large grain growers have begun to plan ahead for wheat seeds sown in autumn 2025.

In this new wheat variety experimental base of Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, a seed observation meeting for large grain growers is being held, which is the "weather vane" for the promotion of new wheat varieties in the wheat area in the northern Huanghuaihai.

More than 30 new wheat varieties "Tongtian Jingxiu". Many large grain growers from all over Shandong and nearby provinces came here to observe and select the new varieties they like in advance.

At present, the wheat varieties on the market can be basically divided into Guangshi wheat and high-quality special wheat. Guangshi wheat has high yield and strong resistance. Although the yield of high-quality special wheat is relatively low, it can sell at a higher price according to the unique demands of the market. According to large grain growers, no matter which type of wheat it is, half of the success will be selected after choosing the variety.

At the observation meeting, large grain growers can register and order on the spot as long as they see the seeds they agree with. After careful observation and comparison, Wang Shishan, a major grain grower, ordered 6,600 kilograms immediately based on his trial planting experience in 2024.

In recent years, targeting the market's performance demand for new varieties of wheat, agricultural research institutes and seed companies have also accelerated the pace of breeding of good varieties.

Li Peng, a researcher at the Institute of Crop Research, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, introduced that in terms of variety types, one is a high-yield and broad-applicable variety, and another is a high-quality strong-gluten type variety, as well as a drought-resistant, water-saving and salt-resistant variety. Another one is nutritional characteristic varieties, such as high lutein varieties, black wheat, purple wheat and other varieties.

In Shandong, the contribution rate of good seeds to increasing grain production reached 47%. At present, the popularity rate of crop varieties in Shandong Province has reached 98%. In the fields of hope, the third summer season

At present, it is the summer grain harvest season. All localities take multiple measures to seize the farming season and start sickle harvesting to ensure that the particles are returned to the warehouse. Suining, Sichuan: Wheat is harvested by sickles.

At present, more than 9.3 million mu of winter wheat in Sichuan Province is gradually ripening. Walking into Huilong Village, Fuxi Town, Shehong City, Suining, Sichuan, harvesters lined up in the farmland. With the assistance of smart agricultural machinery, farmers can complete wheat harvesting, stubble extermination, threshing and other work at one time, and the work efficiency of summer harvest is increased by 40%. Yan'an, Shaanxi: Technology helps intelligent rice planting in Nanniwan

At the same time, Nanniwan, located on the Loess Plateau, ushered in the rice transplanting season. The unmanned rice transplanter equipped with Beidou navigation system drove into Nanniwan for the first time.

Compared with traditional rice transplanters, unmanned equipment not only realizes "centimeter-level" plant spacing control, but also reduces the rice transplanting work that originally required 4 to 5 people to cooperate to complete to 1 person. In 2025, during the Nanniwan rice planting process, drone fertilization and other operations were also implemented to improve planting efficiency in all aspects. Hubei Dawu: Barren mountains turn into good fields and plant new hope

In the 300-acre mine reclamation field in Fangfan Town, Dawu County, Xiaogan City, Hubei Province, the harvester is rapidly harvesting, threshing, and crushing straw. It is understood that this continuous wheat field is transformed from an abandoned mining area. By harmlessly treating the waste in the mining area and backfilling it in layers, the previously exposed mine pit transformed into 100 acres of fertile soil.

Now, continuous wheat fields have begun to show results, not only achieving ecological benefits, but also driving the surrounding villagers to develop green agriculture. Since 2025, Dawu County has increased its efforts to replant and plant wastelands in abandoned mining areas and barren slopes. At the same time, strengthen policy support and provide subsidies and subsidies for abandoned arable land after replanting and replanting. Up to now, 16,000 mu of abandoned land in the county have turned into "Hope Field".