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Central China ramps up efforts to reduce grain losses

STORY: Central China ramps up efforts to reduce grain losses DATELINE: June 10, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:50 LOCATION: ZHENGZHOU, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of summer harvest in central China's Henan Province 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): WU DONGXING, Party chief of Yuanying Village 3. various of summer harvest in central China's Anhui Province STORYLINE: China has stepped up efforts to minimize grain losses during this year's summer harvest in response to weather challenges such as waterlogging and heat waves. Central China's Henan Province is dubbed the "granary of China," accounting for more than a quarter of the country's wheat output. It is facing a daunting challenge as heavy rains have turned fields soggy. Farmers are racing against the clock to harvest wheat before it is ruined. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): WU DONGXING, Party chief of Yuanying Village "We started the harvest on Tuesday. So far (on June 7 evening), we have harvested more than 600 mu (about 40 hectares) of wheat field. About 300 mu

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(230608) -- HUAXIAN, June 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on June 7, 2023 shows farmers driving harvesters to harvest wheat in Yuanying Village of Huaxian County, central China's Henan Province. Previously, Henan experienced prolonged periods of rainy weather, which affected the wheat harvest. Timely efforts have been made to carry out agricultural machinery harvesting on the rain-hit wheat fields and drying the soggy grain to minimize losses in grain production due to disasters. As of June 8, farmers in Henan had harvested 77.79 million mu (about 5.19 million hectares) of wheat, accounting for about 91 percent of the province's wheat planted area. (Xinhua/Zhang Haoran)

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CHINA-HENAN-WHEAT-HARVEST (CN)

(230608) -- HUAXIAN, June 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on June 7, 2023 shows a harvester loading wheat onto a truck in Yuanying Village of Huaxian County, central China's Henan Province. Previously, Henan experienced prolonged periods of rainy weather, which affected the wheat harvest. Timely efforts have been made to carry out agricultural machinery harvesting on the rain-hit wheat fields and drying the soggy grain to minimize losses in grain production due to disasters. As of June 8, farmers in Henan had harvested 77.79 million mu (about 5.19 million hectares) of wheat, accounting for about 91 percent of the province's wheat planted area. (Xinhua/Zhang Haoran)

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CHINA-HENAN-WHEAT-HARVEST (CN)

(230608) -- HUAXIAN, June 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A harvester loads wheat onto a truck in Yuanying Village of Huaxian County, central China's Henan Province, June 7, 2023. Previously, Henan experienced prolonged periods of rainy weather, which affected the wheat harvest. Timely efforts have been made to carry out agricultural machinery harvesting on the rain-hit wheat fields and drying the soggy grain to minimize losses in grain production due to disasters. As of June 8, farmers in Henan had harvested 77.79 million mu (about 5.19 million hectares) of wheat, accounting for about 91 percent of the province's wheat planted area. (Xinhua/Zhang Haoran)

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CHINA-HENAN-WHEAT-HARVEST (CN)

(230608) -- HUAXIAN, June 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A farmer drives a harvester to harvest wheat in Yuanying Village of Huaxian County, central China's Henan Province, June 7, 2023. Previously, Henan experienced prolonged periods of rainy weather, which affected the wheat harvest. Timely efforts have been made to carry out agricultural machinery harvesting on the rain-hit wheat fields and drying the soggy grain to minimize losses in grain production due to disasters. As of June 8, farmers in Henan had harvested 77.79 million mu (about 5.19 million hectares) of wheat, accounting for about 91 percent of the province's wheat planted area. (Xinhua/Zhang Haoran)

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CHINA-HENAN-WHEAT-HARVEST (CN)

(230608) -- HUAXIAN, June 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on June 7, 2023 shows a harvester loading wheat onto a truck in Yuanying Village of Huaxian County, central China's Henan Province. Previously, Henan experienced prolonged periods of rainy weather, which affected the wheat harvest. Timely efforts have been made to carry out agricultural machinery harvesting on the rain-hit wheat fields and drying the soggy grain to minimize losses in grain production due to disasters. As of June 8, farmers in Henan had harvested 77.79 million mu (about 5.19 million hectares) of wheat, accounting for about 91 percent of the province's wheat planted area. (Xinhua/Zhang Haoran)

