Corn modernization takes root, yields high (3)

According to Zhao Ming, deputy director of the corn expert panel at the Ministry of Agriculture, China has built more than 3,500 high-yield farms, and each one covers about 10,000 mu (666 hectares) of cornfields.

China is expecting to harvest 201 million tonnes of corn this year, up 4.1 percent from last year, according to data from the National Grain and Oils Information Center.

"The historical high output can be attributed to intensive cultivation in addition to expansion of high-yield cornfields," Zhao says.

Jilin alone has set up over 500 corn farms that incorporated dozens of small family plots. Because of bigger sizes and corporate management, the farms have been able to adopt modern technologies to grow corn.

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