On July 15th, multiple unmanned harvesters were at full capacityto gather the early rice crop in Wanlv Unmanned Smart Farm in Xiaba Village, Liucheng Town, Dongyuan County, Heyuan City, marking the full-scale launch of the summer grain harvest in the region. According to local agricultural authorities, this year's rice yield at the farm is expected to reach 600 kilograms per mu, signaling another year of abundant harvest.

As the largest high-tech agricultural demonstration base in Guangdong province, the Wanlv Unmanned Smart Farm integrates cutting-edge technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT), BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) and artificial intelligence (AI) to enable fully unmanned operations across the entire rice production cycle, from plowing and planting to crop management and harvesting.

Currently, the farm stands as the most advanced and largest unmanned rice farm in Guangdong, covering over 10,000 mu, with a 1,500-mu unmanned core zone equipped with intelligent agricultural machinery such as unmanned rotary cultivators, rice transplanters, and harvesters. Through cloud-based remote control, these machines have boosted operational efficiency by over 50 times compared to manual labor, significantly increasing agricultural productivity.

In addition, the unmanned farm adopts new high-yield and high-resistantrice varieties, combined with variable-rate fertilization and optimized planting density techniques. In 2024, the farm achieved an average yield of 587.5 kilograms per mu, an 11% increase compared to conventional rice, with labor costs reduced by 30%. At the same time, with real-time monitoring of soil, weather and pest conditions, drone inspections and facilities like cold chain storage, the farm promotes green agriculture. It also manages 30,000 mu of surrounding farmland through entrusted farming, helping boost collective village income by over 2 million yuan annually. Today, the Wanlv Unmanned Smart Farm has become a technological benchmark for the "Hundred, Thousand, and Ten Thousand Project" and rural revitalization.

广东规模最大智慧无人农场水稻收割，连续四年平均亩产高于全国水平

7月15日，位于河源市东源县柳城镇下坝村万绿智慧无人农场的农田里，多台无人收割机正开足马力抢收早稻，标志着当地夏粮收割全面展开。据当地农业部门预测，今年万绿智慧无人农场水稻亩产达600公斤，迎来又一个丰收年。

据了解，万绿智慧无人农场是广东省规模最大的高科技农业示范基地，农场集成物联网、北斗导航、人工智能等技术，实现水稻“耕、种、管、收”全流程无人化作业。

目前，该农场是广东省技术最先进、规模最大的水稻无人农场，农场面积辐射周边超过1万亩，其中1500亩为无人化核心区，配备无人旋耕机、插秧机、收割机等智能农机，通过云端远程操控，效率较人工提升50倍以上，大大提高了农业作物效率。

另外，该无人农场采用高产、高抗的水稻新品种，结合变量施肥合理密植技术，2024年平均亩产达587.5公斤，较普通水稻增产11%，人工成本降低30%。同时通过实时监测土壤、气象及病虫害，无人机巡田优化管理、冷链仓储等设施，推动绿色农业，并托管周边3万亩农田，带动村集体年收入超200万元，目前已成为“百千万工程”和乡村振兴的科技标杆。

文｜记者 魏琴 吴奕镇 通讯员 陈殷 陈振敏
图、视频拍摄｜林桂炎 梁喻
视频剪辑｜余梓涛
译丨盛嘉
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