Rice is fragrant, corn is golden, soybeans are ringing... This year, the country's grain harvest is expected to reach a new level of 1.4 trillion kilograms. At present, it is the peak period of autumn grain procurement. Major grain producing areas are focusing on "having people to harvest grain, having money to harvest grain, having warehouses to harvest grain, and having vehicles to transport grain", making every effort to ensure funding, personnel, warehouse capacity, equipment and other guarantees, stimulating market purchasing and sales vitality, playing the role of policy based procurement as a bottom line, ensuring the smooth operation of the grain market, filling the grain warehouses with golden grain, and allowing farmers to harvest with joy. Some people and various entities actively enter the market to collect grain. "From entering the door to receiving payment, it takes less than 40 minutes, which is convenient!" Gao Zhiqiang is a large-scale corn grower in Zhong'an Village, Jixian County, Shuangyashan City, Heilongjiang Province. This year, he planted 375 acres of corn with an average yield of 1300 pounds per acre. Not long ago, he transported the harvested corn in trucks to Tianxing Grain Storage Co., Ltd., which is a post harvest service center that integrates drying, storage, purchasing, and shipping of grain. Gao Zhiqiang said, "By using the 'Dragon Grain Steward' app, you can find the appointment phone number for the grain postpartum service center, and you can make an appointment for purchase with just one phone call. Firstly, the price is determined based on the quality of the grain. The grain transport vehicle enters the sampling pricing area, and the automatic sampler can intelligently recognize the length, width, and height of the grain transport vehicle, randomly selecting 8 sampling points to collect samples. Staff member Wang Qiang pointed to the control panel and explained that by pressing the start button, the sample would be automatically taken out. Adjacent to the sampling area is the inspection area, where impurities, bulk density, moisture, incomplete particles and other indicators of the sample can be quickly measured, and the price is also determined accordingly. The entire process takes no more than 20 minutes. Immediately after, the equipment automatically weighed and the total price of the grain was determined. Farmers who are willing to sell can settle immediately and receive their grain payments. Farmers who are temporarily not selling can also enjoy free measurement and inspection services. Nowadays, farmers not only make appointments for cleaning, drying, and storage services through the public information on the 'Dragon Grain Steward' app, but most of them also directly book purchases, which can save a lot of postpartum losses and transportation costs, and turn good harvests into good profits. Wei Yao is the designated contact person for the grain postpartum service center on the 'Dragon Grain Steward' app. After entering the autumn harvest season, he receives dozens of appointment calls from surrounding farmers every day. In addition to making appointments for purchases, the Grain Postpartum Service Center will also provide "one kilometer forward" door-to-door services. During the autumn harvest, 30 vehicles will drive directly to the fields to promote to farmers the intensive cleaning, drying, storage, processing, sales, and transportation services provided by the grain post harvest service center. At the grain collection site, fully loaded containers are ready for shipment. Starting from October 14th this year, an average of 1.5 grain transport special trains carrying over 70 bulk grain trucks will be operated every day to transport grain to ports such as Bayuquan Port and Beiliang Port in Liaoning, and then cross regional circulation will be achieved through sea transportation. Nearly 100000 tons of grain will be transported outside in one month, "said Wei Fulong, a staff member of the service center. A large number of post harvest service centers for grain have been established in various regions, relying on new agricultural management entities such as grassroots grain storage, processing, supply and marketing enterprises, and farmers' professional cooperatives. The launch of a number of platforms such as "Benefiting Agriculture, Rural Areas, and Farmers" by China Grain Reserves Corporation, "Satisfied Su Grain" by Jiangsu Province, "Smart Anhui Grain" by Anhui Province, "Dragon Grain Steward" by Heilongjiang Province, and "Xiaoxiang Grain Storage" by Hunan Province allows grain sellers in various regions to enjoy convenient and efficient appointment and purchase services with just a few clicks. In recent years, various regions have encouraged processing enterprises, trading enterprises, farmer