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Illustration - Puy-de-Dome

FRANCE. PUY DE DOME (63) TRACTOR PLOWING A FIELD, LIMAGNE PLAIN, PUY DE DOME VOLCANO IN BACKGROUND Photo by Bernard Jaubert/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Snow on Tallinn sidewalks

07.01.2025, Tallinn. Snow removal on Tallinn sidewalks. The new Tallinn city government increased snow removal responsibilities, but many sidewalks are still not cleared. Person plowing snow. Photo Madis Veltman, Postimees

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File - Trudeau Resigns as PM and Liberal Leader

File photo - Justin Trudeau climbs onto a tractor at the International Plowing Match and Rural Expo in Walton, Ont., on Friday, September 22, 2017. On January 6, 2025, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his resignation. Photo by Chris Donovan/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CAMBODIA-KAMPONG SPEU-ROYAL PLOUGHING CEREMONY

(240526) -- KAMPONG SPEU, May 26, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni (L) attends the royal plowing ceremony in Kampong Speu province, Cambodia, May 26, 2024. Cambodia on Sunday celebrated its ancient royal plowing ceremony here in the country's western part under the auspices of the nation's King Norodom Sihamoni. The ceremony, which marked the annual beginning of the farming season, was also attended by Cambodian Senate President Samdech Techo Hun Sen, National Assembly President Khuon Sudary, and Prime Minister Hun Manet, as well as foreign diplomats to the Southeast Asian country. (Photo by Ly Lay/Xinhua)

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CAMBODIA-KAMPONG SPEU-ROYAL PLOUGHING CEREMONY

(240526) -- KAMPONG SPEU, May 26, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People dressed in traditional costumes attend the royal plowing ceremony in Kampong Speu province, Cambodia, May 26, 2024. Cambodia on Sunday celebrated its ancient royal plowing ceremony here in the country's western part under the auspices of the nation's King Norodom Sihamoni. The ceremony, which marked the annual beginning of the farming season, was also attended by Cambodian Senate President Samdech Techo Hun Sen, National Assembly President Khuon Sudary, and Prime Minister Hun Manet, as well as foreign diplomats to the Southeast Asian country. (Photo by Ly Lay/Xinhua)

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CAMBODIA-KAMPONG SPEU-ROYAL PLOUGHING CEREMONY

(240526) -- KAMPONG SPEU, May 26, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Royal oxen are fed with fodder during the royal plowing ceremony in Kampong Speu province, Cambodia, May 26, 2024. Cambodia on Sunday celebrated its ancient royal plowing ceremony here in the country's western part under the auspices of the nation's King Norodom Sihamoni. The ceremony, which marked the annual beginning of the farming season, was also attended by Cambodian Senate President Samdech Techo Hun Sen, National Assembly President Khuon Sudary, and Prime Minister Hun Manet, as well as foreign diplomats to the Southeast Asian country. (Photo by Ly Lay/Xinhua)

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CAMBODIA-KAMPONG SPEU-ROYAL PLOUGHING CEREMONY

(240526) -- KAMPONG SPEU, May 26, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni (L) attends the royal plowing ceremony in Kampong Speu province, Cambodia, May 26, 2024. Cambodia on Sunday celebrated its ancient royal plowing ceremony here in the country's western part under the auspices of the nation's King Norodom Sihamoni. The ceremony, which marked the annual beginning of the farming season, was also attended by Cambodian Senate President Samdech Techo Hun Sen, National Assembly President Khuon Sudary, and Prime Minister Hun Manet, as well as foreign diplomats to the Southeast Asian country. (Photo by Ly Lay/Xinhua)

