Drones help farming go smart in China's breadbasket province

STORY: Drones help farming go smart in China's breadbasket province SHOOTING TIME: June 19, 2024 DATELINE: June 19, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:12 LOCATION: HARBIN, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the drones STORYLINE: Drones are being used for monitoring crop growth and spraying pesticides in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, known as the country's "grain barn." Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Harbin, China. (XHTV)

U.S. Iowa, China's Hebei discuss strengthening agricultural cooperation

STORY: U.S. Iowa, China's Hebei discuss strengthening agricultural cooperation SHOOTING TIME: May 20, 2024 DATELINE: May 22, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:06 LOCATION: DES MOINES, U.S. CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the roundtable discussion 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZHAO JIAN, Consul General of China's consulate general in Chicago 3. various of agricultural activities 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): RICK KIMBERLEY, President of Kimberley Farms Inc. STORYLINE: The U.S. state of Iowa and north China's Hebei Province held a roundtable discussion on strengthening cooperation in sustainable agriculture Monday in Des Moines, the state's capital. Zhao Jian, consul general of China's Consulate General in Chicago, said holding such an event in Iowa, "the granary and breadbasket of America," is significant for promoting pragmatic agricultural cooperation between China and the United States. Noting that China is the largest export destination of U.S. agricultural products, Zhao expressed optimism about deepening coopera

Xinhua Headlines: China's breadbasket province braces for another typhoon lashing

Xinhua Headlines: China's breadbasket province braces for another typhoon lashing

(230811) -- HARBIN, Aug. 11, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Aug. 10, 2023 shows rice seedlings in a modern agricultural industrial park in Wuchang, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. (Xinhua/Zhang Tao)

Xinhua Headlines: China's breadbasket province braces for another typhoon lashing

Xinhua Headlines: China's breadbasket province braces for another typhoon lashing

(230811) -- HARBIN, Aug. 11, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Aug. 10, 2023 shows the intelligent control devices for water supply in a modern agricultural industrial park in Wuchang, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. (Xinhua/Zhang Tao)

China's breadbasket province braces for another typhoon lashing

STORY: China's breadbasket province braces for another typhoon lashing DATELINE: Aug. 11, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:14 LOCATION: HARBIN CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of flood affected areas in Heilongjiang and Jilin Province 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LI CHEN'GANG, Engineer, China Railway No.4 Engineering Group Co., Ltd. 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): LI ZHIHENG, Head of the emergency rescue center, Shulan City, Jilin Province 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): DU YANHUI, Director of Wuchang City's agricultural technology promotion center 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): LI YANJUN, Plant protection researcher, Wuchang City's agricultural technology promotion center STORYLINE: China has been ramping up prevention measures against Typhoon Khanun, which is expected to make landfall in northeastern provinces on Saturday. While grappling with extreme rainfall affected by Typhoon Doksuri, China's breadbasket province Heilongjiang on Thursday activated the second-level emergency response to flood control to cope with the impact of

Xinhua Headlines: China's breadbasket province braces for another typhoon lashing

Xinhua Headlines: China's breadbasket province braces for another typhoon lashing

(230811) -- HARBIN, Aug. 11, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Aug. 10, 2023 shows meteorological monitoring devices in a modern agricultural industrial park in Wuchang, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. (Xinhua/Zhang Tao)

Xinhua Headlines: China's breadbasket province braces for another typhoon lashing

Xinhua Headlines: China's breadbasket province braces for another typhoon lashing

(230811) -- HARBIN, Aug. 11, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Aug. 9, 2023 shows flooded paddy fields in Xingye Village of Anjia Town in Wuchang, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. (Xinhua/Zhang Tao)

Xinhua Headlines: China's breadbasket province braces for another typhoon lashing

Xinhua Headlines: China's breadbasket province braces for another typhoon lashing

(230811) -- HARBIN, Aug. 11, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Aug. 9, 2023 shows flooded paddy fields in Xingye Village of Anjia Town in Wuchang, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. (Xinhua/Zhang Tao)

Spring rains in Türkiye's Thrace region boost farmers' hopes: media

STORY: Spring rains in Türkiye's Thrace region boost farmers' hopes: media DATELINE: June 17, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:46 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Türkiye CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT/ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of a dam used for irrigation in Türkiye 2. various of wheat harvest 3. various of Istanbul in Türkiye 4. various of a dam, whose water level has decreased due to a lack of seasonal rains in Istanbul, Türkiye STORYLINE: Above-average rainfall received across Türkiye's western Thrace region in the spring alleviated concerns about a continued drought in the country that would affect grain production, state media reported on Friday. The cities of Edirne, Kiklareli and Tekirdag received more rainfall than average in the spring months, which increased water levels in lakes, ponds and dams, boosting hopes of farmers in the region after a dry autumn, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported. If the region, a major breadbasket for the country, continues to receive a good amount of rainfall, its wheat crop yield is expec

