Newtai Deploys Low-Loss Harvest Tech at Provincial Farm Machinery Showcase to Secure Full Summer Grain Yields

Golden wheat stretches across more than 40,000 mu of farmland in Gongli Town, Xintai City under Tai’an, Shandong Province, with fleets of combine harvesters traversing fields non-stop and grain transporters shuttling back and forth to deliver freshly reaped wheat, bringing smooth, high-efficiency summer harvest operations across the area.

On 10 June, Xintai hosted a provincial-level demonstration event under Shandong’s “Ten-Hundred-Thousand-Ten-Thousand” farm machinery promotion campaign, centred on low-loss wheat harvesting and high-performance corn sowing technology. More than one hundred participants including provincial and municipal agricultural specialists, farm machinery station chiefs from all townships and sub-districts, and large-scale machinery operators gathered on-site to observe practical demonstrations and absorb hands-on operational expertise for modern agricultural equipment.

Experienced machinery operators shared field-proven operational guidelines on site, outlining clear parameters to minimise grain wastage during reaping. Harvester travel speed must be capped at ten kilometres per hour, while operators need to adjust forward velocity, fan air volume and cutting depth in real time according to wheat ripeness levels. Precise control over these operational variables can drastically cut grain spillage during harvest runs.

The event is timed to align with the critical Three Summer agricultural window, targeting core bottlenecks in grain production including excessive wheat harvesting losses and inconsistent corn sowing standards. Through technical briefings, machinery displays and live field trials, advanced farm machinery and intelligent agricultural gear are rolled out to lift the city’s overall mechanisation standard for grain and oil crops, laying solid foundations for bumper grain yields.

Two distinct demonstration segments ran throughout the showcase. The first focused on loss-reduced wheat harvesting. Consistent promotion of low-loss technology and regular training programmes for machinery operators have brought the city’s average harvesting loss rate firmly below one per cent. Local agricultural authorities calculate that every 0.1 percentage point drop in harvesting wastage unlocks an extra 293,000 jin of grain for Xintai each season, delivering tangible output gains through technical optimisation.

The second segment featured pneumatic suction corn seed drills, which outperform traditional spoon-wheel sowing equipment across key metrics. Pneumatic machines deliver faster working speeds and superior throughput alongside uniform planting depth, enabling precision single-seed sowing that supports even seedling emergence and creates optimal growing conditions for high corn yields in subsequent months.

Attendees from grassroots agricultural services absorbed practical, targeted technical guidance tailored to routine farm workflows. Local farm machinery management teams will roll out training sessions for all registered operators in the weeks ahead, standardise field operating procedures and widely deploy newly trialled low-loss equipment to sustain stable grain production volumes across Xintai’s farmland.

Municipal authorities have put comprehensive pre-harvest coordination in place to capitalise on favourable sunny weather, cut field grain losses and guarantee full collection of all summer wheat yields. All available agricultural equipment including combine harvesters, straw choppers and grain transport lorries are centrally allocated and co-ordinated, with socialised agricultural service bodies mobilised to deliver bulk harvesting, professional storage and concentrated grain drying services, streamlining all stages of the summer harvest cycle.

Gongli Town alone holds over 40,000 mu of wheat cultivation. Local officials completed full surveys of all 112 combine harvesters operating within the township half a month ahead of ripening dates, assembling dedicated machinery teams under unified scheduling to ensure full equipment coverage across every village and plot. Three designated agricultural land plots have also been approved for large grain growers to install drying, airing and storage infrastructure, eliminating spoilage risks during damp weather and safeguarding all harvested grain stocks.

Long-term infrastructure and mechanisation investment underpins Xintai’s capacity to deliver consistent grain output. The city has built a cumulative 614,000 mu of well-facilitated farmland, reclaimed an additional 100,000 mu of usable arable land through ridge reduction works, and established 48,000 mu of intercropped soybean and maize fields. Land covered by outsourced socialised farming management exceeds 500,000 mu across administrative boundaries.

Aggregate agricultural machinery power in Xintai stands at 1.1543 million kilowatts, supported by a stock of 22,300 tractors and 49,300 matched implement sets. The city’s overall crop mechanisation rate reaches 91 per cent, while mechanisation coverage for cereal crops alone hits 99 per cent.

Local agricultural teams will keep expanding training outreach for machinery operators and extend low-loss harvesting and precision sowing techniques across all townships throughout the coming summer and autumn growing cycles. Upgraded intelligent farm equipment will remain central to streamlining field operations and stabilising annual grain output volumes in the region.