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CAMBODIA-KAMPONG SPEU-ROYAL PLOUGHING CEREMONY

(240526) -- KAMPONG SPEU, May 26, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People dressed in traditional costumes attend the royal plowing ceremony in Kampong Speu province, Cambodia, May 26, 2024. Cambodia on Sunday celebrated its ancient royal plowing ceremony here in the country's western part under the auspices of the nation's King Norodom Sihamoni. The ceremony, which marked the annual beginning of the farming season, was also attended by Cambodian Senate President Samdech Techo Hun Sen, National Assembly President Khuon Sudary, and Prime Minister Hun Manet, as well as foreign diplomats to the Southeast Asian country. (Photo by Ly Lay/Xinhua)

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CAMBODIA-KAMPONG SPEU-ROYAL PLOUGHING CEREMONY

(240526) -- KAMPONG SPEU, May 26, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Royal oxen are fed with fodder during the royal plowing ceremony in Kampong Speu province, Cambodia, May 26, 2024. Cambodia on Sunday celebrated its ancient royal plowing ceremony here in the country's western part under the auspices of the nation's King Norodom Sihamoni. The ceremony, which marked the annual beginning of the farming season, was also attended by Cambodian Senate President Samdech Techo Hun Sen, National Assembly President Khuon Sudary, and Prime Minister Hun Manet, as well as foreign diplomats to the Southeast Asian country. (Photo by Ly Lay/Xinhua)

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ChineseToday | Young farmer uses modern technology to empower traditional agriculture in SW China

(240521) -- CHENGDU, May 21, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Shu Xingyu checks the wheat grain at a wheat drying warehouse of an agricultural machinery cooperative in Chongzhou City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 15, 2024. For Shu Xingyu, a professional manager of a specialized agricultural machinery cooperative in Chongzhou of southwest China's Sichuan Province, the days starting from early May to early June is a busy farming season of a year. In addition to the work on harvesting wheat and transplanting rice, Shu is also busy coordinating the plowing, organizing drones to spread pesticide, arranging the drying of harvested wheat, and distributing rice seedlings among local farmers. Shu Xingyu graduated in 2015 from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China and a few years later he resigned his work and brought modern agricultural technology back to his hometown. At present, the specialized agricultural cooperative in which he works has realized the mechanized operation of the whole proc

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ChineseToday | Young farmer uses modern technology to empower traditional agriculture in SW China

(240521) -- CHENGDU, May 21, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Shu Xingyu (L) tells workers about the using of seedling planting machine in Guquan Village of Chongzhou City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 15, 2024. For Shu Xingyu, a professional manager of a specialized agricultural machinery cooperative in Chongzhou of southwest China's Sichuan Province, the days starting from early May to early June is a busy farming season of a year. In addition to the work on harvesting wheat and transplanting rice, Shu is also busy coordinating the plowing, organizing drones to spread pesticide, arranging the drying of harvested wheat, and distributing rice seedlings among local farmers. Shu Xingyu graduated in 2015 from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China and a few years later he resigned his work and brought modern agricultural technology back to his hometown. At present, the specialized agricultural cooperative in which he works has realized the mechanized operation of the whole process of farm

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ChineseToday | Young farmer uses modern technology to empower traditional agriculture in SW China

(240521) -- CHENGDU, May 21, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Shu Xingyu (3rd L) helps carry seedlings in a farmland in Shiqiao Village of Chongzhou City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 15, 2024. For Shu Xingyu, a professional manager of a specialized agricultural machinery cooperative in Chongzhou of southwest China's Sichuan Province, the days starting from early May to early June is a busy farming season of a year. In addition to the work on harvesting wheat and transplanting rice, Shu is also busy coordinating the plowing, organizing drones to spread pesticide, arranging the drying of harvested wheat, and distributing rice seedlings among local farmers. Shu Xingyu graduated in 2015 from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China and a few years later he resigned his work and brought modern agricultural technology back to his hometown. At present, the specialized agricultural cooperative in which he works has realized the mechanized operation of the whole process of farming, providing ser

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ChineseToday | Young farmer uses modern technology to empower traditional agriculture in SW China

