June 30, 2011

 

China's summer harvest almost complete
 

 

China's Ministry of Agriculture said on Tuesday (Jun 28) that the country has nearly completed its summer harvest, with 87.8% of its winter wheat gathered by harvesting machines, up two percentage points from one year earlier.

 

More than 96% of the wheat grown in the country's major agricultural provinces of Henan, Shandong, Anhui, Jiangsu and Hebei was gathered by harvesting machines, a rise of half to one percentage point on-year, the ministry said in a statement.

 

Around 500,000 combine harvesters were put into use across the country during the summer harvest, a rise of 30,000 units on-year, the statement said.

 

Diesel prices remained stable at RMB7.3 (US$1.12) per litre in China's major agricultural regions during the summer harvest, the statement added.

 

The ministry said last week that the country will see an increase in wheat output for the eight consecutive year this year.

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