In October, the golden autumn season, the land of Lingqiu is filled with the fragrance of grain and covered in a golden glow.

Vast stretches of rice paddies ripple with waves of grain, and the corn bases hum with the noise of machinery as the county enters the critical period for concentrated autumn grain harvesting.

From "relying on the heavens for food" to "farming by knowing the heavens," and from "carrying on shoulders and hauling with oxen" to "replacing humans with machines," a large-scale, modern autumn harvest scene is unfolding across this northern frontier farmland.

As the fine weather continues, the county's main rice-producing areas such as Shangguan Village and Beishuilu Village are going full throttle to bring in the harvest.

In the fields, large combine harvesters shuttle back and forth, threshing rice ears and crushing straw in one smooth process as the cutting platform swallows and processes the crop.

Farmers are seizing the clear weather to speed up harvesting, drying, and transport, ensuring that each plot is harvested and stored as soon as it ripens.

Thanks to excellent ecology and strontium-rich water sources, Lingqiu rice produces grains that are plump and crystal-clear, not only enriching the public's "rice bag" but also becoming a "golden seed" on the path of rural revitalization.

As the "main force" of the county's autumn grain production, corn has now fully entered the centralized harvesting period.

Across the vast fields, large corn combine harvesters shuttle back and forth, carrying out ear picking, husking, and loading simultaneously, with straw chopping and on-site recycling completed in one continuous operation.

Mechanization has become the dominant force in the autumn harvest.

For scattered and marginal plots that some machinery cannot reach, farmers conduct manual gleaning as a supplement, ensuring no corner is left unharvested and no ear of corn is left in the field.

The delightful scene of the autumn harvest is not only spread across the fields but has also moved into farm courtyards.

Walking into Xiabeiluo Village, the courtyard of large-scale grower Li Lianfu is already piled high with golden corn, presenting a delightful sight of bumper harvest everywhere.

This year, he planted more than 260 mu of corn.

Thanks to fully mechanized operations with "machine planting and machine harvesting," the autumn harvest has become efficient and quick.

According to plan, this corn will be stored until early next spring before being threshed and sold, so as to obtain better returns by staggering the market release.

It is expected that in another month, the county's corn harvesting task will be fully completed.

By then, with the tangible harvest results of autumn grain returning to the granary, the county will firmly uphold the bottom line of food security and bring this year's agricultural production to a successful conclusion.