Local farmers rushed to plant late-season rice seedlings with machine in Chigang Village, Tingsiqiao Town, Xian’an District, July 29.

Over the past few days, due to the fine weather, many parts of Xianning have organized more than 5000 sets of various agricultural machines to plant late-season rice seedlings. 405,000 mu of late-season rice have been planted so far, laying a solid foundation for the whole year's bumper harvest of grain.  (Photo by Yuan Can/Xianning Daily)