China Plows Ahead With Modern Farming as American Tariffs Drive Up Crop Costs
The trade fight gives Beijing fresh incentive to beef up a sector dominated by small farms with low crop yields
YANGXIN COUNTY, China—To keep bugs from spoiling her wheat and corn, Wei Junxia walks her plot of land spraying pesticide from a container on her back.
A neighbor uses an even simpler tool to boost production: a plastic tube jammed into a bag of fertilizer that she hoists over her shoulder.
The two women are among roughly 280 million people...