Mr. Li is a grower who is selling rice these days. This year, he rented about 6.67 hectares of fields to grow rice in Datang Town by the North River, and more than 3.33 hectares of the rice has already matured.

Rice fields in Sanshui (Photo by Wang Shu, Foshan News)

On October 30, as the reporter walked into this field, what caught his eyes was a patch of golden rice fields and bunches of full rice, shining in the sun. Gusts of autumn wind blewand the rice swayed with the wind, with the scent of rice assailing the nostrils. An"autumn harvest scenery" in Sanshui slowly spread out.

"I'm talking to a few buyers these days, and when the price is agreed, we can harvest the rice." Mr. Li told reporters that because of the early planting so more than 3.33 hectares of rice in his paddy fields matured "ahead of schedule", and the rest of the paddy fields will also see maturity in November.

Mature rice plants. (Photo by Wang Shu, Foshan News)

"Usually Sanshui rice is harvested in mid to late November, but there are individual farmers who harvest crops and summer crops earlier in the summer, so the harvesting time is relatively early. As of now, some of the rice in Lubao Town and Baini Town in Sanshui District hasmatured 'early' and been harvested," said by an officer of Sanshui Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs.

This year, the entire Sanshui District rice planting area is about 933.3 hectares and the large-scale autumn harvest and autumn planting work will begin in November. While grasping the late management of rice paddy, it is also necessary to make early preparations for harvesting and sowing in the fall.