A farmer harvest ripened wheat in Shigubu village, Jimo district, Qingdao, Shandong province, on June 16, as the summer harvest season gets underway. [Photo by Zhang Tao/for chinadaily.com.cn]

Modern agricultural machinery has become the driving force behind the summer harvest. Equipped to cut, thresh and collect grain in a single pass, the machines are dramatically reducing labor demands and accelerating the pace of harvesting. What once took days can now be accomplished in hours.

The busy harvest scene is a vivid showcase of how technology is powering modern agriculture and helping secure a bumper crop in Jimo.