Feicheng Delivers Ultra-Low Grain Loss Harvesting Amid Shandong’s Provincial Farm Machinery Drive

Golden ripening wheat carpets vast farmlands across Feicheng, Tai’an, Shandong Province throughout June, as the annual Three Summer wheat harvest campaign advances at full pace. Convoys of mechanised harvesters traverse the fields, creating a bustling scene of bumper crop collection across the region’s rural landscapes.

A large-scale mechanised demonstration event was hosted on 9 June under Shandong’s Ten-Hundred-Thousand-Ten-Thousand farm machinery promotion initiative, branded the Dilong Cup field showcase focused on low-loss wheat harvesting and high-performance corn sowing technology. On-site field testing recorded an exceptionally low harvesting loss rate of just 0.68 per cent, delivering tangible proof of Feicheng’s strides in lifting operational efficiency and cutting grain wastage through agricultural machinery upgrades. A complete support framework built around technical standardisation, frontline agricultural services and innovative farming models underpins steady, reliable summer grain yields.

Competitive field contests facilitate knowledge exchange among machinery operators, with operational techniques refined through hands-on practice. Operators who secured top honours at the demonstration event will roll out newly learnt precision harvesting methods across local wheat plots in the weeks ahead. Regular skill-building competitions continue to lift the overall standard of machine operation, delivering consistent reductions in grain spillage during reaping cycles.

Local agricultural authorities have mobilised more than 10,000 complete sets of farm machinery to underpin seamless harvest operations across Feicheng. Spare component stockpiles were fully replenished well before the ripening window, alongside a round-the-clock service hotline for machinery breakdown support. Dedicated emergency maintenance teams, formed by combining local repair outlets and machinery co-operative skilled staff, stand ready to resolve mechanical faults rapidly amid unpredictable wind or rain spells, sustaining uninterrupted field work.

Innovative outsourced farming service structures run alongside high-speed mechanised harvesting to streamline all stages of summer crop production. Continuous lines of combine harvesters move methodically through connected wheat fields in Nanluan Village, Sunbo Town, where streamlined land trusteeship schemes have overhauled traditional farming workflows.

Full-cycle land trusteeship packages cost only forty renminbi per mu, covering complete harvesting and grain sales arrangements in a single coordinated process. Large-scale growers managing over 550 mu of leased wheat land cite major time savings and higher net income as core benefits of the service model. Village and collective joint resource pooling resolves historic constraints including limited machinery availability and inflated operational costs.

Cross-party cooperation between local governing bodies, village committees and supply and marketing cooperatives creates mutual benefits for farming households, commercial agricultural operators and village collectives. More than fifty combine harvesters have been deployed across Sunbo Town, with over 15,000 mu of wheat already fully reaped. All 39,500 mu of wheat farmland within the town will complete harvesting and drying processes within three to five days.

Land trusteeship schemes now cover over 50,000 mu across Feicheng, with more than two hundred new farming households signing up for the service in the current growing year. Scaled, professional agricultural contracting services gain wider recognition among rural producers each season.

Hundreds of mu of wheat fields in Gangzi Village, Wenyang Town – the heart of the historic Wenyang fertile basin – also host non-stop harvesting operations. Large grain producers managing 1,200 mu of wheat faced delayed sowing of nearly one month after persistent autumn rainfall last year, yet high-yield late-sowing resistant wheat varieties alongside refined field management and targeted pest control have yielded thriving, well-filled grain heads this season.

Current crop quality points to an average yield of approximately 1,500 jin per mu. A full fleet of modern farm equipment enables completion of harvesting across the 1,200 mu holding within six working days. Updated agricultural policies and accessible professional support remove uncertainty for large-scale grain growers.

Harvesting forms only the initial stage of the integrated summer farming workflow. In fields where wheat reaping draws to a close across Wenyang Town, intelligent pneumatic precision seed drills follow directly behind harvesting fleets, carrying out simultaneous corn planting immediately after each plot clears. These updated drills deliver two to three times greater working efficiency than conventional spoon-wheel planting gear, with uniform seed placement and consistent seedling emergence rates exceeding 95 per cent alongside 98 per cent precision sowing accuracy, unlocking valuable extra growing time for autumn grain crops.

On-site drying infrastructure eliminates risks of grain spoilage and sprouting during damp weather. All nine grain drying towers operating within Wenyang Town accept freshly harvested wheat with moisture readings ranging between 20 and 35 per cent, offering local processing facilities to remove reliance on weather-dependent open-air airing plots.

Feicheng implements full-chain measures spanning precise loss control, operator skill training, creative agricultural service frameworks and upgraded auxiliary infrastructure to safeguard domestic grain supply. Wheat harvesting schedules advance steadily across the city’s total 602,000 mu of wheat planting ground, with frontline agricultural teams maintaining tight alignment with crop ripening timetables and refining on-demand rural support services to ensure every grain of summer wheat is safely collected and stored.