(240521) -- CHENGDU, May 21, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Shu Xingyu (L) makes a point to remind farmers as they use a seedling planting machine in Xiaohe Village of Dongjiageng Township of Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 15, 2024. For Shu Xingyu, a professional manager of a specialized agricultural machinery cooperative in Chongzhou of southwest China's Sichuan Province, the days starting from early May to early June is a busy farming season of a year. In addition to the work on harvesting wheat and transplanting rice, Shu is also busy coordinating the plowing, organizing drones to spread pesticide, arranging the drying of harvested wheat, and distributing rice seedlings among local farmers. Shu Xingyu graduated in 2015 from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China and a few years later he resigned his work and brought modern agricultural technology back to his hometown. At present, the specialized agricultural cooperative in which he works has realized the mechanized operatio

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ChineseToday | Young farmer uses modern technology to empower traditional agriculture in SW China

(240521) -- CHENGDU, May 21, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Shu Xingyu (L) and an accountant check inventory of the amount of newly-harvested wheat in the warehouse of an agricultural machinery cooperative in Chongzhou City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 15, 2024. For Shu Xingyu, a professional manager of a specialized agricultural machinery cooperative in Chongzhou of southwest China's Sichuan Province, the days starting from early May to early June is a busy farming season of a year. In addition to the work on harvesting wheat and transplanting rice, Shu is also busy coordinating the plowing, organizing drones to spread pesticide, arranging the drying of harvested wheat, and distributing rice seedlings among local farmers. Shu Xingyu graduated in 2015 from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China and a few years later he resigned his work and brought modern agricultural technology back to his hometown. At present, the specialized agricultural cooperative in which he works has realized

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ChineseToday | Young farmer uses modern technology to empower traditional agriculture in SW China

(240521) -- CHENGDU, May 21, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Shu Xingyu (C) talks with his colleagues at a wheat drying warehouse of an agricultural machinery cooperative in Chongzhou City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 15, 2024. For Shu Xingyu, a professional manager of a specialized agricultural machinery cooperative in Chongzhou of southwest China's Sichuan Province, the days starting from early May to early June is a busy farming season of a year. In addition to the work on harvesting wheat and transplanting rice, Shu is also busy coordinating the plowing, organizing drones to spread pesticide, arranging the drying of harvested wheat, and distributing rice seedlings among local farmers. Shu Xingyu graduated in 2015 from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China and a few years later he resigned his work and brought modern agricultural technology back to his hometown. At present, the specialized agricultural cooperative in which he works has realized the mechanized operation of the who

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ChineseToday | Young farmer uses modern technology to empower traditional agriculture in SW China

(240521) -- CHENGDU, May 21, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Shu Xingyu (C) and drone operators talk about the spread of pesticide in Wanchun Township of Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 16, 2024. For Shu Xingyu, a professional manager of a specialized agricultural machinery cooperative in Chongzhou of southwest China's Sichuan Province, the days starting from early May to early June is a busy farming season of a year. In addition to the work on harvesting wheat and transplanting rice, Shu is also busy coordinating the plowing, organizing drones to spread pesticide, arranging the drying of harvested wheat, and distributing rice seedlings among local farmers. Shu Xingyu graduated in 2015 from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China and a few years later he resigned his work and brought modern agricultural technology back to his hometown. At present, the specialized agricultural cooperative in which he works has realized the mechanized operation of the whole process of farming, prov

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ChineseToday | Young farmer uses modern technology to empower traditional agriculture in SW China

(240521) -- CHENGDU, May 21, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Shu Xingyu (L) talks with a tractor operator in Shiqiao Village of Chongzhou City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 15, 2024. For Shu Xingyu, a professional manager of a specialized agricultural machinery cooperative in Chongzhou of southwest China's Sichuan Province, the days starting from early May to early June is a busy farming season of a year. In addition to the work on harvesting wheat and transplanting rice, Shu is also busy coordinating the plowing, organizing drones to spread pesticide, arranging the drying of harvested wheat, and distributing rice seedlings among local farmers. Shu Xingyu graduated in 2015 from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China and a few years later he resigned his work and brought modern agricultural technology back to his hometown. At present, the specialized agricultural cooperative in which he works has realized the mechanized operation of the whole process of farming, providing services for

