Inside Beidahuang Information Company in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, a wall-sized digital map tracks conditions across some 3.2 million hectares of farmland.
Data on soil conditions, crop growth and tractor movements update across the screen, while satellite remote sensing, the Internet of Things and AI are being integrated into different stages of farming.
It is one example of how agriculture is changing in Heilongjiang, China's top grain-producing province.
Heilongjiang has ranked first in the country in total grain output for 16 consecutive years. The comprehensive mechanization rate for plowing, sowing and harvesting has reached 99.28%.
Now, AI, drones, remote sensing and smarter machinery are pushing that highly mechanized system into a more digital phase.
