Farmers in Xinjiang county of Yuncheng, Shanxi province, harvest wheat. [Photo by Gao Xinsheng for chinadaily.com.cn]

Farmers in Xinjiang county of Yuncheng, Shanxi province, were busy harvesting wheat recently on over 23,000 hectares of farmland.

Farmers in Xinjiang county of Yuncheng, Shanxi province, harvest wheat. [Photo by Gao Xinsheng for chinadaily.com.cn]

A total of 460 large combine harvesters have been sent to shuttle around the field, cutting and collecting the crop.

The harvest started about a week later than last year because of the relatively low temperatures.