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ChineseToday | Young farmer uses modern technology to empower traditional agriculture in SW China

(240521) -- CHENGDU, May 21, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on May 15, 2024 shows farmers carrying seedlings in a farmland in Shiqiao Village of Chongzhou City, southwest China's Sichuan Province. For Shu Xingyu, a professional manager of a specialized agricultural machinery cooperative in Chongzhou of southwest China's Sichuan Province, the days starting from early May to early June is a busy farming season of a year. In addition to the work on harvesting wheat and transplanting rice, Shu is also busy coordinating the plowing, organizing drones to spread pesticide, arranging the drying of harvested wheat, and distributing rice seedlings among local farmers. Shu Xingyu graduated in 2015 from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China and a few years later he resigned his work and brought modern agricultural technology back to his hometown. At present, the specialized agricultural cooperative in which he works has realized the mechanized operation of the whole process of

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ChineseToday | Young farmer uses modern technology to empower traditional agriculture in SW China

(240521) -- CHENGDU, May 21, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Shu Xingyu checks the ripeness of wheat in Guquan Village of Chongzhou City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 15, 2024. For Shu Xingyu, a professional manager of a specialized agricultural machinery cooperative in Chongzhou of southwest China's Sichuan Province, the days starting from early May to early June is a busy farming season of a year. In addition to the work on harvesting wheat and transplanting rice, Shu is also busy coordinating the plowing, organizing drones to spread pesticide, arranging the drying of harvested wheat, and distributing rice seedlings among local farmers. Shu Xingyu graduated in 2015 from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China and a few years later he resigned his work and brought modern agricultural technology back to his hometown. At present, the specialized agricultural cooperative in which he works has realized the mechanized operation of the whole process of farming, providing services for more t

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ChineseToday | Young farmer uses modern technology to empower traditional agriculture in SW China

(240521) -- CHENGDU, May 21, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Shu Xingyu (C) talks with his colleagues at a wheat drying warehouse of an agricultural machinery cooperative in Chongzhou City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 15, 2024. For Shu Xingyu, a professional manager of a specialized agricultural machinery cooperative in Chongzhou of southwest China's Sichuan Province, the days starting from early May to early June is a busy farming season of a year. In addition to the work on harvesting wheat and transplanting rice, Shu is also busy coordinating the plowing, organizing drones to spread pesticide, arranging the drying of harvested wheat, and distributing rice seedlings among local farmers. Shu Xingyu graduated in 2015 from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China and a few years later he resigned his work and brought modern agricultural technology back to his hometown. At present, the specialized agricultural cooperative in which he works has realized the mechanized operation of the who

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ChineseToday | Young farmer uses modern technology to empower traditional agriculture in SW China

(240521) -- CHENGDU, May 21, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Shu Xingyu watches as harvesters operate in a farmland in Guquan Village of Chongzhou City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 15, 2024. For Shu Xingyu, a professional manager of a specialized agricultural machinery cooperative in Chongzhou of southwest China's Sichuan Province, the days starting from early May to early June is a busy farming season of a year. In addition to the work on harvesting wheat and transplanting rice, Shu is also busy coordinating the plowing, organizing drones to spread pesticide, arranging the drying of harvested wheat, and distributing rice seedlings among local farmers. Shu Xingyu graduated in 2015 from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China and a few years later he resigned his work and brought modern agricultural technology back to his hometown. At present, the specialized agricultural cooperative in which he works has realized the mechanized operation of the whole process of farming, providing serv

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ChineseToday | Young farmer uses modern technology to empower traditional agriculture in SW China