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(230608) -- HUAXIAN, June 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A farmer cleans the windshield of a harvester in Yuanying Village of Huaxian County, central China's Henan Province, June 7, 2023. Previously, Henan experienced prolonged periods of rainy weather, which affected the wheat harvest. Timely efforts have been made to carry out agricultural machinery harvesting on the rain-hit wheat fields and drying the soggy grain to minimize losses in grain production due to disasters. As of June 8, farmers in Henan had harvested 77.79 million mu (about 5.19 million hectares) of wheat, accounting for about 91 percent of the province's wheat planted area. (Xinhua/Zhang Haoran)

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(230608) -- HUAXIAN, June 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Wu Dongxing (R), secretary of the Party branch of Yuanying Village, communicates with a harvester driver in Yuanying Village of Huaxian County, central China's Henan Province, June 7, 2023. Previously, Henan experienced prolonged periods of rainy weather, which affected the wheat harvest. Timely efforts have been made to carry out agricultural machinery harvesting on the rain-hit wheat fields and drying the soggy grain to minimize losses in grain production due to disasters. As of June 8, farmers in Henan had harvested 77.79 million mu (about 5.19 million hectares) of wheat, accounting for about 91 percent of the province's wheat planted area. (Xinhua/Zhang Haoran)

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CHINA-HENAN-WHEAT-HARVEST (CN)

(230608) -- HUAXIAN, June 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on June 7, 2023 shows a harvester working in a wheat field in Yuanying Village of Huaxian County, central China's Henan Province. Previously, Henan experienced prolonged periods of rainy weather, which affected the wheat harvest. Timely efforts have been made to carry out agricultural machinery harvesting on the rain-hit wheat fields and drying the soggy grain to minimize losses in grain production due to disasters. As of June 8, farmers in Henan had harvested 77.79 million mu (about 5.19 million hectares) of wheat, accounting for about 91 percent of the province's wheat planted area. (Xinhua/Zhang Haoran)

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(230608) -- HUAXIAN, June 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A worker of the grain purchasing site registers the accounts in Yuanying Village of Huaxian County, central China's Henan Province, June 7, 2023. Previously, Henan experienced prolonged periods of rainy weather, which affected the wheat harvest. Timely efforts have been made to carry out agricultural machinery harvesting on the rain-hit wheat fields and drying the soggy grain to minimize losses in grain production due to disasters. As of June 8, farmers in Henan had harvested 77.79 million mu (about 5.19 million hectares) of wheat, accounting for about 91 percent of the province's wheat planted area. (Xinhua/Zhang Haoran)

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CHINA-HENAN-WHEAT-HARVEST (CN)

(230608) -- HUAXIAN, June 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on June 7, 2023 shows a view of Yuanying Village of Huaxian County, central China's Henan Province. Previously, Henan experienced prolonged periods of rainy weather, which affected the wheat harvest. Timely efforts have been made to carry out agricultural machinery harvesting on the rain-hit wheat fields and drying the soggy grain to minimize losses in grain production due to disasters. As of June 8, farmers in Henan had harvested 77.79 million mu (about 5.19 million hectares) of wheat, accounting for about 91 percent of the province's wheat planted area. (Xinhua/Zhang Haoran)

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CHINA-HENAN-WHEAT-HARVEST (CN)

(230608) -- HUAXIAN, June 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A farmer shows newly harvested wheat in Yuanying Village of Huaxian County, central China's Henan Province, June 7, 2023. Previously, Henan experienced prolonged periods of rainy weather, which affected the wheat harvest. Timely efforts have been made to carry out agricultural machinery harvesting on the rain-hit wheat fields and drying the soggy grain to minimize losses in grain production due to disasters. As of June 8, farmers in Henan had harvested 77.79 million mu (about 5.19 million hectares) of wheat, accounting for about 91 percent of the province's wheat planted area. (Xinhua/Zhang Haoran)

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CHINA-HENAN-WHEAT-HARVEST (CN)

(230608) -- HUAXIAN, June 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on June 7, 2023 shows a harvester working in a wheat field in Yuanying Village of Huaxian County, central China's Henan Province. Previously, Henan experienced prolonged periods of rainy weather, which affected the wheat harvest. Timely efforts have been made to carry out agricultural machinery harvesting on the rain-hit wheat fields and drying the soggy grain to minimize losses in grain production due to disasters. As of June 8, farmers in Henan had harvested 77.79 million mu (about 5.19 million hectares) of wheat, accounting for about 91 percent of the province's wheat planted area. (Xinhua/Zhang Haoran)