professional cooperatives, and grain brokers to actively enter the market, further expanding the channels for farmers to sell grain. The "Nanjing 9308" rice planted on 800 acres of high standard farmland in Zhouji Village, Sanshu Town, Huaiyin District, Huai'an City, Jiangsu Province, has been harvested and dried with sufficient funds for grain collection and purchase. The yield per mu is 1150 pounds! "Said the farm manager, Lu Huaigui. This year's autumn grain quality is better than previous years. The professional service team dispatched by the Sanshu Grain Depot of Huaiyin District Grain Group, equipped with a complete set of inspection and testing equipment, came to evaluate the dried rice. After testing, the moisture content is 14.5% and the roughness is above third class. "The testing personnel said that this batch of grain meets the purchasing standards of the grain depot and can be purchased at the current listed price of 1.35 yuan/jin. Lu Huaigui drove an agricultural transport vehicle to transport this batch of rice that met the testing standards to a grain depot 4 kilometers away for sale. When weighing a car, the gross weight, tare weight, unit price, and total amount are all displayed on the nearby screen. Understand the grain, understand the price, "said Lu Huaigui. Every day at 11 am and 5 pm, the grain depot pays twice to ensure that the grain payment is credited to the card on the same day. As of now, he has sold over 400 tons of rice and settled more than 1 million yuan in grain payments. How to ensure the funds for grain collection? It is reported that in order to ensure sufficient supply of funds for grain procurement, Jiangsu has promoted the establishment of a grain credit guarantee fund led by the government, with financial injection and enterprise participation. The fund size has reached 1.17 billion yuan, which can drive a demand for 18 billion yuan of market-oriented procurement loans. Huai'an City was the first in Jiangsu to establish a county-level grain credit guarantee fund. Wang Mingchao, General Manager of Huaiyin Grain Group, introduced: "It is expected that 120 million yuan will be needed for autumn grain procurement this year. Currently, 60% of the autumn grain procurement has been completed, and the funds are sufficient." According to the relevant person in charge of the National Grain and Material Reserve Bureau, Henan, Jiangsu, Heilongjiang, and Anhui have successively launched mid to late rice to market procurement, and the overall progress of the procurement is smooth, with the market running smoothly. As the main channel for grain purchase credit, the Agricultural Development Bank of China has arranged 200 billion yuan of credit funds specifically for this year's autumn grain purchase, which will be increased at any time according to the purchase needs. Commercial banks such as China Construction Bank and Agricultural Bank of China have increased their investment in grain credit, supporting grain procurement, processing, emergency supply, and storage facility construction. At the same time, we will fully leverage the role of the Grain Credit Guarantee Fund. As of now, more than 210 funds have been established in 18 provinces, with a total scale of over 7 billion yuan. Through the Credit Guarantee Fund, nearly 4000 enterprises in various regions have received loans totaling 250 billion yuan. During the late rice harvest season, there is a smart grain warehouse for grain collection and reduction. Almost 1500 tons of grain are stored in the Xiaoshan Central Grain Depot in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province every day. Entering the digital center of the grain depot, technicians are integrating large screens to split and view the temperature, humidity, and outbound risk of each storage unit, accurately controlling the status of the grain depot. The upgraded intelligent grain depot, equipped with AI image recognition and IoT technology for direct grain temperature collection through cameras inside and outside the depot, transmits real-time dynamic data of human, grain, and depot changes to the control center, automatically warning of abnormal situations, and truly achieving all-weather uninterrupted patrol 'station duty', "said Shen Huojun, Deputy General Manager and Director of the Central Grain Depot of Hangzhou Xiaoshan Grain Purchase and Sales Co., Ltd. Shen Huojun introduced that on the one hand, the grain depot monitors and adjusts the air temperature, humidity, and grain temperature 24 hours a day. It automatically turns on the air conditioning to cool down in high temperature days and regularly ventilates in winter, effectively reducing grain loss. On the other hand, the nitrogen controlled atmosphere grain storage technology is used to fill nitrogen into the grain