About 350,000 mu (57,658 acre) of single harvest rice transplanted by machines
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- Category: Ningbo District
- Published: Monday, 08 July 2013 10:16
Machine transplant of single harvest rice has been finished recently. Ningbo continues to lead in Zhejiang province with 346,600 mu, 120,000 more than that in 2012, transplanted by machines.
Ningbo has integrated resources in promoting machine transplant and more than 80% of the rice transplant is completed by machines. Over 120 training meetings and transplant on-site meetings have been held and more than 4,400 technicians and farmers have attended the meetings. Technology has been popularized and transplant equipment improved. This year there are 219 new high-speed transplanters and 35 new assembly lines for growing seedlings, making the total number over 1,400 and 146 respectively.
