Farmers drive self-propelled high-pole sprinklers to carry out chemical weed control operations in a wheat field in Zhaojiapochang village, Chang'an district, Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province. (Photo/Wang Jian)
Shenheyuan high-quality grain production base, covering an area of over 10,000 mu (about 666.67 hectares), in Chang'an district, Xi'an city, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, launched its first wheat irrigation of the year on Feb. 26, 2025.
The grain production base integrated seven different irrigation modes, including high-pole sprinklers and buried telescopic sprinklers, ensuring that the wheat received the necessary water for optimal growth.
Thanks to the application of relevant agricultural technologies, the irrigation facilities can be easily operated via mobile phones.
As temperatures rise, wheat fields in Xi'an are entering the greening and rising stages, with early spring wheat field management activities such as irrigation, fertilization, chemical weed control, and mechanical rolling operations in full swing.
Since more and more cutting-edge technologies, such as drone-assisted chemical weed control, remote-controlled smart irrigation, precision fertilization, and satellite-based monitoring of crop and soil conditions, are increasingly applied in agricultural production, farming is now much more efficient and less labor-intensive.
Agricultural technicians inspect soil moisture in a high-standard farmland demonstration zone in Renchen village, Lintong district, Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province. (People's Daily Online/Zou Xing)
Farmers operate self-propelled high-pole sprinklers to carry out weed control operations in a high-standard farmland demonstration zone in Renchen village, Lintong district, Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province. (People's Daily Online/Zou Xing)
Photo shows plant protection drones carrying out fertilization operations in the wheat fields of a high-standard farmland demonstration zone in Renchen village, Lintong district, Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province. (People's Daily Online/Zou Xing)
Photo shows mobile sprinkler irrigation devices watering wheat fields in a high-standard farmland demonstration zone in Renchen village, Lintong district, Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province. (Photo/Wang Sanhe)
Photo shows buried telescopic sprinklers used for spring irrigation in wheat fields of Shenheyuan high-quality grain production base in Chang'an district, Xi'an city, northwest China's Shaanxi Province. (People's Daily Online/Jia Kailu)
Xue Qiang, a large-scale grain grower, operates a smart irrigation system from his mobile phone in Shenheyuan high-quality grain production base in Chang'an district, Xi'an city, northwest China's Shaanxi Province. (People's Daily Online/Zou Xing)
Agricultural technicians from the agricultural technology promotion center of Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, inspect crop conditions in Shenheyuan high-quality grain production base in Chang'an district, Xi'an. (People's Daily Online/Jia Kailu)
