Winter wheat is the most important food crop in North China Plain, normally, itsown along withbarely in early fall afterthe harvestingof summer crops such as broomcorn and soybeans.

• 冬小麦是华北平原最重要的粮食作物，通常是和大麦一起，在秋初继收成夏季作物如高粱、大豆之后播种的。