China-Summer Farming/Crop Management

Shotlist

Zhumadian City, Henan Province, central China – Recent (CCTV – No access Chinese mainland)
1. Aerial shot of farm machineries working in farmland

Cheng’an County, Handan City, Hebei Province, north China – Recent (CCTV – No access Chinese mainland)
2. Aerial shot of drone working

FILE: Nanyang City, Henan Province, central China – 2022 (CCTV – No access Chinese mainland)
3. Farmers

Chaozhou City, Guangdong Province, south China – Date Unknown (CCTV – No access Chinese mainland)
4. Aerial shot of farmland, village, river

Heilongjiang Province, northeast China – Recent (CCTV – No access Chinese mainland)
5. Rice
6. Aerial shot of farmland

FILE: Lishu County, Siping City, Jilin Province, northeast China – 2022 (CCTV – No access Chinese mainland)
7. Aerial shots of corn field, farm machineries

FILE: Heilongjiang Province, northeast China – 2022 (CCTV – No access Chinese mainland)
8. Aerial shot of farmland
9. Various of soybean plants

FILE: Dezhou City, Shandong Province, east China – March 2022 (CCTV – No access Chinese mainland)
10. Agricultural expert giving farmers guidance in the field

FILE: China – 2022 (CCTV – No access Chinese mainland)
11. Various of crops, nozzle spraying pesticide

Storyline

The summer crops in China generally are growing well with scientific field management in place, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs.

Apart from the double-cropping late rice planted in the southern provinces, the summer sowing season is over and most of the grain production areas have been planted with autumn grain, the bulk of China’s grain output.

At present, early rice in southern China enters the filling and ripening period, and large-scale harvesting is expected to begin in mid-July. Mid-season rice has stepped into tillering and jointing period, with a growth trend slightly better than last year.

Most of the crops are growing fine in northeast China, the country’s key breadbasket, with abundant rainfall and soil moisture this year. Almost all the corn, soybean and rice seedlings planted are in the first and second categories, and the growth was better than usual.

Multiple rainfalls in the Yellow-Huai-Hai rivers plain have eased the drought after the summer sowing there. Autumn grain crops in southwest and northwest China are also growing normally.