Farmers welcome bumper celery harvest

The farmers are busy working in the celery field. [Photo by Shi Weiye for chinadaily.com.cn]

Farmers in Dingtao district, Heze city of Shandong province have been busy reaping a bumper harvest of celery that would this year fetch slightly higher prices compared to before.

The yield of celery this year is around 6,500 kilograms per hectare, and farmers are expected to earn about 6000 yuan ($840) per hectare, said Li Zhaoyin, a farmer from Rangu town of Dingtao district.

A farmer picks celery leaves. [Photo by Shi Weiye for chinadaily.com.cn]

Dingtao district has in recent years actively adjusted its industrial structure and optimized the layout of the vegetable industry. (Edited by Huang Junyao)