Grain production in Ningbo achieves consecutive increases
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- Category: Governmental News
- Published: Wednesday, 31 January 2024 12:58
Good news came about the grain production in Ningbo: the total grain production last year was 750 million kilograms, an increase of 4.75% over the previous year. The grain yield per mu is 434.76 kilograms, an increase of 4.72%. The planting area, total yield, and unit yield of grain have all reached new highs, achieving the eighth consecutive increase year by year.
In 2023, the high-yield record of grain in the city was constantly broken. In May, the wheat high-yield demonstration area in Xinqiao Town, Xiangshan County achieved a yield of 540 kilograms per mu, breaking the 13-year record for the highest wheat yield in Ningbo. In early November, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs organized experts to conduct the yield testing and acceptance on the 100-mu “Yongyou 31” super hybrid rice planted at Haishu Future Farm. After weighing and impurities removing, the average yield per 100 mu was determined to be 984.16 kilograms, with a maximum yield of 1,020 kilograms per mu, breaking the 11-year high yield record of rice in Ningbo. At the end of November, according to experts organized by the Zhejiang Agriculture Committee, the average yield per mu of the
