China's grain barn reaps bumper harvest of soybean

HARBIN -- Soybean harvesting in China's major soybean producing area of Heihe in Heilongjiang province is near completion, poised for a bumper harvest, according to the city's agricultural authority on Wednesday.The harvesting has been completed in more than 90 percent of Heihe's 1.38 million hectares of soybean planting area, which was 10 percent faster than that of last year, said Su Hui, deputy director of the city's agriculture and rural affairs department.He said that the soybean production this year has been orderly. In harvested areas, growers and the local authorities have started to carry out soil conservation and preparation for achieving high yield next year."Heihe's soybean output this year is poised to increase, compared to that of last year, which should partly be attributed to high-quality soybean varieties and improved planting technology," said Jia Hongchang, a researcher with the Heihe branch of the Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences.Heilongjiang, ...