Perceive the change of ＂Three Summers＂! ＂Hometown of Wheat＂ Colorful wheat has high value and connotation.
CCTV News:May 20th is the full day of the 24 solar terms. At this time, the wheat is full of filling and enters the late stage of milk ripening, but it is not fully mature, just "small enough to be full", so it is called Xiaoman. From childhood to maturity, it is one of the busiest stages of farming in a year, and summer crops in various places begin to be harvested one after another.
The main producing areas welcome a bumper harvest, and Henan, the largest wheat province, has a bumper harvest in sight.
Summer grain is the mature grain in the first season of the year in China, and its output accounts for more than 20% of the annual grain, most of which is winter wheat. In 2024, the area of 11 major winter wheat producing provinces increased steadily, and the growth of wheat was generally better than normal, laying the foundation for a bumper harvest. At present, wheat has not been harvested in a large area in the Huang-Huai-Hai wheat area, where the output accounts for more than 80% of the country, but the processing market, agricultural machinery market and trading market have been busy. In Henan, due to the growth of food processing enterprises in 2024, the demand for high-quality wheat flour also showed an increasing trend.
Henan is located in the Huang-Huai-Hai Plain, and its perennial wheat planting area is more than 85 million mu, ranking first in the country. In terms of geographical conditions, the topography of Henan province is high in the west and low in the east, and the area of plains and basins suitable for large-scale agricultural cultivation reaches 93,000 square kilometers, which provides a good prerequisite for large-scale cultivation of wheat.
From the climate point of view, Henan is located in the middle of China, and sufficient light and heat resources provide favorable conditions for wheat planting. At the same time, the Yellow River, Huaihe River, Haihe River and other water systems also provide a guarantee for agricultural irrigation, making Henan a well-deserved "hometown of wheat", accounting for about a quarter of the national wheat production.
Henan is not only a major province of wheat production, but also a major province of wheat processing, producing one third of instant noodles, one quarter of steamed bread, three fifths of glutinous rice balls and seven tenths of dumplings.
The number of food processing enterprises increases, and the demand for wheat flour increases.
Luohe is one of the important gathering places for wheat processing in Henan. In 2024, there were 237 food industrial enterprises above designated size, 40 more than in 2023. In addition, these enterprises introduced new products every year, so the demand for high-quality wheat flour as the main raw material showed an increasing trend.
Unified seed supply and unified management to ensure that the quality of stored wheat reaches the standard
In order to ensure that the quality and yield of high-quality wheat can reach the standard stably, the consortium introduced social service organizations for unified seed supply and management.
Perception of "Three Summers" Change from Processing Market
At present, Henan wheat field is in the calm before large-scale harvest, but around the listing of new grain, farmers, cooperatives and processing enterprises have long been active. What are the new changes in 2024?
As the wheat harvest approaches, this flour processing enterprise in Wuyang County, Luohe City has been busy.
Yang Shuai, head of the enterprise, said that the biggest change in 2024 is that the planned harvest of high-quality wheat is much more, which was 18,000 tons in previous years and may exceed 40,000 tons in 2024. Because a single variety of high-quality wheat needs special collection and storage, he has to vacate more independent warehouses and special vehicles to keep the wheat from being mixed and ensure the purity.
Luohe is one of the important gathering places for wheat processing in Henan. Take the flour mill where Yang Shuai is located as an example, they meet the individual flour order demand of 28 food production enterprises, and according to these demands, they are transformed into seven specific high-quality wheat varieties, and then 53 cooperatives cooperating with the flour mill are guided to order planting by appropriately raising the purchase price. In this way, the demand for new products such as moon cakes, shrimp slices, Shaqima and spicy strips in the downstream of the industrial chain has been transformed into seven wheat varieties in the upstream of the industrial chain.
In Luohe, there are already seven such wheat industrial chain complexes. In order to ensure that the quality and yield of high-quality wheat can reach the standard stably, the consortium introduced social service organizations for unified seed supply and management.
Different from the plots under unified management, because of extensive management and mixed planting of different varieties, the wheat is uneven in height and the quality can not meet the processing requirements of special flour.
In recent years, driven by the whole industrial chain, Luohe has continuously guided large grain growers to increase production and income through standardized planting of high-quality varieties.
It is understood that in 2024, the area of high-quality special wheat in Luohe City reached 1,268,900 mu, accounting for 53.3% of the local wheat area, ranking first in Henan Province.
Do a good job in cross-regional operation support and disaster prevention and reduction
These days, wheat in Henan has entered the late filling stage, and it is expected that a large area will be harvested around May 25th, and the wheat harvest will last until June 15th. In just about 20 days, how to ensure that more than 85 million mu of harvest is available and the particles are returned to the warehouse?
2024 is the first year of China’s wheat yield increase action. Henan province focuses on increasing wheat yield per unit area, and promotes the integration of fertile fields, improved varieties, good methods, good opportunities and good systems. At the same time, in the high-standard farmland built-up area, we will focus on building 7 million mu of high-yield demonstration areas for wheat, integrate and promote high-yield technologies, and build a good harvest foundation.
During the "Three Summers" period, Henan plans to invest more than 4 million sets of agricultural machinery, including 200,000 sets of combine harvesters and 30,000 sets of crawler harvesters.
In view of individual lodging plots caused by recent extreme weather, Henan has formulated remedial measures as soon as possible, sent technicians to the front line for guidance, and sprayed potassium dihydrogen phosphate solution to promote wheat filling and minimize losses caused by disasters.
At the same time, in order to prevent the impact of extreme weather during harvest, Henan also supports various business entities to speed up the construction of grain drying facilities. At present, 580 drying facilities have been built, with an additional daily drying capacity of 37,000 tons.
"Three Summers" Science Popularization: Colorful Wheat with High Value and Connotation
When it comes to wheat, most people may think of yellow, but there is actually more than one color of wheat. Follow the doctor of agriculture to meet the colorful wheat with high value and connotation.
Xu Hao, a doctoral student in crop science at the Agricultural College of Henan Agricultural University, said that colored wheat is similar to ordinary wheat in appearance, but its grain color is not Huang Chengcheng in the traditional sense, but red and green. This is not late-maturing wheat, it has entered the filling stage and will be harvested in more than 20 days.
These are new varieties of colored wheat which are suitable for large-scale planting through a series of breeding methods such as physical mutagenesis, chemical mutagenesis and distant hybridization. Because they are rich in anthocyanins, they will show different colors on the seed coat.
Why study colored wheat? We are not interested in its showy appearance, but it is rich in protein, amino acids, trace elements and minerals, which are higher than ordinary wheat, and it has the potential to make people eat delicious and healthy!
These noodles and cereals made from it still look like traditional food, but they already have the function of health food. It is no exaggeration to say that they have high value and connotation!