At present, more than 10,000 mu (666.67 hectares) of late rice in Yizhang County has entered the harvest period. Farmers are now harvesting rice in the good weather.
In the rice fields of Dongchong Village of Yizhang County, the air is full of the fragrance of rice, with the harvesters roaring in the fields, showing a busy autumn harvest scene.
“My family this year planted 80 mu(5.33 hectares) area of flue-cured tobacco, with the net income of more than 240,000 yuan. After the flue-cured tobacco harvest, we planted late rice, which is expected to bring a net income of 500 yuan per mu (about 0.067 hectares). This year, we can get a net income of more than 280,000 yuan,” said Li Gangqiang from Dongchong Village.