The national autumn harvest is currently entering its final stages, with corn in Northeast China, rice in the south of the Yangtze River, and soybeans in the Huanghuai and Haihe River regions entering their concentrated harvest season. This has led to a sharp increase in demand for grain transportation. During this critical period, tractors, with their flexible field accessibility, stable load capacity, and high operational efficiency, have become the "critical link" connecting harvest sites with storage facilities and drying towers, ensuring the delivery of every grain to warehouses and effectively alleviating the difficulty of transporting grain during the autumn harvest.
During the autumn harvest, intermittent rainfall affected many parts of my country, leaving field roads muddy and impassable for large freight vehicles, who could even run over farmland and cause crop damage. Tractors, equipped with high-tread, anti-skid tires and a ground clearance of over 1.2 meters, can navigate muddy fields with a moisture content of up to 30%, while also limiting soil compaction to a depth of less than 5 centimeters, minimizing impact on unharvested crops. At Jiansanjiang Farm in Heilongjiang Province, a medium-sized tractor paired with a trailer can load 2.5 tons of corn at a time. It makes an average of 12 round trips between the harvesting site and the drying tower daily, achieving a daily transfer capacity of 30 tons, over 30 times more efficient than manual carrying. "In previous years, we'd have to hire 10 workers just to transport the corn, and we could only move a maximum of 8 tons a day. We also had to worry about the corn getting damp and sprouting in the fields. This year, with tractors, two vehicles can handle the entire village's grain supply. The loss rate has dropped from 5% last year to less than 1%, saving us a lot of worry." Wang Jianguo, a local grain grower, beamed as he pointed at the busy tractors.
To cope with the peak autumn harvest and transportation period, agricultural machinery departments across the country deployed in advance, establishing over 2,000 "Tractor Service Stations" in major grain-producing areas, offering free maintenance, fuel supplies, and temporary parking. Heilongjiang, Jilin, and other regions have also coordinated with agricultural machinery cooperatives to form "emergency transfer teams." Through a "farmer appointment + centralized dispatch" model, they provide mutual support for farmers facing fast harvest schedules and heavy transportation pressures. To date, over 500,000 tractors have been deployed for transfer operations in autumn harvest areas across the country, with a tractor transfer rate reaching 92%. Cumulatively, over 80 million tons of autumn grain have been transferred, providing a solid guarantee for timely storage and preventing mold and loss.
