In the harvest season of August, the fragrance of rice permeates the fields. The gentle breeze in August caresses the golden paddy fields and reaches Lingchuan County, Guangxi. On August 15th, an acceptance team composed of leaders and experts from the Agricultural Technology Extension Station of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, the Guilin Agricultural and Rural Comprehensive Development Center, and the Lingchuan County Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs went deep into the ratoon rice demonstration area in Lingchuan County to conduct on-site harvesting and measurement work. The on-site yield measurement data shows that the average yield per mu of ratoon rice has reached 1,200 to 1,300 jin, and good news keeps coming.

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On that day, in the 150-mu contiguous demonstration area in Sanjie Town, Lingchuan County, which is a major rice production area, agricultural experts randomly selected some paddy fields for harvesting. Through accurate on-site area measurement, weighing on a scale and moisture determination, it was confirmed that the yield of the first season of ratoon rice per mu was between 1,200 and 1,300 jin.
The purpose of organizing the yield measurement of ratoon rice is to further promote the cultivation of ratoon rice, expand its planting area, ensure the increase of ratoon rice yield, drive the increase of farmers' income, stabilize the cornerstone of food security, and at the same time improve the overall level of rice production, laying a solid technical foundation for increasing the yield per unit area of rice on a large scale in the future.

This yield measurement meeting is part of the "Pilot Project of the Collaborative Promotion Plan for Major Agricultural Technologies (Key Technologies for High Grain Yield) in Guangxi in 2024". The 150 mu of the core demonstration area for yield measurement and acceptance were all applied with the special slow-release fertilizer for rice produced by Yishizhuang. This year, the yield of this demonstration area has reached the highest level compared with previous years. This astonishing achievement has naturally attracted the high attention and recognition of the on-site leaders and agricultural experts. The affirmation from the leaders and the recognition from the experts undoubtedly inject strong confidence and motivation into the future development of Yishizhuang.

Can rice grow again after being harvested?
Ratoon rice, this unique planting mode, means that after the first-season rice is harvested, the dormant axillary buds on the rice stubble germinate again to form panicles, enabling a second harvest. It not only achieves "one planting, two harvests", but also has multiple advantages such as saving seeds, reducing labor, reducing the use of fertilizers and pesticides, and increasing production and efficiency. In addition, the planting time of ratoon rice is staggered from that of single-season late rice, effectively alleviating the shortage of machinery and labor during the busy farming season. It is an effective way to increase grain production and ensure food security, and is of great significance to food security and the sustainable development of agriculture.