Foreign media: the drought in Northeast China is still continuing

Introduction: odj Chicago May 30 odj Chicago May 30: according to drew Lerner, a meteorologist at the World Meteorological company, only a small amount of sporadic rainfall has occurred in Northeast China in the past few weeks, and the lack of rainfall has resulted in the continuous shortage of soil moisture The latest and usual soil moisture comparative analysis clearly shows that the main summer grain and oilseed planting areas in Heilongjiang and Jilin are the driest YWH Lerner said forecasts for the next week showed little chance of rain There have been sporadic showers and thunderstorms in parts of Northeast China in the past three days, with rainfall reaching 0.10-0.80 inches in three to four planting areas in Heilongjiang, Jilin and Liaoning In the northeast part of China, rainfall is urgently needed to improve the surface soil moisture However, the uneven distribution of rainfall makes most of the corn, soybean and rice planting areas lack of soil moisture According to YWH Lerner, only the surface soil moisture from the east to the middle of Heilongjiang Province is sufficient The soil moisture in other provinces of Northeast China is in short supply, so it is in urgent need of large-scale rainfall The soil moisture in the lower layer is not enough At this time, he added, surface soil moisture is most important for seeding and early crop growth Now the drought is serious enough to delay the germination and emergence of seeds in non irrigated areas YWH Lerner said that China has conducted a lot of irrigation, which may alleviate the drought in Heilongjiang and Jilin Province, but market participants suspect that the water supply is too low due to the rainfall below the average level in the second half of 2002 In 1998, the soybean output of Heilongjiang accounted for 29% of the national output In the same year, the soybean production of Jilin and Heilongjiang accounted for 34% of the national production Corn is widely planted in China, so it is less dependent on Northeast China However, in 1998, the corn production of Jilin and Heilongjiang accounted for 23% of the national production, and the planting area accounted for 19% of the national production YWH Lerner said less rain is expected next week There may be a few showers in some areas, but most of the northeast is still dry Rain is expected to improve next weekend and next week, but there will be no heavy rain YWH (Editor: the expert's understanding is basically consistent with what we have, but the obvious mistake in this paper is that the description of crops in Northeast China is not correct Generally speaking, the summer grain is distributed in North China, while the oilseeds are distributed in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River In terms of soil moisture, Jilin Province should be the only one with sufficient surface soil moisture from the east to the middle of Heilongjiang Province YWH