(240521) -- CHENGDU, May 21, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Shu Xingyu makes a plan on machinery of rice transplanting for the next day in Xiaohe Village of Dongjiageng Township of Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 15, 2024. For Shu Xingyu, a professional manager of a specialized agricultural machinery cooperative in Chongzhou of southwest China's Sichuan Province, the days starting from early May to early June is a busy farming season of a year. In addition to the work on harvesting wheat and transplanting rice, Shu is also busy coordinating the plowing, organizing drones to spread pesticide, arranging the drying of harvested wheat, and distributing rice seedlings among local farmers. Shu Xingyu graduated in 2015 from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China and a few years later he resigned his work and brought modern agricultural technology back to his hometown. At present, the specialized agricultural cooperative in which he works has realized the mechanized operation of the wh

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ChineseToday | Young farmer uses modern technology to empower traditional agriculture in SW China

(240521) -- CHENGDU, May 21, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Shu Xingyu checks the ripeness of wheat in Guquan Village of Chongzhou City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 15, 2024. For Shu Xingyu, a professional manager of a specialized agricultural machinery cooperative in Chongzhou of southwest China's Sichuan Province, the days starting from early May to early June is a busy farming season of a year. In addition to the work on harvesting wheat and transplanting rice, Shu is also busy coordinating the plowing, organizing drones to spread pesticide, arranging the drying of harvested wheat, and distributing rice seedlings among local farmers. Shu Xingyu graduated in 2015 from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China and a few years later he resigned his work and brought modern agricultural technology back to his hometown. At present, the specialized agricultural cooperative in which he works has realized the mechanized operation of the whole process of farming, providing services for more t

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ChineseToday | Young farmer uses modern technology to empower traditional agriculture in SW China

(240521) -- CHENGDU, May 21, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on May 15, 2024 shows harvesters on operation in a farmland in Guquan Village of Chongzhou City, southwest China's Sichuan Province. For Shu Xingyu, a professional manager of a specialized agricultural machinery cooperative in Chongzhou of southwest China's Sichuan Province, the days starting from early May to early June is a busy farming season of a year. In addition to the work on harvesting wheat and transplanting rice, Shu is also busy coordinating the plowing, organizing drones to spread pesticide, arranging the drying of harvested wheat, and distributing rice seedlings among local farmers. Shu Xingyu graduated in 2015 from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China and a few years later he resigned his work and brought modern agricultural technology back to his hometown. At present, the specialized agricultural cooperative in which he works has realized the mechanized operation of the whole process of farm

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ChineseToday | Young farmer uses modern technology to empower traditional agriculture in SW China

(240521) -- CHENGDU, May 21, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Shu Xingyu talks on the phone with a local farmer about the service terms for agricultural machines in Shiqiao Village of Chongzhou City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 15, 2024. For Shu Xingyu, a professional manager of a specialized agricultural machinery cooperative in Chongzhou of southwest China's Sichuan Province, the days starting from early May to early June is a busy farming season of a year. In addition to the work on harvesting wheat and transplanting rice, Shu is also busy coordinating the plowing, organizing drones to spread pesticide, arranging the drying of harvested wheat, and distributing rice seedlings among local farmers. Shu Xingyu graduated in 2015 from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China and a few years later he resigned his work and brought modern agricultural technology back to his hometown. At present, the specialized agricultural cooperative in which he works has realized the mechanized operation o

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ChineseToday | Young farmer uses modern technology to empower traditional agriculture in SW China

(240521) -- CHENGDU, May 21, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Shu Xingyu (R) talks with a worker in Guquan Village of Chongzhou City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 15, 2024. For Shu Xingyu, a professional manager of a specialized agricultural machinery cooperative in Chongzhou of southwest China's Sichuan Province, the days starting from early May to early June is a busy farming season of a year. In addition to the work on harvesting wheat and transplanting rice, Shu is also busy coordinating the plowing, organizing drones to spread pesticide, arranging the drying of harvested wheat, and distributing rice seedlings among local farmers. Shu Xingyu graduated in 2015 from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China and a few years later he resigned his work and brought modern agricultural technology back to his hometown. At present, the specialized agricultural cooperative in which he works has realized the mechanized operation of the whole process of farming, providing services for more than 4

