Summer harvest called one of best

China this year has had one of its best summer harvests in recent years, and an overall good harvest of grain is likely for the whole year, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said on Friday.

Total grain production for the summer reached nearly 142 billion kilograms, an increase of 2.1 percent compared with last year and the same level as 2017, the year with a historically high summer yield, said Wei Baigang, head of the development and planning department at the ministry.

Meanwhile, grain to be harvested in the fall is growing normally. The spread of the crop-eating fall armyworm, a species that entered China from Southeast Asia in January, has decelerated, laying a foundation for an overall good harvest this year, he said.