Peanut harvest in full swing across farmlands of Junan

Golden autumn brings the peak peanut‑harvest season to Junan County, known as “China's hometown of peanuts”. Vast stretches of peanut fields enter ripening period, and farmlands are filled with busy harvest scenes as farmers and agricultural machines race against fine autumn weather to gather the crops and ensure every grain is safely stored.

Junan boasts a century‑old peanut‑planting heritage, ranking among China's largest county‑level peanut production bases. Every autumn, tens‑of‑thousands‑mu of peanut fields across towns and villages ripen one after another. Modern agricultural machinery including peanut digging machines, pick‑up harvesters and fruit‑separation equipment shuttles back and forth in the fields. Rows of uprooted peanut plants covered with plump pods are laid out for sun‑drying on ridges.

Local farmers carry out follow‑up procedures such as threshing, sorting and airing. Baskets and sacks are filled with plump earth‑shelled peanuts. Freshly‑harvested peanuts are transported to drying yards, cooperative processing sites and purchasing stations. A number of improved high‑yield peanut varieties are widely planted across the county, lifting both yield and commodity quality.

To cope with possible autumn rainfall, agricultural‑technical departments release real‑time field‑management guidance. Cooperatives deploy fleets of harvesting machinery to help small‑holder farmers complete concentrated harvesting work, minimizing crop losses caused by damp weather. Mechanized operations greatly reduce heavy manual labor and raise overall harvest efficiency.

Peanut is a pillar characteristic agricultural industry for Junan. The whole industrial chain covers seed breeding, standardized planting, processing and export sales. The bumper autumn peanut harvest lays solid foundations for increasing rural household incomes and advancing high‑quality development of featured agriculture in Yimeng mountain area.

Editor：韩蒙蒙