pile, creating a low oxygen and high nitrogen storage environment in the sealed grain pile, achieving insecticidal and antibacterial effects. Compared with traditional fumigation insecticidal methods, nitrogen insecticidal technology is more environmentally friendly. Starting from 2023, Zhejiang will comprehensively launch the construction of the "Zhejiang Granary" digital collaborative application platform for food security, promoting the transformation from "human managed food" to "cloud managed food". As the first batch of pilot units, Xiaoshan Central Grain Depot will organically connect grain quality inspection with the "Zhejiang Grain Depot" system. Through direct collection of inspection data and digital management of raw data, it will achieve automation and informatization of quality file management, ensuring transparency and openness in the procurement and quality inspection process. At present, China has basically formed a grain storage system and network layout that is compatible with grain production, storage, and circulation. According to data released by the National Grain and Material Reserve Bureau, the national standard intact warehouse capacity exceeds 700 million tons, and the overall grain reserve capacity can meet the demand. The 'smart granary' helps to save grain and reduce losses. The relevant person in charge of the National Grain and Material Reserve Bureau introduced that China's grain storage technology is generally at a relatively advanced level in the world. At present, the "four in one" grain storage technology, including grain situation detection, mechanical ventilation, circulation fumigation, and grain cooling, has been widely applied in state-owned grain depots. By vigorously promoting the application of green grain storage technologies such as temperature control, controlled atmosphere, and integrated pest control, we can not only reduce losses and consumption in grain storage, but also achieve green and optimal storage, quality preservation, and provide more green and high-quality raw materials for grain processing. The multimodal transportation and logistics of grain transportation by vehicles are smooth, and the grain warehouse of Kaiyuan Center of Liaoning Tieling Agricultural Development Group is bustling with trucks loaded with grain. Grain produced from more than 10 farms in northern Liaoning is stored, transferred, processed here, and then transported to the port. Every year, we transport approximately 12000 grain vehicles with a trading volume of 500000 tons, "said the relevant person in charge of the group. Iron sea intermodal transportation is the main way for grain to circulate across regions. A grain transport train loaded with corn kernels from eastern Heilongjiang slowly entered the bulk grain terminal of Dalian Port. The bottom of the train opened, and golden corn kernels poured out, which were then transported to the silo through tracks. At the bulk grain terminal, there are 231 tall grain silos that can store over 700000 tons of grain. On berth 1 not far away, there is a 10000 ton ship docked, with dozens of meters high automated loading machines operating in an orderly manner, and several kilometers long conveyor belts transporting corn from silos onto the ship. This automated loading operation can load over 700 tons of grain per hour Wang Shui, Deputy General Manager of Dalian Port Bulk Grain Terminal Company of Liaoning Port Group, introduced that "some of the grain produced in Northeast China is collected by trains and then transferred to ships for transportation to various ports in southern China. Last year, more than 700000 tons of grain were transferred, and this year more than 300000 tons have been completed. Liaoning is a major grain producing province and also a major grain circulation province. At present, there are 105 dedicated channels for grain transportation vehicles on highways in the province, ensuring priority and fast passage for grain transportation vehicles. There are currently 30 grain berths in ports, with a total grain storage capacity of 6.65 million tons. The relevant person in charge of the National Grain and Material Reserve Administration introduced that China has formed key channels connecting the inflow and outflow of grain in Northeast China, the Huang Huai Hai region, the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, the coastal areas of East China, the coastal areas of South China, Beijing Tianjin, Southwest China, and Northwest China. A complete emergency storage, processing, distribution, and supply network for grain has been established, and the grain emergency guarantee system continues to be sound. Large and medium-sized cities have also established finished grain and oil reserves, which can effectively meet emergency needs. (New Society)