Integrated Agri Solutions Back Stable Summer Wheat Harvest Across China’s Major Grain Zones

The national summer wheat harvest nears full completion, following a series of agronomic hurdles across core wheat-producing regions, including delayed autumn sowing and sustained rainy spells during harvest periods. Multiple business divisions under China National Chemical Corporation, covering seed breeding, plant protection, fertilisers and agricultural technical services, have rolled out targeted crop-specific measures to stabilise wheat yields, lift grain quality and secure full grain collection across farmlands.

Wenshan County in Henan bore severe weather impacts between April and May, with successive heavy downpours and gale winds triggering widespread wheat lodging and pre-harvest sprouting risks across over 380,000 mu of local wheat fields. The regional average lodging rate stood at 10 per cent, while certain varieties recorded lodging ratios exceeding 60 per cent, alongside a 3 per cent diseased ear rate across general farmland. 

Within a 1,000 mu seed multiplication plot in Xiazhuang Village, Xiangyun Town, the wheat variety Zhengmai 9134 developed by Zhongzhong Seeds delivered robust stress resistance and consistent yields. The entire plot stayed free of lodging and sprouting, with only a 1 per cent diseased ear proportion, far below regional averages. 

On 2 June, field yield measurement trials at Congxiang Cooperative demonstration plots in Taihe County, Fuyang City, Anhui Province recorded a yield of 828.2 kilogrammes per mu for Annong 98, representing an output increase of more than 70 kilogrammes per mu compared with the previous growing cycle, validating the role of high-quality seed varieties in safeguarding steady wheat production and farmer income growth.

Biological phosphate fertiliser Meilinmei and biological potash fertiliser Weidefeng have boosted wheat resistance against lodging and high-temperature stress in Leling and Shanghe of Shandong Province, delivering theoretical yields of 1,456 jin and 1,603.2 jin per mu respectively, outperforming untreated control plots by substantial margins. Across the Northern Jiangsu Plain, the combined application of Kodefeng biological compound fertiliser and Youcuilu biological activator slows premature leaf senescence, lifting field yields to a range of 1,400 to 1,450 jin per mu. Fusarium head blight remains a persistent threat to safe wheat production. 

Frequent rainfall events hit Xiangyang and surrounding areas in Hubei Province through the growing season, where the Syngenta Maitian integrated crop protection package delivered consistent field performance. Multi-site field verification records an average 10 per cent yield uplift for wheat treated with the solution, alongside marked improvements in grain market quality, generating tangible income gains for local growers.

Prolonged continuous rainfall across the Huanghuaihai wheat belt during autumn 2025 pushed back wheat sowing timelines by 15 to 30 days on average. The full-cycle wheat technical programme rolled out via Sinochem Agriculture’s Modern Agricultural Platform (MAP) has delivered reliable results, with demonstration farms operated under the platform recording yield levels above regional averages. Technical teams at the MAP demonstration farm in Huantai, Shandong, implemented a targeted five-supplement one-protection regime to shield young seedlings through winter, paired with precision irrigation and comprehensive disease, pest and foliage nutrition sprints in spring to sustain healthy wheat development through all growth phases. 

Dried grain yield measured at the farm on 15 June hit 1,622.62 jin per mu. The MAP farm in Xinhe, Hebei, overcame compound pressures from sandy loam soil, delayed sowing and elevated disease risks to register a dried grain output of 1,330.56 jin per mu, comfortably outstripping local average yields. 

The MAP demonstration farm in Lankao, Henan, achieved 1,209.86 jin per mu on sandy terrain, while the Funan MAP farm recorded a measured yield of 1,314.34 jin per mu, placing the site within medium-to-high yield brackets for the region.

National agricultural authorities have ramped up technical extension services to disseminate stress-resistant seed varieties, balanced biological fertiliser regimens and integrated plant protection protocols tailored to late-sown wheat and rainy harvest conditions. Regional agronomy teams coordinate field trials and on-site guidance to scale the combined seed, fertiliser and service model deployed across Sinochem’s MAP network, matching targeted agricultural inputs to varying soil types and weather risk profiles across northern, central and eastern grain belts. Expanded MAP service coverage will extend full-cycle technical support to additional wheat-growing counties in the Huanghuaihai plain over upcoming planting cycles, standardising late-sown wheat management practices to mitigate seasonal climate volatility.