The Double Rush Season in Jiangsu Province

From mid-May to the end of July, it has always been a super busy farming season in Jiangsu province. Traditionally, locals call it the double rush period because within a short span of less than 30 days, farmers need to meet the dual challenge of harvesting wheat and planting rice on the same piece of land. Inqiao and his father-in-law have contracted 15,000 mew of land for grain farming. A couple of years ago, they would have been this busy as be by this time, trying to hire farm hands.