This wheat harvest season, Ma Wenchang has received frequent messages about weather conditions, soil moisture levels and optimal harvest times. After inspecting his fields, he was able to assemble eight combine harvesters and harvest 2,000 mu (about 133.33 hectares) of wheat in just two days.
The messages are sent by the local department of agriculture, and they are crucial for grain farmers like Ma in Xinxiang City, central China's Henan Province, as wheat is vulnerable to poor conditions in the harvest season.
In one of Ma's wheat fields, a pole equipped with solar panels, high-definition cameras and atmospheric sensors catches the eye. The "smart pole" also has soil sensors buried beneath it.
These instruments transmit various data continuously to the "digital brain" of the Central-China Agricultural Valley, which is an agricultural innovation platform developed by Henan. Centered on breeding, it also focuses on the development of smart agriculture and the construction of high-standard farmlands. Its digital brain processes information related to weather, soil moisture, soil fertility and crop conditions through various data models, and then sends it to farmers to assist with agricultural production.
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