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Main Crops of the Loess Plateau

Winter wheat, cereals, corn, sorghum, soybeans, potatoes, sugar beets and so on.

The Loess Plateau is located between the Taihang Mountains, the Qilian Mountains, the Great Wall and the Qinling Mountains, with thousands of gullies and ravines, and is fragmented. China's northern region of agriculture is mainly dry farming, due to climate, north of the Great Wall can generally only one year, the main crops are spring wheat, corn, sorghum, soybeans, potatoes, sugar beets and so on. Areas south of the Great Wall is two years or two years, winter wheat can be overwintered, but also even planted corn, cotton, buckwheat, sweet potatoes, cereals and other crops.