Machines boost agriculture sector in Heze's district

The Dingtao district of Heze city in East China's Shandong province is using advanced technology to promote its summer planting and harvesting.

In particular, it's employing the Beidou Navigation Satellite System – inputting precise plot information that ensures accurate corn sowing operations for the cultivation this year of 660,600 mu (44,040 hectares) of cornfields.

A combine harvester works in a field in Dingtao district. [Photo by Yan Xiaona provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

The technology is said to save masses of time and energy compared with traditional labor and enhances the accuracy of plant spacing.

This is widely seen as being an especially cost-effective measure that will boost summer seed production.

Dingtao district consists of 11 towns and streets and this year technical teams – composed of personnel from agricultural and rural departments and agricultural services – have been established to help local farmers with their harvest.

The effort has helped solve practical difficulties encountered during the summer harvest and planting process.

The massive task of organizing two technical operating service teams and coordinating more than 3,500 sets of corn precision sowing machines is in the hands of the agricultural machinery service center.

The center's deputy director, Meng Xiangdong, assured the public that the efforts are being coordinated through precise scientific scheduling, to help ensure a smooth summer production cycle. (Edited by Jin Yongxue)