As a major crop-producing province, Shandong netted in a total grain output of 56.553 million metric tons in 2023, a record high and ranking third in the country, said Wang Jingdong, deputy director of Shandong Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs.

　　He noted that in the first half of this year, the province's total grain output reached 27.165 million tons, a rise of 1.6 percent year-on-year.

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