Summer grain, also known as ″summer harvest grain″, in Guangdong, Guangxi and other places called ″spring harvest grain crops″, in Chongqing and other places called ″small spring grain crops″, refers to ″previous year's fall, winter and this year's spring sowing″ and ″harvesting season in the first two quarters″ of the entire grain crops, including the summer harvest of grains, legumes and potatoes. Among them, summer grains mainly include wheat, barley, oats, buckwheat, etc.; summer beans mainly include fava beans, peas, etc.; summer potatoes include potatoes and sweet potatoes.
According to data from the National Bureau of Statistics, since 1949, with the development of science and technology and the improvement of production management level, the scale of China's summer grain production (in ″million tons″) has increased from 4-digit to 5-digit, with the minimum value of 18,956,000 tons in 1949, the maximum value of 149,779,000 tons (about 150 million tons) in 2024, and the first breakthrough of 100 million tons (5-digit) in 1990 , 2019~2024 has been kept above 140 million tons for 6 consecutive years; the minimum value of summer grain output in grain output is 13.61% in 1953, the maximum value is 25.84% in 1997, and the proportion since 2010 has been above 1/5 (i.e.: 20%).
In 2023, China's summer grain output will be 146.129 million tons (about 146 million tons), with a proportion of about 21.02% in grain output; in 2024, thanks to the increase in area and the improvement in the level of yields, the country's summer grain output will be 149.779 million tons (about 150 million tons) - at a record high In 2024, thanks to the increase in area and higher yields, the national summer grain production will be 149.779 million tons (about 100 million tons) - the highest in history.
According to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), in 2024, more than 85% of China's summer grain acreage and more than 90% of its output will be wheat. Specifically, in 2024, China's summer grain wheat planting area is 346.365 million mu (about 346 million mu), and the output is 138.22 million tons (about 138 million tons) - in 2024, the national summer grain planting area (39.9165 million mu) and production (149.779 million tons ) will account for 86.77% and 92.28% of the total area (399,196,500 mu) and production (149,779,000 tons) of summer grains in 2024.
