Currently, Henan's large-scale autumn grain harvest is in full swing. During recent interviews across multiple locations in Henan, reporters learned that agricultural machinery, electricity, and other departments in many areas have actively coordinated efforts in machinery scheduling, emergency drying, and other tasks, implementing multiple measures to clear the "last mile" of the harvest and effectively protect farmers' hard-earned results.
According to the Henan Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, during this year's "Three Autumns" period, Henan plans to deploy over 4 million units of various agricultural machinery, including 214,000 harvesting machines. As of October 1, statistics show that Henan Province has harvested 48.95 million mu of grain crops, with a daily harvest rate of 1.87 million mu.
At Baimapo Village in Baidaokou Town, Hua County, Anyang, Henan, reporters observed large corn combine harvesters shuttling back and forth, completing ear picking, straw returning, and other procedures in one pass. Village Party Secretary Xu Xianwei introduced that the village's corn planting area exceeds 9,200 mu, and the harvest is currently nearing completion. "The weather has been good this year, with corn yields generally exceeding 1,500 jin per mu, and the best plots reaching 1,700 jin. All public spaces in the village have been opened for grain drying, and wheat can be sown around October 8," Xu Xianwei said.
Liu Mengke, Director of the Hua County Agricultural Machinery Technology Center, told reporters that recently the entire county has deployed 1,978 corn harvesters and 41 dryers with a daily drying capacity of 6,480 tons. "Hua County can harvest about 200,000 mu of corn per day. Through the Henan Agricultural Machinery Cloud Platform mobile app and other smart agriculture platforms, machine operators can view equipment distribution and post demand information. Hua County has also partnered with gas stations to open green channels, allowing agricultural machinery to enjoy discounted refueling. It is expected that the county's autumn grain harvest will be basically completed during the National Day holiday," Liu Mengke said.
This year, Puyang City in Henan has 3.38 million mu of autumn grain crops planted. The local area entered the concentrated harvest period after September 20 and expects to basically finish by October 5. Dong Junjie, Deputy Director of the Puyang City Agricultural Machinery Development Center, told reporters that this year Puyang City conducted training on driving operations, loss reduction techniques, and safety production, training over 8,000 machine operators. Additionally, the local area established 19 emergency agricultural machinery operation service teams, formed 35 regional agricultural machinery service centers, and prepared 271 grain drying units with a daily drying capacity exceeding 12,000 tons, creating a closed-loop chain of "harvesting, drying, transporting, and storage" and enhancing the ability to respond to extreme weather.
"This year, Qingfeng County has about 700 corn harvesters. Qingfeng County has released information on gas station locations and fuel prices to harvester operators, guiding them to refuel nearby to reduce empty-running costs. Each township in Qingfeng County has an emergency contact person. When a field needs harvesting, information is sent to WeChat groups to dispatch machinery to gather nearby, so machine operators don't 'make wasted trips,'" said Li Peiyin, Deputy Director of the Qingfeng County Agricultural Machinery Development Center.
At Zhangzhuangli Village in Gucheng Town, Qingfeng County, corn has entered a large-scale harvest period. Golden corn kernels are continuously unloaded from harvesters into grain transport vehicles, creating a bustling scene. Large-scale grain grower Zhou Jianshi told reporters that this year he has transferred over 3,000 mu of land for corn planting and expects to finish harvesting around October 6. "This year, the corn I planted adopted straight grain harvesting technology, which extended the grain filling time, increased yield, and reduced machine harvesting loss rates. As a large-scale grain grower, by seeking yield from technology and efficiency from management, this year's corn planting income is on par with last year," Zhou Jianshi said.
At a drying site in Weihui City, Xinxiang, drying towers are roaring. Chen Yugang, head of the Weihui City Nongfeng Planting Professional Cooperative, told reporters at the scene that his drying tower has been operating continuously from mid-September to the end of October, drying about 120 tons of autumn grain per day on average. "Because of the good weather earlier, this year's corn has good quality and high yield, with corn yields between 1,200 and 1,500 jin per mu," Chen Yugang said with a smile.
"Recently, drying towers in grassroots townships of Dengzhou City, Nanyang, have been running around the clock. The full-load operation of equipment relies on stable and reliable power support. We implement grid-based zoned duty to handle power failures at any time, striving to safeguard agricultural electricity stability," said Kou Peng, Director of the Wenqu Center Power Supply Station of State Grid Dengzhou City Electric Power Company.
According to reports, recently State Grid Dengzhou City Electric Power Company has extended services to drying workshops. Staff members visited production workshops to inspect drying equipment operation, understand enterprise production rhythms, changes in electricity load, and electricity demands for expansion and technical upgrades. They have also opened green service channels, relying on online platforms so that drying enterprises and farmers can handle repairs, payments, and other matters online without traveling back and forth, making things more convenient.
"We focus on inspecting high-frequency hazards such as equipment overheating, loose wiring connections, and overloaded circuits to ensure electricity demand during key autumn harvest stages," Kou Peng stated. Recently harvested corn and other autumn grains have been quickly dried, effectively avoiding mildew losses caused by rainy weather. Next, they will continue to closely monitor key nodes in autumn harvest power protection, increase the frequency of field power grid inspections, refine power protection service measures, and build a solid safety barrier for autumn harvest electricity use through refined operations and routine prevention and control.