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Vertical breeding
Published: Mar 26, 2026 11:47 PM
Two workers handle rice seedlings at a fully automated smart rice seedling factory in Guangshan county, Xinyang, Central China's Henan Province, on March 26, 2026. During the spring sowing season, local farmers are using agricultural technology to move rice seedling cultivation from outdoors to indoors and from the ground to the

Two workers handle rice seedlings at a fully automated smart rice seedling factory in Guangshan county, Xinyang, Central China's Henan Province, on March 26, 2026. During the spring sowing season, local farmers are using agricultural technology to move rice seedling cultivation from outdoors to indoors and from the ground to the "air," achieving automated and intelligent seedling raising, and boosting the quality and speed of spring plowing. Photo: VCG