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ChineseToday | Young farmer uses modern technology to empower traditional agriculture in SW China

(240521) -- CHENGDU, May 21, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Shu Xingyu poses for a photo in front of a wall featuring his portrait in an agricultural machinery cooperative in Chongzhou City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 16, 2024. For Shu Xingyu, a professional manager of a specialized agricultural machinery cooperative in Chongzhou of southwest China's Sichuan Province, the days starting from early May to early June is a busy farming season of a year. In addition to the work on harvesting wheat and transplanting rice, Shu is also busy coordinating the plowing, organizing drones to spread pesticide, arranging the drying of harvested wheat, and distributing rice seedlings among local farmers. Shu Xingyu graduated in 2015 from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China and a few years later he resigned his work and brought modern agricultural technology back to his hometown. At present, the specialized agricultural cooperative in which he works has realized the mechanized operation of the w

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Smart cotton planting in China's Xinjiang

STORY: Smart cotton planting in China's Xinjiang SHOOTING TIME: April 16-20, 2024 DATELINE: April 29, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:19 LOCATION: URUMQI, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY/TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of farmers working in the fields 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): YEMEK AMEN, Cotton farmer 3. SOUNDBTIE 2 (Chinese): MA JINYUN, Cotton farmer 4. SOUNDBTIE 3 (Chinese): LI WEIGUO, Cotton farmer 5. various of cotton fields STORYLINE: April marks the busiest planting season for cotton farmers in northwest China's Xinjiang. With the wide application of mechanization and unmanned technology, farmers embrace easier farm working. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): YEMEK AMEN, Cotton farmer "We have started the busy season since mid-March with plowing, leveling the ground, harrowing, and sowing. We use agricultural drones to spray pesticides. With modern science and technology, we have used unmanned vehicles and full automatic agricultural machinery, which are easy to operate." SOUNDBTIE 2 (Chinese): MA JINYUN, Cotton farmer "To plant

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KASHMIR-SRINAGAR-TORCH LIGHT FESTIVAL

(240422) -- SRINAGAR, April 22, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A villager holds a torch during a torch light festival outside a shrine at village Aishmuqam in Anantnag district, about 70 km south of Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir, on April 22, 2024. Villagers celebrated the torch light festival ahead of the new agricultural season, when they begin plowing their fields after winter. (Xinhua/Javed Dar)

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KASHMIR-SRINAGAR-TORCH LIGHT FESTIVAL

(240422) -- SRINAGAR, April 22, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Villagers hold torches during a torch light festival outside a shrine at village Aishmuqam in Anantnag district, about 70 km south of Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir, on April 22, 2024. Villagers celebrated the torch light festival ahead of the new agricultural season, when they begin plowing their fields after winter. (Xinhua/Javed Dar)

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KASHMIR-SRINAGAR-TORCH LIGHT FESTIVAL

(240422) -- SRINAGAR, April 22, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Villagers hold torches during a torch light festival outside a shrine at village Aishmuqam in Anantnag district, about 70 km south of Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir, on April 22, 2024. Villagers celebrated the torch light festival ahead of the new agricultural season, when they begin plowing their fields after winter. (Xinhua/Javed Dar)

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KASHMIR-SRINAGAR-TORCH LIGHT FESTIVAL

(240422) -- SRINAGAR, April 22, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Villagers hold torches during a torch light festival outside a shrine at village Aishmuqam in Anantnag district, about 70 km south of Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir, on April 22, 2024. Villagers celebrated the torch light festival ahead of the new agricultural season, when they begin plowing their fields after winter. (Xinhua/Javed Dar)

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KASHMIR-SRINAGAR-TORCH LIGHT FESTIVAL

(240422) -- SRINAGAR, April 22, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A villager holds a torch during a torch light festival outside a shrine at village Aishmuqam in Anantnag district, about 70 km south of Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir, on April 22, 2024. Villagers celebrated the torch light festival ahead of the new agricultural season, when they begin plowing their fields after winter. (Xinhua/Javed Dar)