Intelligent machines help farming in China's breadbasket province

STORY: Intelligent machines help farming in China's breadbasket province DATELINE: May 14, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:09 LOCATION: HARBIN, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of farming machines STORYLINE: Intelligent machines are helping with farming in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, saving manpower and improving efficiency. As China's breadbasket province, Heilongjiang's mechanization rate of crop cultivation and harvest has reached 98 percent by November last year. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Harbin, China. (XHTV)

China's breadbasket province launches special train for rice farmers

STORY: China's breadbasket province launches special train for rice farmers DATELINE: May 7, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:08 LOCATION: HARBIN, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the special train 2. various of farmers 3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): GUO XIAOWEI, Local farmer 4. various of the railway station STORYLINE: Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province launched a special train on Saturday carrying more than 400 farmers from Suihua City to the Sanjiang Plain, a major grain-producing base in the country, to boost the spring farming. According to the local railway department, there will be a total of 57 special trains which are expected to carry about 50,000 farming workers this year. It's the 24th consecutive year for the local railway department to launch the trains for rice growers. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): GUO XIAOWEI, Local farmer "I've been taking this train to plant rice seedlings in the Sanjiang Plain for more than ten years. We will work for more than 20 days, and this special train brings us more co

How China's breadbasket province ensures grain output through new technologies

STORY: How China's breadbasket province ensures grain output through new technologies DATELINE: Sept. 15, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:56 LOCATION: HARBIN CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of farming 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LI YANHUA, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): LI GUANGXU, Technician, Jiansanjiang National Agricultural Science and Technology Park 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): MENG QINGSHAN, Heilongjiang Agriculture Company Limited STORYLINE: Heilongjiang has remained China's top grain producer for 12 years in succession. From seed breeding to the protection of black soil and the promotion of mechanical and digital farming, a great deal of innovative science and technology has been applied in Heilongjiang to promote the rapid development of modern agriculture. Agronomist Li Yanhua is the brain behind a number of popular soybean varieties grown in China. The "Dongsheng" series of soybean developed by Li have become popular in Heilongjia

Xinhua Headlines: How China's breadbasket province ensures grain output through new technologies

Xinhua Headlines: How China's breadbasket province ensures grain output through new technologies

(220915) -- HARBIN, Sept. 15, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A machine operator of Beidahuang Group (R) controls via a mobile phone a rice transplanter equipped with the Beidou satellite navigation system at a rice paddy in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, May 18, 2022. (Xinhua/Wang Jianwei)

Xinhua Headlines: How China's breadbasket province ensures grain output through new technologies

Xinhua Headlines: How China's breadbasket province ensures grain output through new technologies

(220915) -- HARBIN, Sept. 15, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Sept. 2, 2022 shows a weather monitoring device in a paddy rice technology demonstration park in Fujin City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. (Xinhua/Zhang Tao)

Xinhua Headlines: How China's breadbasket province ensures grain output through new technologies

Xinhua Headlines: How China's breadbasket province ensures grain output through new technologies

(220915) -- HARBIN, Sept. 15, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A staff member checks a water discharge and irrigation facility in a demonstration field under Yanjiagang Farm Co., Ltd. of Beidahuang Group in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Aug. 20, 2022. (Xinhua/Zhang Tao)

Xinhua Headlines: How China's breadbasket province ensures grain output through new technologies

Xinhua Headlines: How China's breadbasket province ensures grain output through new technologies

(220915) -- HARBIN, Sept. 15, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Soybean seeds are pictured at a seed bank for cold-region crops in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, May 19, 2022. (Xinhua/Zhang Tao)

Xinhua Headlines: How China's breadbasket province ensures grain output through new technologies

Xinhua Headlines: How China's breadbasket province ensures grain output through new technologies

(220915) -- HARBIN, Sept. 15, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A staff member monitors the real-time statistics of a seed bank for cold-region crops in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, May 19, 2022. (Xinhua/Zhang Tao)

Xinhua Headlines: How China's breadbasket province ensures grain output through new technologies

Xinhua Headlines: How China's breadbasket province ensures grain output through new technologies

(220915) -- HARBIN, Sept. 15, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A staff member gives a briefing at the modern agricultural information service center of a paddy rice technology demonstration park in Fujin City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Sept. 2, 2022. (Xinhua/Wang Jianwei)