At present, cotton land preparation and sowing are beginning one after another across the country.
As an important step before cotton sowing, the central government will increase the construction of high-standard cotton fields this year, so that “small strip fields” and “patch fields” can be connected into large fields. , cotton farmers have more hope for farming.
In the 20,000-acre cotton field in Bachu County, Kashgar Prefecture, Xinjiang, multiple excavators, bulldozers, and tractors are working on leveling the vast fields. The cotton fields are uneven. The uneven land was cut up and filled up, and the land was concentrated and connected.
Bachu is an important cotton-producing area in southern Xinjiang. From 2018 to now, with the support of the Ministry of Finance and the National Supply and Marketing Cooperatives, China Supply and Marketing Group Corporation has accumulated A special fund of 16 million yuan was invested in the “New Network Project” to carry out centralized transformation of high-standard cotton fields in Bachu County by “leveling the land, paving drip irrigation, and building facilities”, integrating more than 300 scattered plots into about 30 contiguous plots of land, and realizing The entire cotton field mechanization operation and efficient water-saving irrigation have been implemented.
High-standard farmland construction is accompanied by water-saving drip irrigation technology, which solves the “water” dispute. According to the needs of cotton and other crops, the local government adopts precise drip-feeding of fertilizers to the roots of crops to save water, improve fertilizer utilization, and increase production and income.
Li Weidong, agronomist of the Ministry of Agriculture and Services of the Xinjiang Branch of China Agricultural Corporation: (per mu) saves more than 50% of water and saves about 100 yuan in water and electricity bills.
The land is flat, the soil is fertile, the fields are square, the canals are connected, the drought can be irrigated, and the flood can be drained… As of now, Bachu County has built a total of 40 high-standard farmland 10,000 acres, accounting for nearly a quarter of the county’s cultivated land area.
Guo Xihai, head of Xinjiang Agriculture Co., Ltd. of China Cotton Group: This year, we also plan to continue to promote the construction of high-standard farmland in several main cotton-producing counties in southern Xinjiang. Provide free soil testing formulas and fertilization plans to cotton farmers.
The latest survey results of the China Cotton Association show that the country’s intended cotton planting area in 2022 is 43.176 million acres. In terms of regions, the planting area in the Yellow River Basin and the Yangtze River Basin has tended to be stable, and the intended area of Xinjiang cotton areas has increased by 2% year-on-year. All regions are increasing scientific and technological services to ensure the smooth progress of cotton sowing work. </p
