Editing Heilongjiang (section)

===Agriculture===
Heilongjiang is home to China's largest plantations of [[rice]], [[maize|corn]] and [[soybeans]], with a total of {{convert|14.37|e6ha|e6acre|abbr=unit}} of grain plantation area, including {{convert|4|e6ha|e6acre|abbr=unit}} of rice plantation and {{convert|5.5|e6ha|e6acre|abbr=unit}} of corn.<ref>{{cite news |title=China Focus: "Grain barn" promotes new rice varieties for better yields |url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-10/28/c_139472808.htm |access-date=31 August 2021 |agency=Xinhua |date=28 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Xinhua Headlines: China embraces bumper harvest with macro-adjusting in "grain barn" |url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-10/15/c_138474111.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191015164602/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-10/15/c_138474111.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 October 2019 |access-date=31 August 2021 |agency=Xinhua |date=15 October 2019}}</ref> Heilongjiang has vast tracts of black soil ([[chernozem]]), one of the most fertile soil types.<ref name="Wen Dazhong"/><ref>{{cite news |last1=Zuo |first1=Mandy |title=Illegal trade in rich black soil from Heilongjiang is robbing farmers in China's cereal food bowl of a future |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/environment/article/3131643/illegal-trade-rich-black-soil-heilongjiang-robbing |access-date=31 August 2021 |publisher=South China Morning Post |date=21 April 2021}}</ref> Since the early 20th century, cultivation in the black soil belt has expanded by almost 100-fold, and after the 1960s agriculture in the region transformed to modern agriculture with heavy mechanization and an increase of fertilizer use.<ref name="Wen Dazhong">{{cite journal |last1=Wen |first1=Dazhong |last2=Liang |first2=Wenju |title=Soil Fertility Quality and Agricultural Sustainable Development in the Black Soil Region of Northeast China |journal=Environment, Development and Sustainability |date=2001 |volume=3 |issue=1 |pages=41–43 |doi=10.1023/A:1011480228613 |bibcode=2001EDSus...3...31W |s2cid=153085940 |url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/A:1011480228613}}</ref> Heilongjiang is one of the Asia's leading production areas for [[japonica rice]], known for high quality brand rice varieties.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Park |first1=Hong |title=The formation of high-class brand rice production area and functions of farmers' cooperatives in north east China: Case study of Wuchang City, Heilongjiang Province |journal=Review of Agricultural Economics of Hokkaido University |date=2010 |issue=65 |pages=101–115 |url=https://agris.fao.org/agris-search/search.do;?recordID=JP2010004344 |access-date=31 August 2021}}</ref><ref name="Harbin rice"/> The introduction of cold-resistant varieties, favorable policies and climate change have all contributed to a significant increase in rice production in recent years.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Hu |first1=Yanan |title=Rice production and climate change in Northeast China: evidence of adaptation through land use shifts |journal=Environmental Research Letters |date=2019 |volume=14 |issue=2 |page=024014 |doi=10.1088/1748-9326/aafa55 |bibcode=2019ERL....14b4014H |doi-access=free }}</ref> Commercial crops grown include [[beet]]s, [[flax]], [[sunflower]]s.<ref name="Harbin rice">{{cite web
 |url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/regional/Harbinrice.html
 |title=Harbin — the capital city of China's high-quality rice
 |date=2017-10-17
 |publisher=China Daily
 |access-date=2019-10-20}}</ref>

Heilongjiang is also an important source of lumber for China. Pine, especially the [[Korean pine]] and [[larch]] are the most important forms of lumber produced in Heilongjiang.{{citation needed|date=October 2024}} Forests are mostly found in the [[Greater Khingan Mountains]] and [[Lesser Khingan Mountains]], which are also home to protected animal species such as the [[Siberian tiger]], the [[red-crowned crane]], and the [[lynx]].{{citation needed|date=October 2024}}

Herding in Heilongjiang is centered upon horses and cattle; the province has the largest number of milk cows and the highest production of milk among all the province-level divisions of China.{{citation needed|date=October 2024}}