The winter wheat area of Huanghuai includes the north of main irrigation canals in Shandong, Jiangsu and northern Jiangsu, the north of Huaihe River in Anhui, the south of Shide Line in Hebei, all areas in Henan except Xinyang, the south of Linfen in Shanxi, the south of Ansai in Shaanxi and Guanzhong area, and Longdong and Longnan areas in Gansu.

Variety type: The variety types in this area are mainly multi-rowed barley, with sparse and dense panicle density, dense panicle type and extremely dense panicle type accounting for a large proportion, and long neck hook awn type. Mainly semi-winter and winter varieties, divided into early, middle and late maturity. The seedlings are semi-prostrate or prostrate, with dark green leaves and medium particle size. The 1000-grain weight of two-rowed varieties is about 40g, and that of six-rowed varieties is about 30g. The varieties in this area are all imported from other places and have poor adaptability. However, the varieties with strong cold tolerance in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River grow well after being introduced to this area, and the 1000-grain weight can be increased by about 2g. The representative varieties are Tada Barley, Zhengzhou Barley, Yichuan Barley, Fuping Laoda Barley, Luochuan Youmangdong Barley, Tai 'an Agricultural Variety, Juye Rice Barley and so on.