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KASHMIR-SRINAGAR-TORCH LIGHT FESTIVAL

(240422) -- SRINAGAR, April 22, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Villagers hold torches during a torch light festival outside a shrine at village Aishmuqam in Anantnag district, about 70 km south of Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir, on April 22, 2024. Villagers celebrated the torch light festival ahead of the new agricultural season, when they begin plowing their fields after winter. (Xinhua/Javed Dar)

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KASHMIR-SRINAGAR-TORCH LIGHT FESTIVAL

(240422) -- SRINAGAR, April 22, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Villagers hold torches during a torch light festival outside a shrine at village Aishmuqam in Anantnag district, about 70 km south of Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir, on April 22, 2024. Villagers celebrated the torch light festival ahead of the new agricultural season, when they begin plowing their fields after winter. (Xinhua/Javed Dar)

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CHINA-JILIN-SPRING PLOWING (CN)

(240403) -- CHANGCHUN, April 3, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A villager drives a farming machine to remove stalks of crops in Fanjiatun Town in Gongzhuling City of northeast China's Jilin Province, April 2, 2024. Farmers in Jilin Province have started the annual spring plowing. Across the province, fields are alive with activity as tractors till the soil, preparing it for planting. (Xinhua/Zhang Nan)

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CHINA-JILIN-SPRING PLOWING (CN)

(240403) -- CHANGCHUN, April 3, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A villager maintains an agricultural machine in Fanjiatun Town in Gongzhuling City of northeast China's Jilin Province, April 2, 2024. Farmers in Jilin Province have started the annual spring plowing. Across the province, fields are alive with activity as tractors till the soil, preparing it for planting. (Xinhua/Zhang Nan)

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CHINA-JILIN-SPRING PLOWING (CN)

(240403) -- CHANGCHUN, April 3, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo shows a machine removing stalks of crops in Fanjiatun Town in Gongzhuling City of northeast China's Jilin Province, April 2, 2024. Farmers in Jilin Province have started the annual spring plowing. Across the province, fields are alive with activity as tractors till the soil, preparing it for planting. (Xinhua/Zhang Nan)

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CHINA-JILIN-SPRING PLOWING (CN)

(240403) -- CHANGCHUN, April 3, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A villager maintains an agricultural machine in Fanjiatun Town in Gongzhuling City of northeast China's Jilin Province, April 2, 2024. Farmers in Jilin Province have started the annual spring plowing. Across the province, fields are alive with activity as tractors till the soil, preparing it for planting. (Xinhua/Zhang Nan)

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CHINA-JILIN-SPRING PLOWING (CN)

(240403) -- CHANGCHUN, April 3, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A villager drives a plowing machine to loosen soil in Fanjiatun Town in Gongzhuling City of northeast China's Jilin Province, April 2, 2024. Farmers in Jilin Province have started the annual spring plowing. Across the province, fields are alive with activity as tractors till the soil, preparing it for planting. (Xinhua/Zhang Nan)

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BeiDou aids spring farming in Xinjiang

STORY: BeiDou aids spring farming in Xinjiang SHOOTING TIME: March 20, 2024 DATELINE: March 25, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:58 LOCATION: URUMQI, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the field 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): WANG XINJIA, Farmer in Xinjiang 3. various of the seeders STORYLINE: It's spring farming time in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Local farmers use the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) to guide unmanned seeders to reduce the time and labor cost of farming. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): WANG XINJIA, Farmer in Xinjiang "I planted 20 mu (1.3 hectares) of wheat this year. I used traditional seeders in the past. It took a long time with low precision. This year, we have introduced BeiDou-guided seeders. It just took one hour to sow the seeds." Xinjiang has been keeping modernizing its farming process. According to the region's agricultural and rural affairs department, Xinjiang reached 100 percent mechanization in plowing and seeding, 80 percent in harvesting, and an overa

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Farmer Plowing The Land With Traditional Methods - Bangladesh

