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Bumper grain harvest recorded in 2018

The nation achieved another year of bumper harvest in 2018 with grain output remaining at a high level, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Saturday. Total grain output during the period stood at 657.89 million metric tons, down by 3.71 million tons or 0.6 percent from last year, the NBS said in a statement on its website. NBS statistician Hou Rui attributed the decline to changes in cropping structure and decrease in planting area, which shrank by 952,000 hectares from the previous year. China's grain output remained strong despite the decline, and per unit yield has improved thanks to favorable weather conditions, Hou said.

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