In Salutikar area of Guainghat upazila of Sylhet, a farmer is preparing the land with cow-plough for Boro paddy cultivation in the winter morning which is now on the verge of disappearing in the rural areas of Bangladesh. As time goes by, technology advances and today farmers use tractors or motocultors to cultivate the land. January 21, 2024 Sylhet, Bangladesh. Photo by Md Rafayat Haque Khan/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Farmer Plowing The Land With Traditional Methods - Bangladesh

In Salutikar area of Guainghat upazila of Sylhet, a farmer is preparing the land with cow-plough for Boro paddy cultivation in the winter morning which is now on the verge of disappearing in the rural areas of Bangladesh. As time goes by, technology advances and today farmers use tractors or motocultors to cultivate the land. January 21, 2024 Sylhet, Bangladesh. Photo by Md Rafayat Haque Khan/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Farmer Plowing The Land With Traditional Methods - Bangladesh

In Salutikar area of Guainghat upazila of Sylhet, a farmer is preparing the land with cow-plough for Boro paddy cultivation in the winter morning which is now on the verge of disappearing in the rural areas of Bangladesh. As time goes by, technology advances and today farmers use tractors or motocultors to cultivate the land. January 21, 2024 Sylhet, Bangladesh. Photo by Md Rafayat Haque Khan/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Farmer Plowing The Land With Traditional Methods - Bangladesh

In Salutikar area of Guainghat upazila of Sylhet, a farmer is preparing the land with cow-plough for Boro paddy cultivation in the winter morning which is now on the verge of disappearing in the rural areas of Bangladesh. As time goes by, technology advances and today farmers use tractors or motocultors to cultivate the land. January 21, 2024 Sylhet, Bangladesh. Photo by Md Rafayat Haque Khan/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Farmer Plowing The Land With Traditional Methods - Bangladesh

In Salutikar area of Guainghat upazila of Sylhet, a farmer is preparing the land with cow-plough for Boro paddy cultivation in the winter morning which is now on the verge of disappearing in the rural areas of Bangladesh. As time goes by, technology advances and today farmers use tractors or motocultors to cultivate the land. January 21, 2024 Sylhet, Bangladesh. Photo by Md Rafayat Haque Khan/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Farmer Plowing The Land With Traditional Methods - Bangladesh

In Salutikar area of Guainghat upazila of Sylhet, a farmer is preparing the land with cow-plough for Boro paddy cultivation in the winter morning which is now on the verge of disappearing in the rural areas of Bangladesh. As time goes by, technology advances and today farmers use tractors or motocultors to cultivate the land. January 21, 2024 Sylhet, Bangladesh. Photo by Md Rafayat Haque Khan/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Farmer Plowing The Land With Traditional Methods - Bangladesh

In Salutikar area of Guainghat upazila of Sylhet, a farmer is preparing the land with cow-plough for Boro paddy cultivation in the winter morning which is now on the verge of disappearing in the rural areas of Bangladesh. As time goes by, technology advances and today farmers use tractors or motocultors to cultivate the land. January 21, 2024 Sylhet, Bangladesh. Photo by Md Rafayat Haque Khan/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

(231204) -- BEIJING, Dec. 4, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Dec. 3, 2023 shows China's research icebreaker Xuelong 2 breaking ice and plowing a waterway. (Photo by Zhu He/Xinhua)

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Modern technologies help with summer planting in SW China

STORY: Modern technologies help with summer planting in SW China DATELINE: May 26, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:14 LOCATION: KUNMING, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of farmers using high-tech for summer planting STORYLINE: In Longchuan County of southwest China's Yunnan Province, local farmers have started summer planting with the help of modern technologies. The plowing tractors go through the farmland to plant rice. Unmanned agricultural machines equipped with the Beidou navigation system are applied to assist farming while plant-protection drones fly in mid air. During this year's rice planting season, the machine transplanting area in the county is expected to reach over 18,200 hectares. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Kunming, China. (XHTV)